巡航の話の本部

巡洋艦が彼ら自身を見つけることができる最も悲痛な状態の1つは「ボート」を逃している。 巡洋艦は巡航の前に港町にとどまることを計画によって夜ほとんどの場合この状態を避けることができる。 日あなたによってがあなたの航空会社によってあるあなたの巡航の着けば、他の運送業者か交通は許容誤差がほとんどない調節する。

覚えて、ではない家族との訪問のために着くか、または固定リゾートに旅行のよう巡航のために着く。 それらの位置に飛ぶとき、それらはどこでも行っていない。 あなたの巡航の出発時間を逃せば、あなたの船は着く、移住問題のために追いつき、巡航を結合することを試みられるかもしれない場合行き。

アラスカの私達の最近の巡航のための遅らせられた飛行が全国各地から含まれていたmiscuesのために党員、シアトルからのバンクーバーにバス遅れを逃して、間違ったバスの1人の乗客を均等にする何人か家族があった。 巡航の日に飛べば、これらが起こるように問題がもしあなた自身に許容誤差を残さない。

巡航の空気

多くの乗客はそれらが船旅会社を通して巡航の空気を使用すれば、船は到着を待っていることを信じる。 但し、この考えは部分的に本当ただである。 あなたの飛行かバス移動が少数の時間までにだけ遅れ、多くの巡航の乗客がこの短い遅延によって影響されれば船に会う、船はこれらの乗客の時間を認めることを希望して出発を遅らせる。 バンクーバーからのアラスカへの私の巡航の両方の間に、船のオランダアメリカRotterdamおよび名声の水星は少数の時間までに、遅れて来る乗客を収容するために出発を遅らせた。 We later learned in conversations with other passengers that even with this delay, other passengers still missed the sailing.

In one case, the passenger had made arrangements through Celebrity to fly into Seattle and then take a bus transfer to Vancouver. However, the passenger mistakenly got on the wrong bus. He was never able to rejoin his family for the cruise. In cases of transatlantic flights I have heard of flight delays, and missed connections causing a full day delay in getting to the European departure port. In some cases, the cruisers were able to catch up to the ship and eventually join the cruise, in other cases, they missed the cruise completely.

Air Deviations and Independent Air

If you want to fly in a day or two early for your cruise, be sure to check with cruise company or travel agent about the specifics of your cruise lines air program. Some cruise lines will allow you to fly in early using cruise air only if you book your hotel arrangements through the cruise. Some will charge a small fee for the “deviation” and allow you to customize your air and choose your own hotel. Often you can cancel the cruise air portion of your reservation at any time before your final payment is due.

If you find a better deal on the flights, your savings may pay for your extra days in departure port city. Also some lines waive the deviations charges to members of their past passenger clubs. Past passengers could utilize cruise air, arrive a day or so early, choose a hotel that fits their own budget and incur no additional fees. The only down side of booking your own air is that if the cruise is canceled for some reason by the cruise line, you may be out the cost of your airline tickets.

No Vacation Time for Early Arrival

If you can’t afford an extra day in your vacation time, the following suggestions may help you in avoiding a missed cruise. First, choose a cruise departure port that is close to where you live. You may be able to drive to your departure. Just be sure to pad your driving time in case there might be any crazy traffic delays. You might also choose a cruise port with multiple direct flights per day from your local airport. With multiple direct flights, you could book the earliest in the day. If your flight is canceled or delayed you have many other options for getting the departure city. We chose this option for our first cruise out of San Diego. We had no delays or problems, but with our early fight, we felt that we could have even driven to San Diego should our flights be completely grounded.

If your cruise departure port is a long distance haul, requiring multiple connections, I strongly recommend coming in a day early, but if this is not in any way an option, then I recommend taking the earliest possible flights, and making sure that there are multiple options to get you into the departure port should your flight be canceled or delayed. Also a red eye flight, though tiring, could be a last resort in order to make sure you don’t miss your cruise.

We have a new poll regarding missing the ship’s departure on our home page. Stop by and give us your input. Happy Cruising, and I hope none of our readers “miss the boat!”

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Tags: Celebrity, cruise air, cruise departure, Cruise Lines, cruise passengers, departure time, miscues, Rotterdam, San Diego, Vancouver