@ROWSE I loved your review! I was living vicariously through you, reading every post and loving it, not knowing that I would end up booking a transatlantic cruise on the Emerald for November. I was set to cruise on the Royal in November but this past week decided to do the Transatlantic instead 🙂 I noticed you took a National Express bus from Heathrow to Southampton. Did you enjoy it and would you recommend it? I priced it and it's a lot more palatable than the cost of a private transfer. Is the National Express departure site at Heathrow? Did you find it relatively easy to find and figure out?