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Oh they understood.  The exact quote was “we have to tell you two hours”.   Makes it impossible to book non NCL tours of a reasonable length.  

That’s what thought.  But called for clarification. They said EVERY PORT!

I’ve been told by NCL that I must plan to be back on board TWO HOURS before scheduled departure at every port of call.  This severely limits tour options (non-NCL) at each port.  This seems ridiculous.  Thoughts/experience?

Well, I have now spoken to NCL, and have been told to plan on returning to the ship 2hours before we leave EVERY stop, and it may take up to two hours to disembark.  So I said this means each port of call schedule is really four hours less than indicated.  They said yup!   This seems crazy to me, but… there you have it!   This certainly puts a damper on some plans. 

I am looking into tours that are NOT provided by my cruise line.  The NCL website says that one must embark 2 hours before sailing, and that disembarcation begins 2 hours after arriving.   That doesn't leave much time as some ports of call. Is that referring to the initial boarding and final port?   When do I need to be back on a normal port of call, and how long does it generally take to get off at a stop?