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We are taking National Express as well. We are staying at Tophams on Ebury St which is a short walk from the station.

I've been green for quite some time and yesterday I was blue. After a few minutes it went back to green. Today I open the app it it was blue for a second then green. Up until yesterday it loaded green immediately when I opened the app. Looks like IT/app issues at play.

You had me at "found my way to bar"! 😃 We decided that 5 to 6 hours bus time to Normandy/Paris was way to much for our group. We'll take a shuttle/taxi option in the city centre and do the Beelehavre shuttle to Honfleur. The return shuttle drops you off at the pier. Then we'll find that bar you spoke of. 🤣

These look like great options. Plenty to choose from thank you!

Hi, We will be doing a Tower of London tour and Ceremony of the Keys in early September. Would like to find a pub/restaurant within easy walking distance of the Tower for in between our afternoon tour and the Ceremony at 9:30/2130. Looking for more of a classic pub experience. Thanks and appreciate your responses!

No worries all good. I now return this thread to KarmaCruisers. 😀

I had seen recommending Nomad earlier in our trip planning stages. I'm not able to navigate the site well and can't find how to get a car to Honfleur. https://www.nomadcar14.fr/fr/ I'm going to stick with the Bee Le Havre bus to Honfluer. $60 r/t per couple but you need to get to their bus terminal in the city centre.15 Place Perret. On the return from Honfleur they drop you right at the port. https://beelehavre.com/en/circuits-en/le-havre-honfleur-tour/ Booking the Princess excursion is a lot more money. $105 each.

I must be missing something. This isn't Le Havre and not Honfleur. I cannot find a basic shuttle/bus service on Viator. Thanks.

Thanks for this. Is there a signup for the regular Viator bus? I went to the site but only found the private (up to) 7 person tour for Honfleur. Thanks.

Sorry about that. Nomad Cars was a tip I found here on CC that I had not fully vetted yet. https://www.nomadcar14.fr/fr/ Looks to be a pain in the neck. Another option I saw was using https://beelehavre.com/en/how-to-visit-discover-and-travel-easily-between-le-havre-honfleur/ . Looks like you need to take a taxi to the bus station to catch the shuttle which allows 3 free hours in Honfleur. I might go for that.

We are on the same sailing in August. We are not doing the bus to Paris or Normandy. We will most likely grab a Nomad car at the port and spend time in HonFleur. That's if we even get off the ship. We are hoping to do a Paris based river cruise in 2026 so we'll save a Normandy excursion for then.

Thank you for the reports! Following. We are sailing in August stopping in Cornwall and Orkney vs Guernsey and Liverpool. A bit disappointed as we were originally going to Guernsey but were changed due to congestion. Glad you were able to do Blarney! Enjoy the rest of your day!

We are sailing Regal in August. Checked to see what was available for deluxe balcony. Was thinking about upgrading from a standard. Would not show any cabins. Something is up.

We are staying at Topham's a few minutes walk away based on recommendations here on CC.

Only sailed once back in February on a Sixthman cruise. She did not seem old at all. Loved O'Sheehans. Have two more Sixthman cruises booked on her next year. Have fun!

Probably the Lothian X99 bus. That's what we'll be taking into St. Andrews Square when we sail in August.

Glad embarkation is going smoothly for you Tim. Looking forward to your further updates. Enjoy!

Will be on the Aug 24 sailing so following. Enjoy the adventure!

Just went back and changed our first night dining time to 5:40. Worked great! Had to change it to Allegro but really shouldn't make a big difference. I left the other nights the same.

Great tip thank you!

We plan to do the same thing in August. DART to Pearce Station then HOHO bus.

We just fully paid and I just set up dining via the phone app. There are two other couples on the cruise with us and the earliest dining I could set up for the 6 of us was 7:40 or 8:00pm in Concerto or Allegro. If I set dining for just my wife and I we could book any of the main ding rooms startinfg at 5:00pm. The time works for us as we plan to do the theater shows at 9:30 but would liked to have eaten a little earlier. We'll have to stand in line for that or try to book an earlier time on each day.

Did our first Sixthman on OCC7 in February. Loved it and we are booked for 8! Also booking KTBA9 next March with friends.

Saw him once on Independence March 20th before sail away. Then he was vapor the rest of the sail.

Got off Indy this past Friday. Had a wonderful time. Overall service was good, especially in the dining room. Yes we had a couple small issues but nothing worthy of posting on CC. Hope the OP finds their perfect vacation.