Phuket, Thailand Pier to Town

[USN59-79]

We arrive in Phuket tomorrow. According to Princess information, your options to get from the ship to town are a ship's bus for $49. or a taxi for from $50 to $70 depending on your bargaining abilities. Can we just walk from the ship to the dockyard gates and get a tuk tuk or some more reasonable transportation than that? One of the Thai crewmembers says we can but I would like a second opinion. By the wayl we are on the Ocean Princess from Rome to Singapore and enjoying the cruise.

[USN59-79]

We arrive in Phuket tomorrow. According to Princess information, your options to get from the ship to town are a ship's bus for $49. or a taxi for from $50 to $70 depending on your bargaining abilities. Can we just walk from the ship to the dockyard gates and get a tuk tuk or some more reasonable transportation than that? One of the Thai crewmembers says we can but I would like a second opinion. By the wayl we are on the Ocean Princess from Rome to Singapore and enjoying the cruise.

Well, I will answer my own question. Yes, you can walk about 2 blocks to get out of the controlled taxi area and catch a taxi to town for a reasonable price.

[Keith1010]

That's correct.

 

In these ports the local authorities do not allow the cruise ships to run shuttles.

 

Keith

[nancycoop1]

We arrive in Phuket tomorrow. According to Princess information, your options to get from the ship to town are a ship's bus for $49. or a taxi for from $50 to $70 depending on your bargaining abilities. Can we just walk from the ship to the dockyard gates and get a tuk tuk or some more reasonable transportation than that? One of the Thai crewmembers says we can but I would like a second opinion. By the wayl we are on the Ocean Princess from Rome to Singapore and enjoying the cruise.

 

We leave on this cruise in a few weeks. What do you recommend for Phuket? Thanks