martiny Posted March 2, 2017 #1 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Where does the Sojourn dock in Singapore on March 4, 2017 ? It is difficult to call the Seabourn office.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalliowner Posted March 3, 2017 #2 Share Posted March 3, 2017 If i remember it was the cruise centre at the vivocity shopping mall, You had to walk through the shops to get to the departure lounge but Seabourn had a people collecting luggage outside in the car park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thecat123 Posted March 3, 2017 #3 Share Posted March 3, 2017 On our 7th Jan sailing out of Singapore we left from the Marina Bay Cruise Centre then returned to the Ocean Terminal on the 4th Feb so we were at both terminals I don't know if the Inaugural opening of the Encore had anything to do with us leaving from the Marina Bay Cruise Centre as we were beside the Encore with the Sojourn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfvoyage Posted March 4, 2017 #4 Share Posted March 4, 2017 We also departed from one (Marina Bay) and returned to another (HabourFront). It's best to call Seabourn to confirm - not so difficult a task. Even then, piers can change at any time due to operational reasons, sometimes dictated by the harbour master and not initiated by Seabourn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alipius Posted March 7, 2017 #5 Share Posted March 7, 2017 The part of The Cruise which should be a delight is: getting-on-the-ship. Boy-oh-boy: have we had some nightmares! You see it, the ship that is, and tell the taxi-driver to go there. (I know! I should have read the travel-docs; but, when there is get-on exurberance happening, a sprited fellow just doesn’t!) When you get to where the ship is, you’re told: No: you have to go back: you have to go to what turns out to be some ancient warehouse 5Ks away (which your out-of-town taxidriver doesn’t know about) and you go around and around looking for it..... and then when all is sorted out and you are there processed by Seabourn a bus will take you back where you were two hours ago, eventually. Think Valpariso. We were lucky because we started out early on a lovely, lively Saturday a.m., and so the exasperation of the business of going about the backblocks of the hills of Valpariso sorta turned out to be fun?! (It was sunny and so, even if we did go past the same wedding church 5-6 times, and got to see them going in, and then 1.5 hours later see them all pour out out on the street.) What about Buones Airies? It has two places to which taxi-drivers take people who want to get on largish boat: and, guess what?, the place the white ones leaves from is not generally known, if at all. First time: it really got nasty with out-of-town taxi fellow. Really. He was quite big and gaucho and driving up and down that four-lane two-way looking for it was a bit off-putting. And, as for Bombay... we still talk about that the famous yellow gate! In short, you are in the hands of a taxi-driver who may not be fully appraised of the place of which you are informing him, even if in detail. Indeed, he may not be able to read. In short, Seaboun People: Map Please! Even a taxi fellow who can't read a word of whatever can follow a map.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wripro Posted March 7, 2017 #6 Share Posted March 7, 2017 The part of The Cruise which should be a delight is: getting-on-the-ship. Boy-oh-boy: have we had some nightmares! You see it, the ship that is, and tell the taxi-driver to go there. (I know! I should have read the travel-docs; but, when there is get-on exurberance happening, a sprited fellow just doesn’t!) When you get to where the ship is, you’re told: No: you have to go back: you have to go to what turns out to be some ancient warehouse 5Ks away (which your out-of-town taxidriver doesn’t know about) and you go around and around looking for it..... and then when all is sorted out and you are there processed by Seabourn a bus will take you back where you were two hours ago, eventually. Think Valpariso. We were lucky because we started out early on a lovely, lively Saturday a.m., and so the exasperation of the business of going about the backblocks of the hills of Valpariso sorta turned out to be fun?! (It was sunny and so, even if we did go past the same wedding church 5-6 times, and got to see them going in, and then 1.5 hours later see them all pour out out on the street.) What about Buones Airies? It has two places to which taxi-drivers take people who want to get on largish boat: and, guess what?, the place the white ones leaves from is not generally known, if at all. First time: it really got nasty with out-of-town taxi fellow. Really. He was quite big and gaucho and driving up and down that four-lane two-way looking for it was a bit off-putting. And, as for Bombay... we still talk about that the famous yellow gate! In short, you are in the hands of a taxi-driver who may not be fully appraised of the place of which you are informing him, even if in detail. Indeed, he may not be able to read. In short, Seaboun People: Map Please! Even a taxi fellow who can't read a word of whatever can follow a map.. I always how the name of the port to the hotel concierge before getting in a car or taxi. They usually know exactly where the port is and can point out a map for you. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfvoyage Posted March 7, 2017 #7 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Yes, the Valparaiso cruise terminal is awfully customer-unfriendly. Our hotel was walking distance from the ship, but we had to travel south a couple of km to get processed at the cruise terminal, only to then be transported via a port shuttle bus back north to board the ship. This, however, is obviously the fault of the city's port agency and has nothing to do with Seabourn or any other cruise lines for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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