Anyone been on Solstice with one of the ports being Melbourne?

[SF]

What time did it say on your itinerary you would arrive and what time did they actually start letting people off?

Did they do the immigration on board prior to arriving in Melbourne as there are usually two sea days prior or did they do it that morning?

[Beanb41]

There was no immigration requirement when we arrived in Melbourne from Sydney. The gangway was open approx. half and hour after arrival as is normal. The ship arrived on time as programmed. It would be unusual for a ship not to arrive on time. Things that may delay arrival are a breakdown or adverse sea conditions

[SF]

There was no immigration requirement when we arrived in Melbourne from Sydney. The gangway was open approx. half and hour after arrival as is normal. The ship arrived on time as programmed. It would be unusual for a ship not to arrive on time. Things that may delay arrival are a breakdown or adverse sea conditions

 

We will be coming from New Zealand and Melbourne will be our first Australia port so we will be going through immigration. You probably boarded in Sydney and ended up in Auckland and we're boarding in Auckland and ending in Sydney.

 

Since you said the gangway was opened a half hour after arriving I'm hoping like I've read on other threads that immigration will be done the two see days prior this way we'll be able to make the tour for 9:30.

 

Hopefully someone will be able to let me know who left from Auckland.

[MicCanberra]

My cruise was from Sydney as well, so cannot help with that.

[OzKiwiJJ]

We've done Auckland to Sydney with a stop in Hobart, twice, and the immigration was done onboard during the Tasman crossing both times - the first of those two sea days I think.

 

Most online itineraries show the expected arrival time at a port. We're doing another Solstice cruise in 2019 that stops at Melbourne and the itinerary is showing an arrival time of 8am.

 

If yours is the same then 9:30am should be OK for your tour.

[The_Big_M]

I did that sector on Millennium. Clearance was done on the sailing over.

 

As above, clearance occurred at the expected times, in line with most other ports.

[SF]

Solstice arrives in Melbourne at 9 a.m. but we're thinking if we are in line early enough we should be okay to disembark at 9:30 as there's no tendering involved.

[Beanb41]

If customs / immigration clearance is required then Celebrity will bring the appropriate customs / immigration officers on board prior to arrival. The delay in going ashore is principally the crew getting the gangways set up and clearance from quarantine officers. The sooner these are done the sooner we get ashore