Rare MicCanberra Posted December 12, 2018 #26 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare broberts Posted December 12, 2018 #27 Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) On 12/11/2018 at 3:32 PM, ninamb1973 said: Ok. That's helpful to know. One of my concerns was that the ferry pass NCL provides is only for 3 hours, our tour is 5 hours. Some have mentioned on other forums that it's a suggested time and if we don't make it back in 3 hours we will still be allowed on the ferry if there is extra room. Hopefully NCL has it together and keeps the ferrys running until everyone makes it back to Harvest Caye. I'm surprised there's no good conversations about this in forums. Lots of people asking the same kinds of questions I am, but with very few responses. Look at it another way. If you are unable to return in time what will it cost? Would you even be able to get to another port on the itinerary in time to reboard? NCL typically has to worry about more than 3,000 passengers and schedule windows at various ports. Two or three passengers that decide to do their own thing, (ignoring the limits of ferry passes), are likely to receive the same consideration they have shown other passengers and the cruise line. Edited December 12, 2018 by broberts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekathy Posted December 12, 2018 #28 Share Posted December 12, 2018 2 hours ago, JMorris271 said: I would surely feel safer with this guys guarantee. Agree. But he said... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted December 12, 2018 #29 Share Posted December 12, 2018 52 minutes ago, broberts said: Look at it another way. If you are unable to return in time what will it cost? Would you even be able to get to another port on the itinerary in time to reboard? NCL typically has to worry about more than 3,000 passengers and schedule windows at various ports. Two or three passengers that decide to do their own thing, (ignoring the limits of ferry passes), are likely to receive the same consideration they have shown other passengers and the cruise line. Perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmoo here Posted December 12, 2018 #30 Share Posted December 12, 2018 I'll just point out here that being on a ship's excursion doesn't guarantee the ship will be waiting for you, either. On our eastbound trans Atlantic cruise , there was terrible afternoon traffic in Dublin delaying several buses (ship's tours) past the all aboard/depart time. The ship HAD to leave due to the extreme tides there. Our next port of call was Liverpool. All the ship's sponsored people were put on a ferry from Dublin to Liverpool and caught up with the ship the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebr.cruiser Posted December 12, 2018 #31 Share Posted December 12, 2018 I will say that a couple of weeks ago we came a hair from missing the ship in St. Kitts. My sister was literally the last one on the ship, and it was only about 5-10 minutes after the posted last time for passengers to board. We have taken many, many private tours and never been close at all. I am not going to name the tour operator as we really liked him and don't want to cause trouble. I think he just lost track of time and just wanted to show us more and more of the island. Very scary experience though as the gate to the dock was closing as we ran through and all the stuff outside the boarding area was being brought in. When Celebrity says be back to the ship at a certain time, they mean it! We usually try to be back an hour early and should have been more proactive at telling the guide to head back right now! We will still take mostly private tours because they are usually so much better and cheaper, but will make sure the tour operator is very aware of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted December 13, 2018 #32 Share Posted December 13, 2018 7 hours ago, Shmoo here said: I'll just point out here that being on a ship's excursion doesn't guarantee the ship will be waiting for you, either. On our eastbound trans Atlantic cruise , there was terrible afternoon traffic in Dublin delaying several buses (ship's tours) past the all aboard/depart time. The ship HAD to leave due to the extreme tides there. Our next port of call was Liverpool. All the ship's sponsored people were put on a ferry from Dublin to Liverpool and caught up with the ship the next day. Yes, it does happen but at least the cruise line arranged everything (transport, accommodation, meals, possibly clothes) and more importantly paid for it, likely there was some compensation as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamb1973 Posted December 13, 2018 Author #33 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Well the owner of this tour company said we can cut the tour short if we want. It will only be our party on the tour so we are in full control. I will definitely be watching the clock and plan to be back at the ferry by 2:30 (ship is leaving the port at 5:00). Gives us some buffer in case their their boat breaks down, which is the only thing that I can think of that might cause us to be late coming back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog & Sea Hag Posted December 13, 2018 #34 Share Posted December 13, 2018 No, but I have laughed and waved at others as we sailed away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted December 13, 2018 #35 Share Posted December 13, 2018 No, we have never missed the ship at a port. But we have seen people and crew members miss the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooch47 Posted December 13, 2018 #36 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Two instances of people missing the ship come to mind. Our waiter in the MDR missed it in New Zealand. We were on the first ship to return to the port after 9/11 and it seemed like the entire population of the area came out to wave goodbye and say thank you. He got caught up in the traffic. Fortunately the next stop was also in New Zealand so he was able to go there by car. Didn't stop everyone from really teasing him about it. The second was in Venice. As the ship was pulling away from the dock a water taxi came screaming up to the dock. Two passengers got off yelling and waving but the ship did not go back for them. Then, to add insult to injury, a police boat stopped the poor water taxi driver, apparently for speeding. So yes, it does happen. We've sat on our balcony and watched what we call "the running of the drunks" many times. Most times they make it but seem to get chewed out by the officers standing by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted December 13, 2018 #37 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Have seen pier runners once, but generally most that we have heard about on our cruises, have totally missed the ship and therefore we never saw them miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted December 14, 2018 #38 Share Posted December 14, 2018 22 hours ago, Seadog & Sea Hag said: No, but I have laughed and waved at others as we sailed away You enjoy seeing people miss the ship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted December 14, 2018 #39 Share Posted December 14, 2018 23 minutes ago, ldubs said: You enjoy seeing people miss the ship? I wouldn't say I enjoy it but it is certainly better than being the ones missing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog & Sea Hag Posted December 14, 2018 #40 Share Posted December 14, 2018 3 hours ago, ldubs said: You enjoy seeing people miss the ship? Yes I do enjoy watching people that can’t follow the rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted December 14, 2018 #41 Share Posted December 14, 2018 5 hours ago, Seadog & Sea Hag said: Yes I do enjoy watching people that can’t follow the rules You actually have no idea why someone might miss the ship. Accident, breakdown, traffic jam, or any of a multitude of possibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog & Sea Hag Posted December 14, 2018 #42 Share Posted December 14, 2018 4 hours ago, ldubs said: You actually have no idea why someone might miss the ship. Accident, breakdown, traffic jam, or any of a multitude of possibilities. No, but it’s fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted December 14, 2018 #43 Share Posted December 14, 2018 I saw some pier runners once, they managed to get onto the ship luckily, but it was tremendously funny as they were all drunk. My wife was one of them and it was a ship's tour which was why the ship waited. I was slightly concerned that we would have left them behind and that my wife would have no money on her. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted December 15, 2018 #44 Share Posted December 15, 2018 On 12/12/2018 at 2:31 AM, sparks1093 said: Likely because missing the ship is a rarity, Sorry, having actually worked on cruise ships, it isn't rare for passengers or crew to miss the ship. Certainly not every port, but I wouldn't describe it as rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted December 15, 2018 #45 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Certainly, I would suspect that many do not make the ship for a myriad of reasons, health, documentation and traffic being among major ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sparks1093 Posted December 15, 2018 #46 Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, Heidi13 said: Sorry, having actually worked on cruise ships, it isn't rare for passengers or crew to miss the ship. Certainly not every port, but I wouldn't describe it as rare. What percentage would you say missed the ship in a port? A couple of passengers out of thousands per month per ship? For a 2000 passenger vessel if 2 passengers missed the ship once every 4 weeks that's .00025 percent. That to me means rare. Edited December 15, 2018 by sparks1093 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted December 15, 2018 #47 Share Posted December 15, 2018 I would think it higher than that. Try every ship, on every cruise, there would be a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sparks1093 Posted December 15, 2018 #48 Share Posted December 15, 2018 1 minute ago, MicCanberra said: I would think it higher than that. Try every ship, on every cruise, there would be a few. But most experts agree that it doesn't happen on every cruise. It certainly hasn't happened on any of the ones we've been on. Even if it turns out to be 20 passengers every two weeks on a 2000 passenger vessel that is still a rate of .005. And that is still a rare occurrence in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted December 15, 2018 #49 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Percentage of passengers vs frequency of occurrence are not the same things. This could happen at every single port and it would still be a very low percentage of the total passenger count. Why care should be taken when "stats" are used. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMorris271 Posted December 15, 2018 #50 Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) The question could be what is the ratio between ships with tardy passengers to the total of cruise ship departures. Edited December 15, 2018 by JMorris271 Word change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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