Big Discrepancy in Port Arrival Time...how to find out for sure??

[lanceholt]

We will be on the NCL Spirit on Sept 8 when our schedule says we will port in Reykjevic at 8am, and will be there till Tuesday at 6am.  We noticed today that there are a couple of sites that say we will port at 6pm...BIG DIFFERENCE....will contact our CC and see if he knows or can find out.  Any other suggestions?  A tour planner in Reykjevic emailed today that she called the Port Manager and was told 6pm for the first day.  No notification from NCL.  

[BirdTravels]

Whatever is in your MyNCL SUMMARY is the best you'll get. 

 

IF they change your itinerary, you'll get a email from Vivian apologizing for screwing up your vacation. 

 

Also, rather than a broadcast email, ask on your Roll Call for people on that cruise. 

Edited February 8, 2019 by BirdTravels

[lanceholt]

I've already gone on our Roll Call, someone called NCL Corporate and they confirm it is the 8th at 8am but still no excursions start till after 6 on that day...

[bonvoyagie]

Cruise timetables shows 6am (0600) departure on day 2 - so you arrive Sept8 at 0800 and leave on Sept 10 at 0600.

These guys usually get data from both NCL and the port I also looked at the cruise port schedule and a couple of other cruise tracker sites and they all say the same.

[TrumpyNor]

This is from an Icelandic tour site, where it states that you arrive in Reykjavik at 6.00 PM on September 8 and leave at 6.00 AM on September 10:

 

From ncl.com it looks like this particular cruise has a slightly different itinerary than the other "Iceland cruises" with NCL this year, as you are staying longer in port in Reykjavik and not going to the other cruise port in Iceland (Akureyri). We did the "normal" NCL cruise that includes Iceland in 2017, and then we spend 1,5 days in Reykjavik (arriving 8.00 AM on day 1 and leaving in the afternoon the next day to sail to A). Seems like the other NCL cruises do arrive in Reykjavik at 08.00 on day 1, so maybe NCL have not updated their information regarding this particular cruise, as they somehow have not realized that they need to update their time schedule in Reykjavik online, as a change in itinerary from their "normal route" also might change arrival- and departure times in some of the ports.... But as several websites are right now stating different arrival times for your day 1 in Reykjavik, it seems like there is no way to finding out at this time what is correct. My bet would be arriving 06.00 PM on day 1, but it is still just a guess...

 

Another way to try to find out, is for OP to look at the shore excursions offered through MyNCL on September 8 in Reykjavik, and see if the times offered there are before or after 6.00 PM...

Edited February 8, 2019 by TrumpyNor
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