B2B question about "switching over"

[DoulaAnn]

Although we've cruised with Oceania several times, we are doing our first B2B next year.  My question is: on the day one cruise ends and the next one (the one we stay on for) begins, when must we be off and do we have to check in again for the next cruise?  I think I remember reading that we can leave our luggage in our room and won't switch rooms, but I read a post that made me believe we had to be off the ship, so just checking on that process.  Is there anything else I need to know about a B2B?

 

Ann

[Mura]

I think it depends on the port in question.  When we had a B2b last year that ended/started in Civitavecchia we did NOT have to leave the ship.  B2B-ers were able to have a private lunch in the GDR if they wished.  We did not have to re-register and our original room key continued to work.

 

But I have seen from comments here that in some ports you DO have to leave the ship for at least a little while, and perhaps check in again.

 

If you indicate where this port is on your B2B, someone may be able to answer more definitively.

 

Mura

[LHT28]

If turnaround day is in a US port then you have to disembark for a short time  ..Oceania will escort you out one  door  & lead you back to the  entrance to the  terminal where you can wait until you can board the ship 

usually about 1 hr  or you can go off site seeing

Some other ports may require you to disembark   you belongings can stay in the cabin  unless you have to switch cabin

In any case Oceania  will send instructions a day or so before the end of the 1st cruise

[DoulaAnn]

14 hours ago, Mura said:

I think it depends on the port in question.  When we had a B2b last year that ended/started in Civitavecchia we did NOT have to leave the ship.  B2B-ers were able to have a private lunch in the GDR if they wished.  We did not have to re-register and our original room key continued to work.

 

Our cruise ends/begins in Civitavecchia, so I'm guessing your experience will mirror ours, Mura.  We plan to do an independent shore excursion that day, so shouldn't be an issue, as long as we can disembark at a reasonable hour. Thanks for your help, as well as yours LHT28.

[LHT28]

35 minutes ago, DoulaAnn said:

 

Our cruise ends/begins in Civitavecchia, so I'm guessing your experience will mirror ours, Mura.  We plan to do an independent shore excursion that day, so shouldn't be an issue, as long as we can disembark at a reasonable hour. Thanks for your help, as well as yours LHT28.

You probably can get off with the disembarking pax  

We have been to ports that we could just stay onboard but chose to go explore  after breakfast rush 😉

 

[wally_bushy]

4 hours ago, DoulaAnn said:

 

Our cruise ends/begins in Civitavecchia, so I'm guessing your experience will mirror ours, Mura.  We plan to do an independent shore excursion that day, so shouldn't be an issue, as long as we can disembark at a reasonable hour. Thanks for your help, as well as yours LHT28.

Just curious, which cruise are you on 😊

[DoulaAnn]

Wally, we're on a Barcelona - Rome- Athens tour in Sept. 2020.

 

Edited September 30, 2019 by DoulaAnn
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[wally_bushy]

5 minutes ago, DoulaAnn said:

Wally, we're on a Barcelona - Rome- Athens tour in Sept. 2020.

 

Close 😊

We are October 2020 on the Marina -Venice to Rome and then Rome to Monte Carlo 

Steve

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[pinotlover]

DoulaAnn;

 

Not sure how long ago you booked the cruise. Does Oceania still regard it as a B2B, or have the two segments been joined to make a single grand cruise?

[DoulaAnn]

On 9/30/2019 at 4:55 PM, pinotlover said:

DoulaAnn;

 

Not sure how long ago you booked the cruise. Does Oceania still regard it as a B2B, or have the two segments been joined to make a single grand cruise?

 

As far as I can tell from the site, it's still two different cruises.

[KS&JW]

On 9/30/2019 at 2:55 PM, pinotlover said:

DoulaAnn;

 

Not sure how long ago you booked the cruise. Does Oceania still regard it as a B2B, or have the two segments been joined to make a single grand cruise?

 

I know you did not ask me specifically, but in the interest of gathering more data points on this whole B2B issue, I have a B2B in January 2020 that I booked in June 2019.  It is still two segments.  

Edited October 5, 2019 by KS&JW