Itinerary Changes

[Cruisersjh]

No no no, not a complaint, just a question.  We are cruising on the Riviera in August/September and noticed changes to the port times for both arrivals and departures at several ports. We compared those port times to the cruisemapper website, but which will be correct?

One change noticed from our original itinerary is Rome on the 28th August. When we booked, the port times were from 0600 to 1900, cruisemapper states 0800 to 1700....anyone know which time would be more accurate?

[TERRIER1]

According to the port your times are 8:00 and 19:00.

 

https://www.civitavecchiaport.org/cruise-calendar/

[JoePDX]

I would rely on what is on the Oceania website over any third party sites.   When in doubt call or have your TA call Oceania.

[pinotlover]

I think we had itinerary changes on 50% of our port calls. Huge time swings on when we were scheduled to arrive and depart. Example; one port we were scheduled to leave at 23:00. Changed the day before to 17:00. Lots of us changing and cancelling plans. With ship capacity at 50%, numerous ship tours either cancelled or consolidated with other tours.
 

Part of the problem was long time shorex operations are kaput! Gone! We had one private tour with an operator that had cancelled all his ship sponsored tours. Said the cruise lines wouldn’t pay enough to cover his fuel costs, no less labor. You never really knew what you’d get with a ship tour until it was over.

 

If you can’t handle changes, now is not the time to travel. It’s a new world for all right now. 

[IWantToLiveOverTheSea]

Cruisemapper and that kind of site usually uses the original itinerary times, which can and often do change somewhere along the line. I always look for port websites.