Rare jimbo5544 Posted August 3, 2022 #176 Share Posted August 3, 2022 11 hours ago, quickrate said: You will be getting off as we are getting on. Have a great time Pat Same to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSeaTheWorld Posted August 3, 2022 #177 Share Posted August 3, 2022 20 hours ago, M&A said: It's 1 mile from the train station to the cruise terminal. Some people were talking about walking from the station because of the traffic tie ups and a lack of taxis Wow only one mile? It felt like 500 when I was walking with my suitcase the morning of July 22 to catch a train so we would not miss our pre-paid Buckingham Palace tour scheduled for late afternoon in London. Town of Dover was at a standstill that morning. A couple buses even drove on wrong side of highways just to reach the port. 33 nights onboard the Pride and I don’t really have a single complaint about shape of ship or the crew however tendering to ports was (to be polite) “disorganized”. It was enough to make me not return for an additional 40 nights through September when opportunity presented itself theough casino offers. I love Carnival for their prices however I can totally see how others might be disappointed if they paid good money to be there. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRockCruiser Posted August 3, 2022 #178 Share Posted August 3, 2022 On 8/1/2022 at 7:37 PM, Cruising Jedi said: Sure, great. I am 53 years old and I never in my life been "screamed at" by an employee of anything, anywhere, anytime. Nevermind 2 completely separate employees within a day. But whatever. Your mileage may vary I guess. And there it is. "It hasn't happened to me, therefore it hasn't ever happened to anyone." Nice bubble, do they serve cookies there? Personally, I have had employees yell at me for doing absolutely nothing wrong. Oddly enough, employees can get stressed, or are jerks, or are having a mid-life crisis, or whatever, and take it out on the people around them. Because, for example, we also never hear about daycare workers who physically abuse the kids in their care when Something Goes Wrong, right? So I believe the OP. It is more than plausible. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusky123 Posted August 3, 2022 #179 Share Posted August 3, 2022 21 hours ago, M&A said: It's 1 mile from the train station to the cruise terminal. Some people were talking about walking from the station because of the traffic tie ups and a lack of taxis Is there always a lack of taxis at Dover Priory, we are travelling from Swansea to Dover on the 2nd for the Rome sailing. We are cutting it a little fine time wise and getting worried. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuddrules Posted August 3, 2022 #180 Share Posted August 3, 2022 19 hours ago, jdevine said: Do you know when embarking in Dover could you carry liquor on with you? I have heard reports you could carry a bottle of vodka or whiskey right on during this time. I carried on a bottle of wine. They didn't even look. It could have been whiskey - they wouldn't have known (if they cared). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare rrraydon Posted August 3, 2022 #181 Share Posted August 3, 2022 On 7/23/2022 at 8:42 AM, jetsfan58 said: Can't speak for the Carnival Pride sailing in Europe but it was one of our favorite ships when it sailed from Baltimore USA! Mine too! I sail RCI now but if The Pride was back in Baltimore, I’d be on her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M&A Posted August 3, 2022 #182 Share Posted August 3, 2022 53 minutes ago, rusky123 said: Is there always a lack of taxis at Dover Priory, we are travelling from Swansea to Dover on the 2nd for the Rome sailing. We are cutting it a little fine time wise and getting worried. I believe that was an exception on July 25th, the day of the channel chaos and the first day of the schools summer break. Roads to Dover were gridlocked and taxis coudn't get to the station. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seleever77 Posted August 3, 2022 #183 Share Posted August 3, 2022 21 hours ago, jdevine said: Do you know when embarking in Dover could you carry liquor on with you? I have heard reports you could carry a bottle of vodka or whiskey right on during this time. We were on this cruise as well. We carried on a bottle of prosecco, Fireball, and cans of Coke. No one checked a thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusky123 Posted August 3, 2022 #184 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Thank you M&A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BlerkOne Posted August 3, 2022 #185 Share Posted August 3, 2022 1 hour ago, M&A said: I believe that was an exception on July 25th, the day of the channel chaos and the first day of the schools summer break. Roads to Dover were gridlocked and taxis coudn't get to the station. Pictures reminded me of the road leading to Galveston. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BlerkOne Posted August 3, 2022 #186 Share Posted August 3, 2022 22 hours ago, jdevine said: Do you know when embarking in Dover could you carry liquor on with you? I have heard reports you could carry a bottle of vodka or whiskey right on during this time. On a b2b2b on Carnival Splendor a few years back, I debarked the ship, walked into town until I found a liquor store, bought a bottle of scotch, walked back to the ship, and took the bottle straight to my cabin. No problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdevine Posted August 3, 2022 #187 Share Posted August 3, 2022 3 hours ago, fuddrules said: I carried on a bottle of wine. They didn't even look. It could have been whiskey - they wouldn't have known (if they cared). Thank you very much 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdevine Posted August 3, 2022 #188 Share Posted August 3, 2022 46 minutes ago, BlerkOne said: On a b2b2b on Carnival Splendor a few years back, I debarked the ship, walked into town until I found a liquor store, bought a bottle of scotch, walked back to the ship, and took the bottle straight to my cabin. No problem. That's great to know! Thank you for responding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdevine Posted August 3, 2022 #189 Share Posted August 3, 2022 1 hour ago, seleever77 said: We were on this cruise as well. We carried on a bottle of prosecco, Fireball, and cans of Coke. No one checked a thing. Perfect, that makes things nice being able to carry a bottle on with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyTheSaint Posted August 3, 2022 #190 Share Posted August 3, 2022 4 hours ago, rusky123 said: Is there always a lack of taxis at Dover Priory, we are travelling from Swansea to Dover on the 2nd for the Rome sailing. We are cutting it a little fine time wise and getting worried. We travelled from London to Dover Priory on Friday 10th June for a cruise to Norway. There were 5 taxis waiting at the train station when we stepped off the train. A five minute drive to the cruise terminal, 10 minutes to complete embarkation, easy peasy. Same again getting off in Dover, no issues. Maybe we were lucky or others recently have been unlucky. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRockCruiser Posted August 3, 2022 #191 Share Posted August 3, 2022 5 minutes ago, JimmyTheSaint said: We travelled from London to Dover Priory on Friday 10th June for a cruise to Norway. There were 5 taxis waiting at the train station when we stepped off the train. A five minute drive to the cruise terminal, 10 minutes to complete embarkation, easy peasy. Same again getting off in Dover, no issues. Maybe we were lucky or others recently have been unlucky. You weren't lucky, per se, you took a cruise that departed before the little spat with France and while school was still in, from what I can tell. So there was no huge traffic jam of chaos. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkster Posted August 4, 2022 #192 Share Posted August 4, 2022 6 hours ago, JimmyTheSaint said: We travelled from London to Dover Priory on Friday 10th June for a cruise to Norway. There were 5 taxis waiting at the train station when we stepped off the train. A five minute drive to the cruise terminal, 10 minutes to complete embarkation, easy peasy. Same again getting off in Dover, no issues. Maybe we were lucky or others recently have been unlucky. Did you return to London by train from Dover Priory as well? If so, what time were you off the ship and which train did you take? I'm trying to figure out if I should book the 9:49 non-stop to St. Pancras, or play it safe and book the 10:49 train instead. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyTheSaint Posted August 4, 2022 #193 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Hi pkster Yes we returned to London by train after the cruise. We booked the train tickets with Southeastern from Dover Priory to London Victoria. The train departed Dover at 08:45 which gave us plenty of time to get from the ship to the train station. I think we were arrived at Dover Priory before 08:00. We choose London Victoria to arrive in to as it's where we would catch the Gatwick Express train to the airport. We choose one of the last groups to debark the ship, we were group 21 out of 22 groups. I think people started leaving the ship at around 05:30 and everyone was due off before 08:00. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvetwater Posted August 5, 2022 #194 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Dover port in June is very different to Dover port in late July and August. Much less busy. Also....side note on UK taxis....we had a fare hike nationally on the 1st of August. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted August 5, 2022 #195 Share Posted August 5, 2022 3 hours ago, Velvetwater said: Dover port in June is very different to Dover port in late July and August. Much less busy. Also....side note on UK taxis....we had a fare hike nationally on the 1st of August. Which is less busy? July and August? Why is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted August 5, 2022 #196 Share Posted August 5, 2022 On 8/3/2022 at 11:28 AM, seleever77 said: We were on this cruise as well. We carried on a bottle of prosecco, Fireball, and cans of Coke. No one checked a thing. Thanks for the info, how about other ports, any issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted August 5, 2022 #197 Share Posted August 5, 2022 16 hours ago, JimmyTheSaint said: Hi pkster Yes we returned to London by train after the cruise. We booked the train tickets with Southeastern from Dover Priory to London Victoria. The train departed Dover at 08:45 which gave us plenty of time to get from the ship to the train station. I think we were arrived at Dover Priory before 08:00. We choose London Victoria to arrive in to as it's where we would catch the Gatwick Express train to the airport. We choose one of the last groups to debark the ship, we were group 21 out of 22 groups. I think people started leaving the ship at around 05:30 and everyone was due off before 08:00. How long from there to airport (Heathrow)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwokpot Posted August 5, 2022 #198 Share Posted August 5, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, jimbo5544 said: How long from there to airport (Heathrow)? delete, wrong information Edited August 5, 2022 by kwokpot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvetwater Posted August 5, 2022 #199 Share Posted August 5, 2022 7 hours ago, Velvetwater said: Dover port in June is very different to Dover port in late July and August. Much less busy. Also....side note on UK taxis....we had a fare hike nationally on the 1st of August. 3 hours ago, jimbo5544 said: Which is less busy? July and August? Why is that? June is much less busy. July 20thish to the first weekend in September is UK school holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted August 5, 2022 #200 Share Posted August 5, 2022 10 minutes ago, Velvetwater said: June is much less busy. July 20thish to the first weekend in September is UK school holidays. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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