tx121 Posted December 10, 2022 #1 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) We are looking at the 30 day transpacific cruise from Seattle to Brisbane, Australia. We have been to Australia before and didn’t want to spend another 8 straight days at sea to get there. Would we be able to disembark at an earlier port? We got a great casino rate and rather see more of Asia then take the rest of the trip south.Thanks in Advance Edited December 10, 2022 by tx121 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine5715 Posted December 10, 2022 #2 Share Posted December 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, tx121 said: We are looking at the 30 day transpacific cruise from Seattle to Brisbane, Australia. We have been to Australia before and didn’t want to spend another 8 straight days at sea to get there. Would we be able to disembark at an earlier port? We got a great casino rate and rather see more of Asia then take the rest of the trip south.Thanks in Advance You would need to contact Carnival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwcruiselover Posted December 10, 2022 #3 Share Posted December 10, 2022 You can contact Carnival, but I can tell you from experience that they don’t allow this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted December 10, 2022 #4 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Are you looking at Luminosa? And debarking in Indonesia? It doesn’t hurt to ask, they might allow since it isn’t a closed loop cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted December 10, 2022 #5 Share Posted December 10, 2022 If you do get permission from Carnival, make sure you have it in writing, and bring that with you onto the ship. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tx121 Posted December 10, 2022 Author #6 Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Essiesmom said: Are you looking at Luminosa? And debarking in Indonesia? It doesn’t hurt to ask, they might allow since it isn’t a closed loop cruise. Yes. We were actually thinking of debarking in Puerta Princessa , Philippines and staying there for a couple of days and then flying over to Singapore and Thailand. I will call Carnival and see what they say. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EngIceDave Posted December 10, 2022 #7 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) IMO, say nothing and fake a family emergency. They can't force you to stay onboard. Airlines are the same way, they refer to it as an "open jaw" reservation, and they discourage it. Open jaw is say having a flight that is MCO>DAL>LAX and you get off in DAL and not get on second leg in Dallas. Do this once or twice, no big deal, do it a lot and they can (and will) refuse service (fly you). But, hey, an emergency is an emergency....your great aunt tuttie died....awwww. You got to go, your family is heartbroken. Go to CS and explain you gotta go home at next port, you've arranged all the travel home. Edited December 10, 2022 by EngIceDave 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EngIceDave Posted December 10, 2022 #8 Share Posted December 10, 2022 BTW, I am on same cruise.....I can mourn Great Aunt Tuttie with you 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctlyf Posted December 10, 2022 #9 Share Posted December 10, 2022 29 minutes ago, EngIceDave said: IMO, say nothing and fake a family emergency. They can't force you to stay onboard. Airlines are the same way, they refer to it as an "open jaw" reservation, and they discourage it. Open jaw is say having a flight that is MCO>DAL>LAX and you get off in DAL and not get on second leg in Dallas. Do this once or twice, no big deal, do it a lot and they can (and will) refuse service (fly you). I don't think your explanation of open jaw is correct. Open jaw is when you have a return flight that leaves from a different location where you first arrived or return from the same location you arrived at but to a different end point. For example flight out is YEG --> MCO then return trip is FLL --> YEG. Or YEG --> MCO, MCO --> YYC. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-jaw_ticket 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eli_6 Posted December 10, 2022 #10 Share Posted December 10, 2022 People debarked early on my carnival cruise this summer on the Pride. A whole slew of them got off in Ireland because they were loading on the tenders with their luggage. I asked how they were able to do this and the reply was that there flight out of London Heathrow (ship debarked in Dover) was canceled and they could only get a flight out of Ireland. I found that explanation a little suspicious because I doubt it would be "easier" to get a flight out of Ireland than out of London which has three airports. Also, my husband and I debarked early in Mexico once about 15 years ago to fly back to Texas because of illness. As others have suggested, worst case scenario--I suspect that you could say there was a family illness or death and you needed to debark early. Now the only problem I could see with this is if they asked to see your airline tickets and then noticed they were for a week later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mz-s Posted December 10, 2022 #11 Share Posted December 10, 2022 I personally wouldn't lie about a family emergency. But I guess that's up to you and your own sense of morality. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eli_6 Posted December 10, 2022 #12 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Also, you might need to consider how entering/leaving a foreign country works with debarking a ship early. Doing it in Mexico probably isn't that big of a deal because people got back and forth all the time since we share a border (I used to live in Laredo), but it may be a totally different situation in an Asian country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine5715 Posted December 10, 2022 #13 Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Eli_6 said: People debarked early on my carnival cruise this summer on the Pride. A whole slew of them got off in Ireland because they were loading on the tenders with their luggage. I asked how they were able to do this and the reply was that there flight out of London Heathrow (ship debarked in Dover) was canceled and they could only get a flight out of Ireland. I found that explanation a little suspicious because I doubt it would be "easier" to get a flight out of Ireland than out of London which has three airports. Also, my husband and I debarked early in Mexico once about 15 years ago to fly back to Texas because of illness. As others have suggested, worst case scenario--I suspect that you could say there was a family illness or death and you needed to debark early. Now the only problem I could see with this is if they asked to see your airline tickets and then noticed they were for a week later... The laws vary depending on embarkation ports and debarkation ports so cruises that begin and end in the US are very different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine5715 Posted December 10, 2022 #14 Share Posted December 10, 2022 2 hours ago, EngIceDave said: IMO, say nothing and fake a family emergency. They can't force you to stay onboard. Airlines are the same way, they refer to it as an "open jaw" reservation, and they discourage it. Open jaw is say having a flight that is MCO>DAL>LAX and you get off in DAL and not get on second leg in Dallas. Do this once or twice, no big deal, do it a lot and they can (and will) refuse service (fly you). But, hey, an emergency is an emergency....your great aunt tuttie died....awwww. You got to go, your family is heartbroken. Go to CS and explain you gotta go home at next port, you've arranged all the travel home. The country you are trying to enter can 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EngIceDave Posted December 10, 2022 #15 Share Posted December 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, Elaine5715 said: The laws vary depending on embarkation ports and debarkation ports so cruises that begin and end in the US are very different. I would not do it on my own without telling GS If you tell GS, they'll make the necessary immigration issues possible for you to go home. You ask in advance, they'll say no, right out, not a thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare EngIceDave Posted December 10, 2022 #16 Share Posted December 10, 2022 2 hours ago, ctlyf said: I don't think your explanation of open jaw is correct. Open jaw is when you have a return flight that leaves from a different location where you first arrived or return from the same location you arrived at but to a different end point. For example flight out is YEG --> MCO then return trip is FLL --> YEG. Or YEG --> MCO, MCO --> YYC. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-jaw_ticket Thanks I was in the neighborhood, but the wrong house. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine5715 Posted December 10, 2022 #17 Share Posted December 10, 2022 22 minutes ago, EngIceDave said: I would not do it on my own without telling GS If you tell GS, they'll make the necessary immigration issues possible for you to go home. You ask in advance, they'll say no, right out, not a thought Not necessarily. European cruises seem to permit this. The port needs to have the proper officials in place to process entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD64 Posted December 10, 2022 #18 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) There may also be extra costs involved for debarking early which you will ultimately be responsible for - family emergency or no family emergency. BTW - several years ago on a Holland America, Lisbon to Boston crossing, there were seven Canadians that I knew of that were disembarking in Boston, three or four days before the arrival in Boston. Edited December 10, 2022 by RD64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barante Posted December 10, 2022 #19 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, RD64 said: BTW - several years ago on a Holland America, Lisbon to Boston crossing, there were seven Canadians that I knew of that were disembarking in Boston, three or four days before the arrival in Boston. Pray tell. Did they disembark onto rowboats in the middle of the Atlantic, or what? 2 hours ago, RD64 said: There may also be extra costs involved for debarking early which you will ultimately be responsible for - family emergency or no family emergency. BTW - several years ago on a Holland America, Lisbon to Boston crossing, there were seven Canadians that I knew of that were disembarking in Boston, three or four days before the arrival in Boston. 2 hours ago, RD64 said: There may also be extra costs involved for debarking early which you will ultimately be responsible for - family emergency or no family emergency. BTW - several years ago on a Holland America, Lisbon to Boston crossing, there were seven Canadians that I knew of that were disembarking in Boston, three or four days before the arrival in Boston. 2 hours ago, RD64 said: There may also be extra costs involved for debarking early which you will ultimately be responsible for - family emergency or no family emergency. BTW - several years ago on a Holland America, Lisbon to Boston crossing, there were seven Canadians that I knew of that were disembarking in Boston, three or four days before the arrival in Boston. Edited December 10, 2022 by barante Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crooooze Posted December 10, 2022 #20 Share Posted December 10, 2022 18 hours ago, tx121 said: We are looking at the 30 day transpacific cruise from Seattle to Brisbane, Australia. We have been to Australia before and didn’t want to spend another 8 straight days at sea to get there. Would we be able to disembark at an earlier port? We got a great casino rate and rather see more of Asia then take the rest of the trip south.Thanks in Advance If it’ll be of any help, we’ll jump on the ship as you get off and finish the cruise for you so nobody will know. Just need you to slip us your S&S cards. 😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsOne Posted December 12, 2022 #21 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) Well, they leave people in port, so if you were to get left behind... Edited December 12, 2022 by MsOne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted December 12, 2022 #22 Share Posted December 12, 2022 On 12/10/2022 at 6:21 PM, crooooze said: If it’ll be of any help, we’ll jump on the ship as you get off and finish the cruise for you so nobody will know. Just need you to slip us your S&S cards. 😃 They might leave you the onboard account, too… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted December 12, 2022 #23 Share Posted December 12, 2022 10 hours ago, MsOne said: Well, they leave people in port, so if you were to get left behind... The problem with that is your luggage gets to stay on the ship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsOne Posted December 14, 2022 #24 Share Posted December 14, 2022 On 12/12/2022 at 6:06 AM, ontheweb said: The problem with that is your luggage gets to stay on the ship. It shouldn't if they know they're leaving lol. I said that meaning it's not like they'll get arrested or banned for not getting back on. Just like the people who don't get back on because they got left. But in the end, I think the best approach is to tell Guests Services they have a personal matter where they won't be continuing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted December 14, 2022 #25 Share Posted December 14, 2022 8 hours ago, MsOne said: It shouldn't if they know they're leaving lol. I said that meaning it's not like they'll get arrested or banned for not getting back on. Just like the people who don't get back on because they got left. But in the end, I think the best approach is to tell Guests Services they have a personal matter where they won't be continuing. Yes, but the poster I was replying to wrote to just get enough and not return. I agree you have to let them know. I was giving one of the problems of leaving without letting them know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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