saturdaychef Posted June 11, 2023 #1 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Arriving into Southampton on MSC VIRTUOSA in July. Can anyone tell me the disembarking times for walking off with our own luggage. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmas gran Posted June 11, 2023 #2 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Depends where you are coming from, on May 12th it was a nightmare from the Canaries cruise.. Border force decided to do luggage check and people were still getting off at 10/10.30. . I suppose that can happen at any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturdaychef Posted June 11, 2023 Author #3 Share Posted June 11, 2023 Thank you, Emmas. gran. I might book a later train in that case. We will be arriving from LaCoruna Spain as our last port of call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_T Posted June 11, 2023 #4 Share Posted June 11, 2023 2 hours ago, emmas gran said: Depends where you are coming from, on May 12th it was a nightmare from the Canaries cruise.. Border force decided to do luggage check and people were still getting off at 10/10.30. . I suppose that can happen at any time. I would always plan for that on a cruise that includes the Canaries due to cigarette smuggling, much less likely on one with just ports inside the EU Customs territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare insidecabin Posted June 11, 2023 #5 Share Posted June 11, 2023 We have done quite few Virtuosa Southampton it can be very variable one trip the ship did not dock till 11:45am due to the French strikes. Another there was face to face immigration that delayed everyone One thing to look out for is every man women scooter pushchair with all their bags will be doing the easy walk off, seem the line snake half the length of the ship. As MSC don't kick you off what we do now is take it easy getting ready, plan to leave cabin as late as possible 8am+ or a bit earlier if ready, go have breakfast in the buffet(which is clearing) then just wait around for everyone to clear the ship. Unless there are other delays, unlikely with the sea day and 7am schedule by 10am lines are gone your bags are alone in the hall, most have cleared off to their cars/coaches, no line for taxis(station walkable). We drive so also miss the early rush hour our goal is be home by lunch and most of the time we manage with no rushing. Unless such a long way you need early transport I would just aim for the leisure option. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturdaychef Posted June 12, 2023 Author #6 Share Posted June 12, 2023 Thank you so much. That is very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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