Overnight in one port

[lwid77]

We booked a cruise for next May with Celebrity that has 2 days in Copenhagen.  This is our second cruise and I am not sure how overnights work.

This will be day 11 and 12 of the cruise.  Do you have to be back on board by a certain time on day 11 even though the ship isn't leaving until the afternoon of day 12?

Thanks.

 

[mom says]

You can stay out as long as you want. Just be back before the All Aboard time the next day.

[lwid77]

Interesting, thank you!

[Mary229]

Have fun as long as you want.  If you intend to be gone more than 24 hours it is a good practice to let them know. One never knows what can occur to the ship or to you, the more people who are aware of your intentions the better 

[zqvol]

If you are out late just make sure they don’t close the port entrance or the gangway overnight. You don’t have to come back but you want to know that you are able to reboard anytime. 

[Azure Moon]

All great suggestions above!!!

 

I'll add a suggestion (from personal experience) :

If you think you'll be going back to the port late at night, learn the scheduled times the local transportation runs to the port.

 

In one overnight port we failed to do that and ended up walking all the way back to the port and ship.  Not the worst place for us to have done that, but would not want to do that in some ports, or again after walking all day long.  Wow, were we tired and thirsty by the time we got back to our cabin!  😳

[lwid77]

Good advice! Thank you all! 

[563toM]

We booked a cruise to leave from Florida and visit the A,B,C islands.  About two months after booking we received an email from Celebrity that they will be skipping Bonaire and staying overnight in Curacao.  The email gave us an option to cancel but we love Curacao.  I took a picture of the signage on the ship because we had never stayed overnight on a cruise except for Cuba.  The only sign posted was that crew was due back but cruisers had no limitations.

 

[Mr. Click]

Most places it is not a problem but in some of the communist countries you could have an issue with security and visas.  In St. Petersburg you had to have a visa to get off the ship. Our visas came with the tour company booking but were only good when we were escorted by the guide.  In China our visas were done with the Chinese government so we were able to come and go if port security was open.  It always pays to check out each port for details.  Of course ships don't go to St. Petersburg anymore.....

[chrismch]

Make some time to see Tivoli Gardens at night. They have music and shows. It's not just amusement rides. We stayed there till midnight when we visited Copenhagen. Here's the link for more details (it's in English) https://www.tivoli.dk/en/kultur-og-program

[Fly and Sail]

You don't have to be back at all during the night; just observe when the cutoff is to get back on board before the ship leaves.

 

I remember the ship being in Bangkok for almost 48 hours and the port is very far from the city so we ended up just staying at a nice hotel in the city rather than trekking back.