Overstim Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 IE: Scheduled to arrive to a port at 1 PM on the Itinerary, but possibly arrive early to give more time at said port? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jticarruthers Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 It does happen, especially on the short runs between islands in the Bahamas. I wouldnt count on it though. Overstim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLA Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 Agreed with the above - it's definitely possible, but not something to bank on happening. More of a fun 'bonus'. Overstim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverk Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 Keep in mind the cruise line has to pay for every minute they are tied up. Therefore they have no incentive to arrive early. Some lines will even drive around in circles just to avoid arriving early. That said, it does occasionally happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 They also have schedules with the local authorities that they've agreed to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley8106 Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 It happened when we sailed to Cuba on Empress. We actually got into port the night before we were supposed to dock in Havana. Definitely was a nice surprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianB Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 I have been aboard when we arrived at an itinerary port early due to a medical emergency. It was considered too dangerous to try an evac either by boat or helo. But the ship stuck to the disembarkation time. No one was allowed off until the regularly scheduled time. Of course, the ship needed to be cleared by local authorities who probably weren’t available that early. I assume the dock workers who had to be there to tie us up had to be called in early. But we still left the port at the regular departure time. Plus, I have been aboard where we had to dock at our disembarkation port the evening before our scheduled arrival. Once was due to an approaching storm and the tide schedule in the Hudson River. But we had to remain on board. It was weird being tied up in Manhattan, looking at my car in the parking lot, and not being able to leave until the next morning. The opposite happened on the Anthem. We had to divert for a medical emergency and that caused us to arrive back a day late. We tied up that evening but had to stay aboard until the next morning. That caused a delay at the port for a Celebrity ship the next day as there is only the one berth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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