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4 hours ago, XuGator said:

Anyone have any good recommendations for companies? Our ship docks here in August and all of the ship sponsored excursions are sold out. Thank you

Do you mind telling me which cruise you are on.  We are planning on taking one in August, but I have been dragging my feet.  Know you have me concerned that I might need to be reserving now

Just now, KeithJenner said:

15th September. I just checked your posts and it looks like you are a few weeks before us.

Yep.  We are going August 26, but doing B2B so we will be boarding Aug 16 to the Baltic.  We haven't booked yet, but will as soon as we get off this cruise.  We are waiting for the 90 day mark.  

1 hour ago, KeithJenner said:

Don't tempt me. 🙂

 

Actually, we are sorted and booked. British Isles on the Dawn this year, Rome round trio on the Breakaway next September and Liston to Rome on the Viva the following April.

 

In hindsight, I'm not too disappointed with the Prima cancellation. We have a nice mix of ships and ports planned. I think when we go back to Iceland we will do it like we did last time, as a port stop on a round trip.

Which date are you sailing on the Dawn to the British Isles, we may be on that one as well.

On 3/31/2022 at 10:57 PM, John Bull said:

 

No, you certainly don't want to walk - it's about 5 miles 😮

 

Ships usually run shuttle-buses from the pier to Weymouth, usually payable but not enough to break the bank.

Taxis & tour vans (lots of places to visit in a 20-mile radius)  aren't permitted into the port - its a Royal Navy base - so folk need to pre-book.

I don't know about local buses, probably tuesdays & alternate fridays 😅

 

Ship's shuttle- buses are the way to get to Weymouth.

From the usual drop-point, cross the harbour, then thro the maze of little streets with smugglers museum, pubs, shops, cafes, fish & chippys, to the Esplanade - sandy beach (often sand-artists at work), Victorian bathing machine, ice-creams, candy floss, kiss-me-quick hats ..... what more would you want in a traditional Victorian seaside resort 🙂

 

If you're back to the port early enough, the diminutive Henry V111'Portland Castle is a ten-minute walk from the port. 

History lesson Number One The castle has rounded (instead of angled) outer walls facing the sea, which marks it out as being built after castle-builders had figured that cannon balls bounce off rounded walls (1540's)

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/portland-castle/

 

Five minutes from the port, on the way to Portland Castle, a newish D-Day museum

 https://ddaycentre.com/ Not been there, but it gets great reviews 

History lesson number two. The picture below shows a "Mulberry Harbour" built on the Normandy coast in the days after D-Day to provide vehicles & supplies to support the Allies for several months. Built in sections (caissons) in various places in England, towed to Normandy & sunk in position.

 

After the war, many sections were towed back to England to be used as harbour walls & mooring places & suchlike - re-cycling isn't a new idea 😉.

The photo below shows two of the caissons in Portland Harbour, near where you ship will be berthed.

 

History lessons over 😉

 

JB 🙂

We will be here in September and had planned on staying on the ship, but I am a Henry III junkie and my husband I a WWII junkie.  Would we be able to walk to both of these from the dock or would we have to take a taxi?  Also these pubs you are speaking about, would we be able to also access those by foot?

agree with above.  The cruise terminal in Charleston is in the historical district and hotels are expensive with limited parking.  Airport is off of Ashley Phosphate and somewhere there may offer.

I usually stay at the Double Tree off of Yorkmont.  It is very clean and the people are very nice.  Last time it was filled with airport pilots and flight attendants.