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MichelleR1963

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    Conway, South Carolina
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  1. Thank you. Needed to know so I could book our bus transport to Southampton. Will be meeting up with a former co-worker in Southampton on Sunday afternoon.
  2. Following this thread... We arrive at 6 am on a Sunday in August at Heathrow.. We are planning to take the National Express bus to Southampton. Choice is an 8:15 or a 10:00 departure. It sounds like the 8 would work. Do you add the Change and Go when you book? I didn't go that far in the app. Also I'm assuming the flow is after deplaning, get the bags go through customs and find bus.. Where/How does the automatic border gates work? Sorry for the stupid question, but first trip to Europe! 🙂 Thanks!
  3. Thanks John. I know it'll be brief, you learn as you go along. I should have booked flight separately from the NCL deal, and added more time. My great grandmother and grandmother were from York and there's definitely not enough time to get there. Will make plans for another trip. Appreciate your feedback.
  4. Wasn't a cost thing, we are cruising out of Southampton on a Tuesday, and my DH wants to stay close to the port. He also retired from public transport so he wants to check out the rails.
  5. Thank you. DH wants to stay at the port. It'll be an adventure. Waterloo was what I was looking to find out. 🙂
  6. We are arriving Sunday at 6 am, staying 2 nights in Southampton, I found the train station is a 15 minute walk from the hotel and takes a little over an hour to get to London. Plan is to do a HOHO and do a bit of exploring in London. Originally I was planning to stay in London then transfer to Southampton, but DH wants to stay at the port for ease on getting onboard on Tuesday and not switch hotels.
  7. Thank you. I meant to say terminal at the airport. 🙂 We are doing the NCL Getaway out of berth 102.
  8. We will be arriving from the states at Heathrow airport and are leaning towards taking the bus to our hotel in Southampton. I don't know what terminal we will arrive in. Is there a way to know? We will be flying in on United Airlines. I apparently need to know what terminal to book the bus tickets. Also, we arrive at 6 am - what time would be a safe bet to book the bus? We will have to get bag and go through customs and find our way. This is our first overseas trip. Also, we plan to take the train into London the following day and do one of the HOHO's. Any suggestions on a) Which HOHO to use? b) which train station in London to get off in? Is there a savings prebooking the train fare? Since we will be jet lagged, I'm wondering what time will be up and functional! LOL.. Thank you.
  9. Good news. We have 10 hours in port. Did you have to call for a taxi or were there taxi's at the port? I'm trying to determine how much I need to prearrange. Do you happen to know if they take US currency and what a cab might cost? Did you have any issues with the language? Were there any issues getting a cab back to the port?
  10. Bruges looks really wonderful.. We have a port stop there and are trying to decide whether to take a taxi into to town or to do a shore excursion. Thoughts?
  11. We do have passports so perhaps that will be helpful.. This is our first international flight. Won't know our airport/flight info until 45 days out.
  12. How long would you say it would take to get through all the above? Although I don't yet have my flight info yet, We will need to arrange transportation from the airport (either Heathrow or Gatwick) to the Southampton Port. Thanks
  13. good to know.. We each get meds from different places (crazy that it's cheaper at CVS with a coupon, that my online pharmacy doesn't honor. You need to be a researcher to figure out the best price! Luckily we have time to figure it out. No narcotics at all. Diabetic meds, BP, Tylenol. Advil. etc. Thank you
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