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14 hours ago, Peregrina651 said:

Give Addison Lee your specifics and ask them their advice for pick up time. They are familiar with Tilbury and their operations and with traffic patterns.

 

BTW and entirely off topic. If you are musical theater goers, check out Operation Mincemeat. We saw it and loved it. BUT, do not sit in the Balcony, no legroom. Read the book before you go; it will help you keep the characters straight.

Thank you for the suggestions! I'll look into Operation Mincemeat for sure. We just booked Les Misérables, but always up for another show.

17 hours ago, haydn12 said:

We were staying in London a couple extra days after our cruise.   We used Addison Lee which was quite reasonable.  We picked up our luggage from the cruise terminal and found our driver just around the corner.

How long did it take you to disembark? And did you go through full passport control? I agree that Addison Lee seems reasonable and probably what we will use. But I'm unsure on the timing of when to book them. 

For those who did private tours to find the lights -- were there any restrictions on when you had to be back to the ship? Thinking specifically of the overnight stays. I read somewhere that they sometimes have to tender from ship to shore and that the tender doesn't run all night. Would love feedback from folks who actually experienced it. My fear of course with doing the private tour is being stuck on shore in the middle of the night!

Thank you, @Peregrina651 and @Island2Dweller for your responses.

We will be staying in Central London for a few days post cruise, and I think have decided on a private car. I did fine Addison Lee, which seems reasonable and convenient but still trying to figure out the timing of things.

We'll be disembarking on Sunday, March 23rd. Since we initially had Viking Air, our guest statement has disembarkation listed as 6am, but no port arrival time. So I am assuming we will arrive sometime before that. I'll have to reach out to our travel agent to see if we can get an updated statement. 

On 1/5/2024 at 3:35 AM, dx052 said:

We are doing a Northern lights cruise which starts in Bergen & ends in London. Never been on Viking before so we are trying to figure out the earliest time we can leave the ship when it docks in Tilbury, we generally like to walk of with our own luggage, how does Viking operate there disembarking as we need to book our own transport home in advance?

Hello! Wondering how the disembarkation process went for you. We are trying to set up transportation from the dock to London, not using Viking travel, and can't find too much information on disembarkation times, process etc. Any tips and tricks are appreciated.