Thanks...so many have chimed in with such helpful and thoughtful posts for which I'm greatly appreciative.
A few thoughts:
1. I do find it ODD that there have been NO posts from anyone who has actually missed the ship on a port day, but then again, perhaps they're too embarrassed to post....
2. I find it even MORE ODD that after THREE tries with Celebrity, I could not get a definitive answer.
I emailed the Emergency Team who came back with the following reply:
Thank you for your email… We’re sorry to inform you that we will no longer allow cruise passengers to pre-plan early debark or late embarkation for any of our ships.
Many countries continue to implement travel restrictions like denying non-citizens from entry, closing their borders for the safety and security of our guests, all requests to modify the guests port of embarkation/disembarkation will be denied.
I responded by thanking them and then restating I was asking about "ACCIDENTALLY missing the ship on a port day" and was told it would depend on the EXACT ship, date and port.
And when I gave them the EXACT ship, date and port, they STILL could not give me an answer.
I then wrote back to remind them the port in question is in the SAME country as port of debarkation and they still did not have an answer.
I find this hard to believe. There must be some sort of rules in place should this happen.
I might start a thread with different wording, hoping of course to hook a few pier runners...😉
Thanks again!