maureen B. Posted July 3, 2012 #1 Share Posted July 3, 2012 When booking national express from Heathrow to Southampton, do you book the ticket to "Southampton, coach station, or Southampton cruise port? I tried to put in Souhampton cruise port, but it said sorry no tickets available. When I put in "Southampton Coach Station" I was shown all the different times available. Is Coach Station close by the cruise port? Maureen B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietemann Posted July 4, 2012 #2 Share Posted July 4, 2012 No personal experience, but all posts I have seen here said not to use Cruise Port as destination, but to use Coach Station. Then take a quick taxi ride to the port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John Bull Posted July 4, 2012 #3 Share Posted July 4, 2012 When booking national express from Heathrow to Southampton, do you book the ticket to "Southampton, coach station, or Southampton cruise port? I tried to put in Souhampton cruise port, but it said sorry no tickets available. When I put in "Southampton Coach Station" I was shown all the different times available. Is Coach Station close by the cruise port?Maureen B "Southampton (cruise ship terminal)" is only for Fred Olsen cruises - they have a special arrangement with Nat Express. Thus if Fred doesn't have a sailing that day, the Nat Express website simply shows "no results". And I'm guessing that on days when Fred does sail from Southampton (only a few each year), those on other ships will be delivered to the wrong terminal :rolleyes: This is a flaw in Nat Express' website, I've told 'em but they don't seem to understand the problem. :( So for all other ships, book to "Southampton (coach station)". There's a taxi rank at the coach station and its a £5 to £8 taxi ride to any of the four cruise terminals. Or City cruise terminal (mainly Celebrity & RCI) is walkable even with rolling luggage in about 15 mins, on level ground. The Nat Express website isn't very good, but the coach service is excellent. JB :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maureen B. Posted July 4, 2012 Author #4 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Thanks, your reply was most helpful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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