Shortened port time - Riviera

[Baz-t]

Just received documents from Oceania for Riviera October 5 sailing from Athens. A couple of minor adjustments to the port timings but the big one is departing from Monte Carlo at 7.00pm whereas it was originally intended to sail at 11.00pm. That's our evening at the casino curtailed!!

[hypercafe]

Seems they have been doing this all around after final payment. Sorry it has spoiled your night in the casino.

[wripro]

Cutting out the entire evening in Monte Carlo is a significant alteration to the cruise schedule. This has now become something that should be investigated. They are taking away from the cruise experience and only after final payment. SCAM! SCAM! SCAM!

[RetiredFL]

A couple of cruises ago we were in Monaco and scheduled to stay until 11 but sailed earlier as the cruise director determined no one wanted to go into town or the casino after dinner.

To go into the casino in the evening requires a tux for men and a long dress for women, or so we were told. No one brought any.

So they may have realized it was wasted time but they should have known that before final payment.

[Baz-t]

If the cruise director suggested a tux is required and long dress for the lady, I'm afraid he is being a little misleading (putting it politely!). While a tux is always welcomed and would not be out of place, the casino rule for the main casino area is jacket and tie after 8 pm. For the private rooms for the big spenders, then a tux could well be the requirement.

Disappointed!

[Paulchili]

Just received documents from Oceania for Riviera October 5 sailing from Athens. A couple of minor adjustments to the port timings but the big one is departing from Monte Carlo at 7.00pm whereas it was originally intended to sail at 11.00pm. That's our evening at the casino curtailed!!

 

Maybe Oceania has your best interest at heart - saving you money by not letting you "enjoy" the Casino :D

[FLACRUISER99]

Just received documents from Oceania for Riviera October 5 sailing from Athens. A couple of minor adjustments to the port timings but the big one is departing from Monte Carlo at 7.00pm whereas it was originally intended to sail at 11.00pm. That's our evening at the casino curtailed!!

 

Cutting out the entire evening in Monte Carlo is a significant alteration to the cruise schedule. This has now become something that should be investigated. They are taking away from the cruise experience and only after final payment. SCAM! SCAM! SCAM!

Try reading your cruise contract carefully!

[canuck.qc]

A couple of cruises ago we were in Monaco and scheduled to stay until 11 but sailed earlier as the cruise director determined no one wanted to go into town or the casino after dinner.

To go into the casino in the evening requires a tux for men and a long dress for women, or so we were told. No one brought any.

So they may have realized it was wasted time but they should have known that before final payment.

 

 

We went to the casino after having dinner in town and definitely did not dress in formal wear. Jacket, tie and closed shoes was the requirement for men, plus needed a proper passport ID. The port and city at night is part of the Monaco experience. I would be very upset if they had shortened our port stay. We were there on Nautica before all these cuts began:eek: We found it to be a great port for a nite out, we were docked in the marina & we walked to the casino and back.

[sammiedawg]

We were in Monte Carlo last year on Marina, with a late stay. We often sit outside and watch port activities as we did on this particular evening. The port area was pretty much torn down early evening and after that the gangway was pretty dead, foot traffic wise. We did not talk to anyone who went into town after dinner.

Edited September 17, 2015 by sammiedawg

[journeyfan]

We also went in the inside rooms in the casino (where the high stakes action is). The only requirements after 8 PM are a jacket for the men and you must present your passport and pay the 20 Euro entry fee. Those inner rooms are gorgeous. We didn't run into James Bond, though.

 

We're not gamblers, but we did very much enjoy watching the others. It definitely was the high point of our visit to Monte Carlo and we would have been horribly disappointed if the ship had set sail at 7 PM.

[hermioneb]

This is the not the first time they have shortened the time in Monte Carlo from 11pm to 7pm. Exactly the same thing happened when we were there on Riviera in the beginning of August. We were told about it a week or two before we joined the ship.

 

 

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[buggins0402]

This is the not the first time they have shortened the time in Monte Carlo from 11pm to 7pm. Exactly the same thing happened when we were there on Riviera in the beginning of August. We were told about it a week or two before we joined the ship.

 

 

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What was your next port on that cruise? We have an 11pm departure next year and I'm in the process of strategizing the use of O life Excursions.

 

I would consider the use one of the " excursion trump cards" to get to St. Paul de Vence during this port visit if there was a possibility of port time being cut that much. With an 11 pm departure, I'm comfortable using public transportation. Our next port is Portofino...which is not a long distance for the ship to travel.

[Paulchili]

Our next port is Portofino...which is not a long distance for the ship to travel.

 

...or even for you if you miss the ship :D :D

[buggins0402]

...or even for you if you miss the ship :D :D

 

Lol! Some of the ports on this cruise I could almost swim to the next port beat the ship....Portofino to Cinque Terre and then to Livorno. :). Monte Carlo to Portofino...that does have some distance, but I'm not enough of a mariner to know if the ship can travel at the optimum speed for fuel conservation and still make it. And, I have no finance analysis program with the metrics that O has plugged in for fuel cost relative to port costs. :D

[Paulchili]

buggins,

Have you considered including Eze in your trip to SPdV (if you haven't been to Eze before)?

It's well worth visiting, IMO

[buggins0402]

buggins,

Have you considered including Eze in your trip to SPdV (if you haven't been to Eze before)?

It's well worth visiting, IMO

 

Been there...we did about 5 days in Nice land back almost 10 years ago. We missed SPV. One of the major reasons I booked this cruise was enough time to get to SPV and see it at a pace as if wee were doing it on land. Loved Eze!!!,

[Paulchili]

Been there...we did about 5 days in Nice land back almost 10 years ago. We missed SPV. One of the major reasons I booked this cruise was enough time to get to SPV and see it at a pace as if wee were doing it on land. Loved Eze!!!,

 

Let's hope it works out for you. SPV is different from Eze (location) but equally charming.

[hermioneb]

What was your next port on that cruise? We have an 11pm departure next year and I'm in the process of strategizing the use of O life Excursions.

 

 

 

I would consider the use one of the " excursion trump cards" to get to St. Paul de Vence during this port visit if there was a possibility of port time being cut that much. With an 11 pm departure, I'm comfortable using public transportation. Our next port is Portofino...which is not a long distance for the ship to travel.

 

 

We were going in the other direction, to Marseille. Not exactly a long distance!

 

 

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[wripro]

A couple of cruises ago we were in Monaco and scheduled to stay until 11 but sailed earlier as the cruise director determined no one wanted to go into town or the casino after dinner.

To go into the casino in the evening requires a tux for men and a long dress for women, or so we were told. No one brought any.

So they may have realized it was wasted time but they should have known that before final payment.

 

Exactly how did the CD determine that no one wanted to go into town? Did he ask every single passenger before making the decision? Anyone who believes that should get in line for those people willing to buy a bridge to Brooklyn.

[journeyfan]

Exactly how did the CD determine that no one wanted to go into town? Did he ask every single passenger before making the decision? Anyone who believes that should get in line for those people willing to buy a bridge to Brooklyn.

 

Go to this web site for the official dress code:

 

http://www.montecarlosbm.com/luxury-casinos-monaco-3/monte-carlo-casino/

 

A jacket is required and sport shoes are not allowed. You don't need a tux, or long dress or even a tie.

[StanandJim]

Go to this web site for the official dress code:

 

http://www.montecarlosbm.com/luxury-casinos-monaco-3/monte-carlo-casino/

 

A jacket is required and sport shoes are not allowed. You don't need a tux, or long dress or even a tie.

 

That website is a trifle misleading. You don't need evening clothes to go into the slot machine hall of the Casino, but you DO to go into the gaming rooms....after 6 PM, anyway.

There is a fee required to enter, as well, but boy oh boy is it worth it!

Edited September 19, 2015 by StanandJim

[journeyfan]

Yes, all the inside rooms are very elegant and well worth the €20 it costs to go into the inner sanction. My husband and I paid the fee and saw all the inside rooms.... I was wearing moderately dressy slacks and he wore a sports jacket, no tie. The casino web site (http://www.montecarlosbm.com/luxury-casinos-monaco-3/monte-carlo-casino/) states that "In the private rooms: after 8pm a jacket is required. No sports shoes allowed." Maybe on some nights during high seasons a tux is required, but it definitely wasn't required on the Tuesday night in June several years ago when we went.

[wripro]

Go to this web site for the official dress code:

 

http://www.montecarlosbm.com/luxury-casinos-monaco-3/monte-carlo-casino/

 

A jacket is required and sport shoes are not allowed. You don't need a tux, or long dress or even a tie.

 

How does this response reflect my post?

[journeyfan]

How does this response reflect my post?

 

I thought that I was providing more ammunition for your position. Let's suppose that the Captain actually quizzed everyone on board and that everyone said they had no intention of going in town, wouldn't it only have been because the Captain told them they needed to be in tux and evening gowns to get into the casino? I know for a fact that this is not the case because we got off the ship and went into the gaming rooms of the casino and we weren't weren't dressed up.

 

I wholly support your position. Changing to an earlier departure time after final payment is wrong and cannot be justified as being because nobody would want to be in town after 5 pm.

[wripro]

I thought that I was providing more ammunition for your position. Let's suppose that the Captain actually quizzed everyone on board and that everyone said they had no intention of going in town, wouldn't it only have been because the Captain told them they needed to be in tux and evening gowns to get into the casino? I know for a fact that this is not the case because we got off the ship and went into the gaming rooms of the casino and we weren't weren't dressed up.

 

I wholly support your position. Changing to an earlier departure time after final payment is wrong and cannot be justified as being because nobody would want to be in town after 5 pm.

 

Guess we misunderstood each other. The original post I responded to said the Cruise Director, not the captain, discovered that no one wanted to go ashore. The dress code at the Casino was not a factor in that decision. And as far as I'm concerned the only factor that mattered was the money O saved by shortening its time in port.