Port or Starboard balcony for British Isles cruise out of Southampton

[TW6cruiser]

Any opinions?

[JimnKaren]

Yes.

[john watson]

There are more than one Princess ship doing British Isles cruises and the itineraries vary too. It would be helpful to know which ship and itinerary you are on. There is not a lot in it to be honest.

 

Regards John

[Essiesmom]

I believe he is considering Crown from Soton July 24.2019. EM

[john watson]

I believe he is considering Crown from Soton July 24.2019. EM

 

The starboard side of the ship will face land in the distance significantly more than port side will. There are two tender ports Guernsey and Edinburgh (South Queensferry). Guernsey achieves a 50% failure to anchor due to high seas and tendering not safe. South Queensferry is on a large wide river type of setting called, the Firth of Forth so tendering 99% guaranteed. They cannot get the ship under the iconic world famous Forth Bridge. They stay overnight specifically for the late return of Tattoo excursions.

 

Regards John

[cynbar]

Starboard side. The ship will sail clockwise around the British Isles after you leave Southampton. Especially for your 2 sea days, you'll be ab;e to see land with some lovely sights most of the time. Also, go out on your balcony when you are sailing into port. We were on the starboard side and had a great view of a lone piper on the pier, playing us in.

 

I should add that this assumes you are doing one of the standard 12 day cruises that go to Guernsey, Ireland, Scotland.

[metairiegal]

What happened to "POSH"? Port out, Starboard home (not Mrs Beckham) :)

[jagsfan]

What happened to "POSH"? Port out, Starboard home (not Mrs Beckham) :)

 

 

 

That was for people traveling to India and Egypt by ship.

I think!

 

 

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[TW6cruiser]

The starboard side of the ship will face land in the distance significantly more than port side will. There are two tender ports Guernsey and Edinburgh (South Queensferry). Guernsey achieves a 50% failure to anchor due to high seas and tendering not safe. South Queensferry is on a large wide river type of setting called, the Firth of Forth so tendering 99% guaranteed. They cannot get the ship under the iconic world famous Forth Bridge. They stay overnight specifically for the late return of Tattoo excursions.

 

Regards John

 

 

Thanks very much.

[TW6cruiser]

Starboard side. The ship will sail clockwise around the British Isles after you leave Southampton. Especially for your 2 sea days, you'll be ab;e to see land with some lovely sights most of the time. Also, go out on your balcony when you are sailing into port. We were on the starboard side and had a great view of a lone piper on the pier, playing us in.

 

I should add that this assumes you are doing one of the standard 12 day cruises that go to Guernsey, Ireland, Scotland.

 

 

Thank you. Yes leaving from Southampton that is 12 days to Guernsey, Ireland, Scotand.

[geoherb]

We took the British isles cruise with Dublin overnight last year. It's such a port-intensive itinerary, I don't think it matters that much. The port times are early in the morning with late departures, so you won't be watching that much from your balcony. The only arrivals that are later in the morning are in Ireland, where there will be more interest on the port side.

[john watson]

At this time of year in the British Isles the sunrise and sunset times are approximately 05.30 and 21.30. It is a very long day in July.

 

Regards John

[sammybonny]

We have just done the cruise and had a starboard cabin and had great views on sea days/ evenings sailing out. Port days varied, sometimes just the noisy side near the docks.

 

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[cruisequeen4ever]

We had the Starboard side last month and had views of land at plenty of ports. I’d do Starboard again.

 

 

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[sunsetbeachgal]

We had port and loved it. In Cobh our balcony faced the town and shoreline and the afternoon sail out was beautiful! And in Greenock the port side faced the dock and we were serenaded by bagpipes as the ship prepared to leave. It was wonderful! Some of the docking locations were more industrial or tender ports and it really didn’t matter as much.

 

 

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[Poulsbo Cruisers]

For me, the only port view that matters is Cobh because of the beautiful view of the city. For that you would want the port side. If you are more concerned with the views on sea days then probably the starboard side is best.

[cynbar]

The ship may well vary the direction it docks, because we were on the starboard side, and we faced the pier in Greenock. That was the place the piper played us in on a misty morning.