Disembark before end of cruise?

[YoPhilly]

I've been searching for info on O's policy/procedure for disembarking the day before a cruise ends.  Specifically, our cruise ends in Barcelona but I'm thinking about disembarking the previous day in Marseille.  Are there any restrictions or policies I need to know?  Thanks.

[sitraveler]

No problem. Just let O know before you board.  

[Flatbush Flyer]

8 minutes ago, sitraveler said:

No problem. Just let O know before you board.  

Perhaps not that easy in the Covid environment at the time of OP’s cruise. And the restrictions on disembarking, quarantine, etc may have more to do with local government than with Oceania.

Even with O’s OK, I’d have a “plan B” if an “approved” Marseille disembark cannot happen.

[LHT28]

30 minutes ago, YoPhilly said:

I've been searching for info on O's policy/procedure for disembarking the day before a cruise ends.  Specifically, our cruise ends in Barcelona but I'm thinking about disembarking the previous day in Marseille.  Are there any restrictions or policies I need to know?  Thanks.

I think in the past  you had to request  early disembarkation in writing  so they can make sure their are immigration/customs officials at the port

Get permission in writing

JMO

[YoPhilly]

30 minutes ago, Flatbush Flyer said:

Perhaps not that easy in the Covid environment at the time of OP’s cruise. And the restrictions on disembarking, quarantine, etc may have more to do with local government than with Oceania.

Even with O’s OK, I’d have a “plan B” if an “approved” Marseille disembark cannot happen.

Good points, Flatbush.  This TA cruise ends in April of 2022; hopefully, things are fairly well stabilized by then.  

[YoPhilly]

31 minutes ago, LHT28 said:

I think in the past  you had to request  early disembarkation in writing  so they can make sure their are immigration/customs officials at the port

Get permission in writing

JMO

Excellent advice!  Thanks.  
P.S.  Have you ever done that, i.e., disembarked early?

[LHT28]

19 minutes ago, YoPhilly said:

Excellent advice!  Thanks.  
P.S.  Have you ever done that, i.e., disembarked early?

Yes but for medical reasons  😉

 

[Condocat]

We disembarked early once, it was no problem.  Just tell your TA in advance and the details will be arranged with O and noted on your itinerary.   Confirm details when you board.   

 

Of course this was "pre-Covid days".

 

   

[ORV]

I have also, but it was the same port as the ship was scheduled for an overnight at the disembarkation port. 

[DrHemlock]

5 hours ago, Condocat said:

We disembarked early once, it was no problem.  Just tell your TA in advance and the details will be arranged with O and noted on your itinerary.   Confirm details when you board.   

 

Of course this was "pre-Covid days".

 

   

Condocat has the procedure exactly right, as we can attest from having done so in pre-Covid days.  Those days are gone, but the procedure will be the same and will take into consideration not only whether O has a problem with early disembarkation but also whether local officials will allow it.  That part could be problematic, depending upon the port. 

Edited June 24, 2021 by DrHemlock

[GeorgesGal]

1 hour ago, ORV said:

I have also, but it was the same port as the ship was scheduled for an overnight at the disembarkation port. 

We have also done the same in Tahiti.  Got our approval prior to the cruise.  We stayed on-board for dinner the evening of our disembarkation, after which our butler escorted us off the Marina with our luggage to a waiting cab to take us to the airport for our flight back to LAX.  This way we avoided the need for a hotel day pass, then the loonnnggg wait at the airport the next day.  We had made our own travel arrangements - air - once we received O's approval.

[YoPhilly]

3 hours ago, DrHemlock said:

Condocat has the procedure exactly right, as we can attest from having done so in pre-Covid days.  Those days are gone, but the procedure will be the same and will take into consideration not only whether O has a problem with early disembarkation but also whether local officials will allow it.  That part could be problematic, depending upon the port. 

Thanks to all for your responses.  No doubt, nothing is stable yet.  First world problem, I know, and I feel exceptionally privileged to be planning weeks-long travel when there are still so many people suffering.  I think I may just reconsider and plan for the sure thing - disembark as scheduled.  I’ll reach out to O and see what they say.  

[YoPhilly]

Bottom line: I think at this particular moment in time, it's too risky to go off-script - not knowing if ports will have to be substituted/eliminated, etc.  Who knows what March/April will bring.  I'll stick to the script and disembark as scheduled.  But again, thank you for your input.