Edinburgh July 2022 - board at 9 pm? really?

[lynn-in-nc]

I'm so looking forward to getting back on a Ponant ship. We're on the Shetland/Orkney etc. itinerary leaving from Edinburgh, and the schedule says embarkation between 9-10 pm and departure at 11 pm.  Could that really be true, and does anyone know if there will be an opportunity to board before 9 pm?

[AussieBoyTX]

Le Champlain is repositioning from Copenhagen to begin your cruise, so there's no information on when it gets to Edinburgh. Given the distance, it could easily be arriving that evening.

[lynn-in-nc]

Ah, thanks for that.  Trying to figure out how much time we need in Edinburgh. 

[cruising cockroach]

At least it's a short hop.  Le Soléal was late 8-10 hrs on a Honolulu-Maizuru hop (due to a weather diversion: Course after passing the far fringes of Hawaii (French Frigate shoals) was so southerly that I thought the ship was going to go around the western/southern end of Honshu.  Even the captain missed his flight home.