Quebec City 2022 Cruise Season

[Nghthawke]

Will be sailing on the Nieuw Statendam on 7 September. 

 

We were thinking of taking the train but it would not be arriving at the station until 4:30 in the afternoon.

How late do the embarkation staff stay at the Port du Québec to do passenger check-in, photo, etc. ?

 

The ship doesn't leave until the next day 8 September so I'm not worried about missing the sail away 🙂 !

[GTJ]

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Edited March 9, 2022 by GTJ
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[Broon]

I am interested in the answer to this question. We are booked on the same cruise and are considering the train to get to Quebec. 

[princeton123211]

On 3/8/2022 at 12:40 PM, Nghthawke said:

We were thinking of taking the train but it would not be arriving at the station until 4:30 in the afternoon.

How late do the embarkation staff stay at the Port du Québec to do passenger check-in, photo, etc. ?

 

The ship doesn't leave until the next day 8 September so I'm not worried about missing the sail away 🙂 

Please double check with Holland America but our experience with the few times we have boarded a cruise at an overnight port they are able to process you at all hours. The port folks themselves are there when things get busy during normal embarkation hours, but the ship's security team/purser should be able to do the same thing for you at off hours. The ships gangway is open 24/7 while the ship overnights so there is always someone there. 

 

We have done this with Seabourn during an overnight stop where we joined a trip mid voyage and didn't arrive until about 7pm. Seabourn and HAL are sister companies so I'm sure theres some sort of similar process. 

[Nghthawke]

Thanks for the reply. We decided to book an earlier train arriving in Quebec City around noon. We're hoping we'll get lucky and get to board one of the new VIA Rail trains.