Jeep61 Posted April 19, 2022 #1 Share Posted April 19, 2022 Does anyone know the hours the Azamara transfer buses will be running between the ship in Ravenna and the Venice airport on disembarkation day? From 6am to 10am? Or, maybe from 10 am to 2pm? When??? It would be nice to be able to plan that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combine Posted April 19, 2022 #2 Share Posted April 19, 2022 The transfer when booked on line is offered at 8am. They will want everyone off ship by 9am at the latest. 10am - 2 pm is a definte no. When are you disembarking? We are coming off on 1st May so will know more then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utopia1 Posted April 25, 2022 #3 Share Posted April 25, 2022 I am transferring from Ravenna to the Venice airport October 17 My flight is at 1:15 pm and they estimated my transfer from the ship would be at 7am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalifaxYorksCruiser Posted April 29, 2022 #4 Share Posted April 29, 2022 We received our disembarkation details on Quest last night. Our flight is at 12.20 on Sunday and we have to debark at 5.30 with bus leaving at 6. If transfer takes 2.5 hours that’s going to be almost 4 hours at Marco Polo - sounds fun ☹️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalifaxYorksCruiser Posted April 29, 2022 #5 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Flights 10.45 to 11.40 have to disembark at 5.00 for bus at 5.30. Breakfast in Windows is from 4.00. Later flights 13.31 to 16.15 disembark at 7.30 for bus at 8.00 and flights from 16.15 disembark at 8.30 for bus at 9.00. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combine Posted April 29, 2022 #6 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Probably being extra cautious with those times. That sure is early! Wouldn’t have thought the traffic would be bad at 6am? However weekend driving is notoriously bad in Italy apparently and also on public holidays. Everyone takes to the roads. 1st May is both. We encountered heavy traffic from Rome to port on the Saturday we boarded. Also our ships tour returning from Pompeii to Sorrento last Sunday was stuck in traffic. It should have been a 40 minute journey and ended up nearly 2 hours. After tendering we didn't get back on board till nearly 3pm and we had left Pompeii at midday ish . Hopefully as the season goes on they can fine tune some of these departure times.🤞 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Miggins Posted April 29, 2022 #7 Share Posted April 29, 2022 We have a 17.05 flight to Heathrow onSunday. We are on the last bus at 09.00, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeep61 Posted April 29, 2022 Author #8 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Great information about the bus schedule to the Venice airport. Does anyone have info about the bus schedule for transfers from Ravenna to the city of Venice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCM Posted April 29, 2022 #9 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Of course, the latest bus scheduled for 9.00am is so everyone disembarks by 9.00 so they can prepare the ship. I wonder if they’ll put on excursion buses, at a cost, which have a side trip before arriving at the airport. I’d certainly be doing that with a later afternoon flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalifaxYorksCruiser Posted May 1, 2022 #10 Share Posted May 1, 2022 Just sat in Marco Polo airport. Transfer from Ravenna dock to Marco Polo took exactly 2 hours ( left port at 5.50 and arrived 7.50) .So now have to wait until 10.20 until check in opens for 12.20 flight. No arrivals on Quest today as Quest sailing empty to Civiceveccia for a few days maintenance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combine Posted May 1, 2022 #11 Share Posted May 1, 2022 Apparently a charter was cancelled, leaving a gap until 8 May. That gives Captain and Ryzard time to get out of quarantine. Missed seeing them this morning as we left but the other Richard (F&B) came on the bus to wish us all a safe journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uktog Posted May 1, 2022 #12 Share Posted May 1, 2022 17 minutes ago, combine said: Apparently a charter was cancelled, leaving a gap until 8 May. That gives Captain and Ryzard time to get out of quarantine. Missed seeing them this morning as we left but the other Richard (F&B) came on the bus to wish us all a safe journey. Safe trip home. Hope everyone on Quest gets back on their feet quickly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalifaxYorksCruiser Posted May 1, 2022 #13 Share Posted May 1, 2022 Be aware that the coaches used for the transfers from Ravenna toMarco Polo do not have toilet facilities. Legroom is also pretty restricted - back row of coach is best for comfort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalifaxYorksCruiser Posted May 1, 2022 #14 Share Posted May 1, 2022 Typical- we get to Marco Polo over 4 hours early and our plane delayed by 2 hours ! Airport pretty quiet. Breezed through check in and security in less than 10min total. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uktog Posted May 1, 2022 #15 Share Posted May 1, 2022 Not much consolation but if it goes to a 3 hour delay EU261 should kick in and a little financial sweetener down the line. Im sure in due course Azamara will fine tune the transfers based on feedback. I think a bathroom break would be essential after early breakfast coffees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riocca Posted May 1, 2022 #16 Share Posted May 1, 2022 58 minutes ago, HalifaxYorksCruiser said: Typical- we get to Marco Polo over 4 hours early and our plane delayed by 2 hours ! Airport pretty quiet. Breezed through check in and security in less than 10min total. Thank you for all the good information we have to go through that in 13 days, currently in Heathrow en route to Nice security was a nightmare even with Fast track. BA lounge is very busy with virtually no masks being worn but we have our negative PCR certificates in hand, shows new covid rules are a farce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combine Posted May 1, 2022 #17 Share Posted May 1, 2022 5 hours ago, uktog said: Not much consolation but if it goes to a 3 hour delay EU261 should kick in and a little financial sweetener down the line. Im sure in due course Azamara will fine tune the transfers based on feedback. I think a bathroom break would be essential after early breakfast coffees I restricted fluids this morning! Ours was also 2 hours door to door arriving about 10 am. We all had a fair wait until our respective check ins opened. It was a pleasant drive on a quiet sunday morning before the locals went out for the day. It would be interesting to see what a weekday day transfer works out like. . Ryzard and Captain Jonas still in quarantine so Richard the F&B man came on the coach to wish us a good journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalifaxYorksCruiser Posted May 1, 2022 #18 Share Posted May 1, 2022 8 hours ago, uktog said: Not much consolation but if it goes to a 3 hour delay EU261 should kick in and a little financial sweetener down the line. Im sure in due course Azamara will fine tune the transfers based on feedback. I think a bathroom break would be essential after early breakfast coffees It turned out to be a 3 hour delayed departure but because Jet 2 like most airlines over estimate the flight time we arrived 2hr 40min late so not able to claim delayed flight compensation. Been a very long day. Trouble is we have to do it all again both ways in August when we are on Royal Caribbean out of Ravenna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uktog Posted May 1, 2022 #19 Share Posted May 1, 2022 (edited) Isn't it frustrating when delays just miss the rule after all you suffer - the rule used ro be it is timed from the door being opened and we had one that was 2 hr 58 minutes, we so wanted the door to stick Edited May 1, 2022 by uktog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jem 12 Posted May 2, 2022 #20 Share Posted May 2, 2022 We were glad we hadn’t changed our flight from 11.15 a.m, it was an early start but thought Azamara did very well with all the transfers etc, hubby enjoyed breakfast in windows at 4.30 am !!! And the grab and go box suited me very well, especially has BA had very little onboard food wise, all in all our journey was uneventful, but I wouldn’t choose to travel to Ravenna before or after a cruise given the choice, too far. Does anybody know how we access the future onboard credit for missing Venice , I think I was expecting to get some sort of notification? Jean 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combine Posted May 2, 2022 #21 Share Posted May 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, Jem 12 said: We were glad we hadn’t changed our flight from 11.15 a.m, it was an early start but thought Azamara did very well with all the transfers etc, hubby enjoyed breakfast in windows at 4.30 am !!! And the grab and go box suited me very well, especially has BA had very little onboard food wise, all in all our journey was uneventful, but I wouldn’t choose to travel to Ravenna before or after a cruise given the choice, too far. Does anybody know how we access the future onboard credit for missing Venice , I think I was expecting to get some sort of notification? Jean Hi Jean. So pleased that the flights worked out good in the end. Bet there wasn't much traffic at all!! I spoke to the future sales man Matthew onboard re the fcc and he said we would be notified personally. I did wonder if it would go to our TA that we booked this one with? Hope whoever gets notification first will let us all know ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jem 12 Posted May 2, 2022 #22 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Just now, combine said: Hi Jean. So pleased that the flights worked out good in the end. Bet there wasn't much traffic at all!! I spoke to the future sales man Matthew onboard re the fcc and he said we would be notified personally. I did wonder if it would go to our TA that we booked this one with? Hope whoever gets notification first will let us all know ! Sorry we didn’t get to meet you onboard, at least not knowingly, we did go to first cruise critic meeting but didn’t meet anybody. Missed the 2nd one. Thanks for info re future credit hopefully we will get it. We thoroughly enjoyed our cruise and met lots of lovely people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalifaxYorksCruiser Posted May 2, 2022 #23 Share Posted May 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Jem 12 said: We were glad we hadn’t changed our flight from 11.15 a.m, it was an early start but thought Azamara did very well with all the transfers etc, hubby enjoyed breakfast in windows at 4.30 am !!! And the grab and go box suited me very well, especially has BA had very little onboard food wise, all in all our journey was uneventful, but I wouldn’t choose to travel to Ravenna before or after a cruise given the choice, too far. Does anybody know how we access the future onboard credit for missing Venice , I think I was expecting to get some sort of notification? Jean It will be interesting to compare how Royal Caribbean handle the transfers when we are on Brilliance in August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combine Posted May 2, 2022 #24 Share Posted May 2, 2022 For anyone interested….Here’s a picture of the temporary ‘field hospital’ type of building they are using at the moment and also an artists impression for the future investment. There is an interesting article on cruise mapper about the investment from Royal Caribbean Group to build and operate the new cruise terminal with completion 2024. Cruise companies using it this year include Oceania, Marella, Celebrity, Seabourn, Seven Seas and of course Azamara. It is in the middle of nowhere with industrial port one side and expanse of beach the other. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbasmum Posted May 3, 2022 #25 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Once the driver of the coach located the drop off point at the airport, after several circles of the same roundabout, we were quite a walk from the terminal. There were no trolleys and no assistance. We struggled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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