Leaving cruise early

[tx121]

We are looking at the 30 day transpacific cruise from Seattle to Brisbane, Australia. We have been to Australia before and didn’t want to spend another 8 straight days at sea to get there. Would we be able to disembark at an earlier port? We got a great casino rate and rather see more of Asia then take the rest of the trip south.Thanks in Advance 

Edited December 10, 2022 by tx121

[Elaine5715]

4 minutes ago, tx121 said:

We are looking at the 30 day transpacific cruise from Seattle to Brisbane, Australia. We have been to Australia before and didn’t want to spend another 8 straight days at sea to get there. Would we be able to disembark at an earlier port? We got a great casino rate and rather see more of Asia then take the rest of the trip south.Thanks in Advance 

You would need to contact Carnival.  

[nwcruiselover]

You can contact Carnival, but I can tell you from experience that they don’t allow this.

[Essiesmom]

Are you looking at Luminosa?  And debarking in Indonesia?  It doesn’t hurt to ask, they might allow since it isn’t a closed loop cruise.  

[ontheweb]

If you do get permission from Carnival, make sure you have it in writing, and bring that with you onto the ship.

[tx121]

1 hour ago, Essiesmom said:

Are you looking at Luminosa?  And debarking in Indonesia?  It doesn’t hurt to ask, they might allow since it isn’t a closed loop cruise.  

Yes. We were actually thinking of debarking in Puerta Princessa , Philippines and staying there for a couple of days and then flying over to Singapore and Thailand. I will call Carnival and see what they say. 👍

[EngIceDave]

IMO, say nothing and fake a family emergency.

 

They can't force you to stay onboard.  Airlines are the same way, they refer to it as an "open jaw" reservation, and they discourage it.

Open jaw is say having a flight that is MCO>DAL>LAX and you get off in DAL and not get on second leg in Dallas. Do this once or twice, no big deal, do it a lot and they can (and will) refuse service (fly you).

 

But, hey, an emergency is an emergency....your great aunt tuttie died....awwww. You got to go, your family is heartbroken.

Go to CS and explain you gotta go home at next port, you've arranged all the travel home.

Edited December 10, 2022 by EngIceDave

[EngIceDave]

BTW, I am on same cruise.....I can mourn Great Aunt Tuttie with you

[ctlyf]

29 minutes ago, EngIceDave said:

IMO, say nothing and fake a family emergency.

 

They can't force you to stay onboard.  Airlines are the same way, they refer to it as an "open jaw" reservation, and they discourage it.

Open jaw is say having a flight that is MCO>DAL>LAX and you get off in DAL and not get on second leg in Dallas. Do this once or twice, no big deal, do it a lot and they can (and will) refuse service (fly you).

I don't think your explanation of open jaw is correct. Open jaw is when you have a return flight that leaves from a different location where you first arrived or return from the same location you arrived at but to a different end point. 

For example flight out is YEG --> MCO then return trip is FLL --> YEG.

Or YEG --> MCO, MCO --> YYC.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-jaw_ticket

[Eli_6]

People debarked early on my carnival cruise this summer on the Pride. A whole slew of them got off in Ireland because they were loading on the tenders with their luggage. I asked how they were able to do this and the reply was that there flight out of London Heathrow (ship debarked in Dover) was canceled and they could only get a flight out of Ireland. I found that explanation a little suspicious because I doubt it would be "easier" to get a flight out of Ireland than out of London which has three airports. 

 

Also, my husband and I debarked early in Mexico once about 15 years ago to fly back to Texas because of illness.  As others have suggested, worst case scenario--I suspect that you could say there was a family illness or death and you needed to debark early. Now the only problem I could see with this is if they asked to see your airline tickets and then noticed they were for a week later...     

[mz-s]

I personally wouldn't lie about a family emergency. But I guess that's up to you and your own sense of morality.

[Eli_6]

Also, you might need to consider how entering/leaving a foreign country works with debarking a ship early.  Doing it in Mexico probably isn't that big of a deal because people got back and forth all the time since we share a border (I used to live in Laredo), but it may be a totally different situation in an Asian country.

[Elaine5715]

1 hour ago, Eli_6 said:

People debarked early on my carnival cruise this summer on the Pride. A whole slew of them got off in Ireland because they were loading on the tenders with their luggage. I asked how they were able to do this and the reply was that there flight out of London Heathrow (ship debarked in Dover) was canceled and they could only get a flight out of Ireland. I found that explanation a little suspicious because I doubt it would be "easier" to get a flight out of Ireland than out of London which has three airports. 

 

Also, my husband and I debarked early in Mexico once about 15 years ago to fly back to Texas because of illness.  As others have suggested, worst case scenario--I suspect that you could say there was a family illness or death and you needed to debark early. Now the only problem I could see with this is if they asked to see your airline tickets and then noticed they were for a week later...     

The laws vary depending on embarkation ports and debarkation ports so cruises that begin and end in the US are very different.  

[Elaine5715]

2 hours ago, EngIceDave said:

IMO, say nothing and fake a family emergency.

 

They can't force you to stay onboard.  Airlines are the same way, they refer to it as an "open jaw" reservation, and they discourage it.

Open jaw is say having a flight that is MCO>DAL>LAX and you get off in DAL and not get on second leg in Dallas. Do this once or twice, no big deal, do it a lot and they can (and will) refuse service (fly you).

 

But, hey, an emergency is an emergency....your great aunt tuttie died....awwww. You got to go, your family is heartbroken.

Go to CS and explain you gotta go home at next port, you've arranged all the travel home.

The country you are trying to enter can

[EngIceDave]

2 minutes ago, Elaine5715 said:

The laws vary depending on embarkation ports and debarkation ports so cruises that begin and end in the US are very different.  

I would not do it on my own without telling GS

If you tell GS, they'll make the necessary immigration issues possible for you to go home.

 

You ask in advance, they'll say no, right out, not a thought

[EngIceDave]

2 hours ago, ctlyf said:

I don't think your explanation of open jaw is correct. Open jaw is when you have a return flight that leaves from a different location where you first arrived or return from the same location you arrived at but to a different end point. 

For example flight out is YEG --> MCO then return trip is FLL --> YEG.

Or YEG --> MCO, MCO --> YYC.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-jaw_ticket

Thanks

I was in the neighborhood, but the wrong house.

[Elaine5715]

22 minutes ago, EngIceDave said:

I would not do it on my own without telling GS

If you tell GS, they'll make the necessary immigration issues possible for you to go home.

 

You ask in advance, they'll say no, right out, not a thought

Not necessarily.  European cruises seem to permit this.  The port needs to have  the proper officials in place  to process entry.  

[RD64]

There may also be extra costs involved for debarking early which you will ultimately be responsible for - family emergency or no family emergency.

 

BTW - several years ago on a Holland America, Lisbon to Boston crossing, there were seven Canadians that I knew of that were disembarking in Boston, three or four days before the arrival in Boston.

Edited December 10, 2022 by RD64

[barante]

2 hours ago, RD64 said:

BTW - several years ago on a Holland America, Lisbon to Boston crossing, there were seven Canadians that I knew of that were disembarking in Boston, three or four days before the arrival in Boston.

   Pray tell. Did they disembark onto rowboats in the middle of the Atlantic, or what?

 

 

2 hours ago, RD64 said:

There may also be extra costs involved for debarking early which you will ultimately be responsible for - family emergency or no family emergency.

 

BTW - several years ago on a Holland America, Lisbon to Boston crossing, there were seven Canadians that I knew of that were disembarking in Boston, three or four days before the arrival in Boston.

 

2 hours ago, RD64 said:

There may also be extra costs involved for debarking early which you will ultimately be responsible for - family emergency or no family emergency.

 

BTW - several years ago on a Holland America, Lisbon to Boston crossing, there were seven Canadians that I knew of that were disembarking in Boston, three or four days before the arrival in Boston.

 

2 hours ago, RD64 said:

There may also be extra costs involved for debarking early which you will ultimately be responsible for - family emergency or no family emergency.

 

BTW - several years ago on a Holland America, Lisbon to Boston crossing, there were seven Canadians that I knew of that were disembarking in Boston, three or four days before the arrival in Boston.

 

Edited December 10, 2022 by barante

[crooooze]

18 hours ago, tx121 said:

We are looking at the 30 day transpacific cruise from Seattle to Brisbane, Australia. We have been to Australia before and didn’t want to spend another 8 straight days at sea to get there. Would we be able to disembark at an earlier port? We got a great casino rate and rather see more of Asia then take the rest of the trip south.Thanks in Advance 

If it’ll be of any help, we’ll jump on the ship as you get off and finish the cruise for you so nobody will know. Just need you to slip us your S&S cards. 😃

[MsOne]

Well, they leave people in port, so if you were to get left behind...

Edited December 12, 2022 by MsOne

[Essiesmom]

On 12/10/2022 at 6:21 PM, crooooze said:

If it’ll be of any help, we’ll jump on the ship as you get off and finish the cruise for you so nobody will know. Just need you to slip us your S&S cards. 😃

They might leave you the onboard account, too…

[ontheweb]

10 hours ago, MsOne said:

Well, they leave people in port, so if you were to get left behind...

The problem with that is your luggage gets to stay on the ship. 

[MsOne]

On 12/12/2022 at 6:06 AM, ontheweb said:

The problem with that is your luggage gets to stay on the ship. 

It shouldn't if they know they're leaving lol.

 

I said that meaning it's not like they'll get arrested or banned for not getting back on. Just like the people who don't get back on because they got left. But in the end, I think the best approach is to tell Guests Services they have a personal matter where they won't be continuing.

[ontheweb]

8 hours ago, MsOne said:

It shouldn't if they know they're leaving lol.

 

I said that meaning it's not like they'll get arrested or banned for not getting back on. Just like the people who don't get back on because they got left. But in the end, I think the best approach is to tell Guests Services they have a personal matter where they won't be continuing.

Yes, but the poster I was replying to wrote to just get enough and not return. I agree you have to let them know. I was giving one of the problems of leaving without letting them know.