defbref Posted July 19 #126 Share Posted July 19 Not sure about the difference between size of ship and arrival time for coaches. I've took the coach from Carlisle twice, once for Iona and once for Arvia and both times we were on the ship by 130pm. Arrival has been about 1pm both times. I don't know if this is because of the longer journey and perhaps shorter journey coaches get held to 3pm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Funboy Posted July 19 #127 Share Posted July 19 10 minutes ago, defbref said: Not sure about the difference between size of ship and arrival time for coaches. I've took the coach from Carlisle twice, once for Iona and once for Arvia and both times we were on the ship by 130pm. Arrival has been about 1pm both times. I don't know if this is because of the longer journey and perhaps shorter journey coaches get held to 3pm. Both our 2014 cruises coaches from Leeds were told that if they arrive before 3.30 then they would be held until that time. We have not been aboard before 4.15 pm!. This means we are among the last few aboard and have little chance booking the Olive Grove etc for the times we prefer. If the coach is held up by traffic having set off to arrive at 3.30 will the ship wait for us and will we be allowed to board after the advertised time of 4.30pm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshirephil Posted July 19 #128 Share Posted July 19 50 minutes ago, Funboy said: Both our 2014 cruises coaches from Leeds were told that if they arrive before 3.30 then they would be held until that time. We have not been aboard before 4.15 pm!. This means we are among the last few aboard and have little chance booking the Olive Grove etc for the times we prefer. If the coach is held up by traffic having set off to arrive at 3.30 will the ship wait for us and will we be allowed to board after the advertised time of 4.30pm? We have booked Intercruise for our next cruise, after reading reviews we would have opted for Eavesway but this was the section on the web site that swung it for Intercruise 1. THE OFFICIAL CUNARD LINE, PRINCESS CRUISES AND P&O CRUISES TRANSFER SERVICEThe ship will make every effort to wait for you in the event of any unforseen delays to your coach journey. Since the service started in 2001, we have never missed a sailing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FangedRose Posted July 19 Author #129 Share Posted July 19 1 hour ago, yorkshirephil said: We have booked Intercruise for our next cruise, after reading reviews we would have opted for Eavesway but this was the section on the web site that swung it for Intercruise 1. THE OFFICIAL CUNARD LINE, PRINCESS CRUISES AND P&O CRUISES TRANSFER SERVICEThe ship will make every effort to wait for you in the event of any unforseen delays to your coach journey. Since the service started in 2001, we have never missed a sailing! Exactly. And the fact that Eavesway doesn't even run a service from Carlisle anymore makes it a no brainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FangedRose Posted July 19 Author #130 Share Posted July 19 2 hours ago, Funboy said: Both our 2014 cruises coaches from Leeds were told that if they arrive before 3.30 then they would be held until that time. We have not been aboard before 4.15 pm!. This means we are among the last few aboard and have little chance booking the Olive Grove etc for the times we prefer. If the coach is held up by traffic having set off to arrive at 3.30 will the ship wait for us and will we be allowed to board after the advertised time of 4.30pm? Can you not book The Olive Grove pre cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Funboy Posted July 19 #131 Share Posted July 19 32 minutes ago, FangedRose said: Can you not book The Olive Grove pre cruise? Nope. Only on board so we are told.- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel57 Posted July 19 #132 Share Posted July 19 5 minutes ago, Funboy said: Nope. Only on board so we are told.- The Olive Grove was only bookable once on board /in terminal a few weeks ago on Iona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted July 19 #133 Share Posted July 19 54 minutes ago, FangedRose said: Can you not book The Olive Grove pre cruise? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy v Posted July 19 #134 Share Posted July 19 When we were on Olive Grove was only available to book for one day at a time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Funboy Posted July 19 #135 Share Posted July 19 18 hours ago, FangedRose said: Don't need to book anything.on board Yes you do if you want Olive Grove at certain times. Sometimes it is completely booked when we board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Funboy Posted July 19 #136 Share Posted July 19 10 hours ago, FangedRose said: .Only the big ships have coaches arriving at 3pm. All others coaches arrival time is between 1pm and 2pm. Nor is it necessary to book stuff. The trouble is the big ships, not the coach. We were told not to arrive until at least 3.30 pm not 3pm. It is VERY necessary to book stuff otherwise you don/t get it. The Olive Grove was not available before 7.45 when we wanted 6.00 and another day it was not available at all.. Lets face it, most people are aboard by the time we get on(around 4pm.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert2251 Posted July 22 #137 Share Posted July 22 Just booked our free coach for our 2026 cruise on Britannia. 15 minutes from first dial to putting the phone down and email just arrived. Well done 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janny444 Posted July 22 #138 Share Posted July 22 1 hour ago, Rupert2251 said: Just booked our free coach for our 2026 cruise on Britannia. 15 minutes from first dial to putting the phone down and email just arrived. Well done 😊 Great....shows that it can be done....just wish that it worked like that every time but trying for 2 & half days listening to awful music and then getting cut off after 10 minutes every time isn't a great experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert2251 Posted July 22 #139 Share Posted July 22 5 minutes ago, janny444 said: Great....shows that it can be done....just wish that it worked like that every time but trying for 2 & half days listening to awful music and then getting cut off after 10 minutes every time isn't a great experience We deliberately left it until latish afternoon to avoid the rush, still got the awful music for a few minutes then bingo. Happy Days!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janny444 Posted July 23 #140 Share Posted July 23 13 hours ago, Rupert2251 said: We deliberately left it until latish afternoon to avoid the rush, still got the awful music for a few minutes then bingo. Happy Days!! Started phoning them as soon as they opened and continued to phone them all through the day until their closing time for 2& a half days ! so their rush was on all of the time...no avoiding it....Frustrating Days !! Re the music...I still haven't recovered 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TigerB Posted July 23 #141 Share Posted July 23 2 hours ago, janny444 said: Re the music...I still haven't recovered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bin man Posted July 23 #142 Share Posted July 23 Still debating if to try the bus from Doncaster services .August next year usual drive down day before.What sort of time do they pick up any info welcome.Dont they have a web site to book or is it by the phone only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted July 23 #143 Share Posted July 23 Eavesway have now stopped offering coach travel òn some of the P&O ships definitely stopped Iona cruises because numbers are not enough, although they are still offering Aurora cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshirephil Posted July 23 #144 Share Posted July 23 36 minutes ago, Bin man said: Still debating if to try the bus from Doncaster services .August next year usual drive down day before.What sort of time do they pick up any info welcome.Dont they have a web site to book or is it by the phone only There is a web site for Cruise connect where you can book the coach. If you have booked select and taken the coach as a perk you have to phone. It isn't always easy to best guess the pickup time as it depends on the route the coach takes. We are boarding in September in Barnsley and won't know pick up time until around 3 weeks before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bin man Posted July 23 #145 Share Posted July 23 Had a look at web site and it seems to work giving p and o ref and a 3 letter ref my TA gave me and then gives the full discount for travel didn't Press next step as p and o not confirmed booking although its on my personaliser . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janny444 Posted July 23 #146 Share Posted July 23 53 minutes ago, Bin man said: Had a look at web site and it seems to work giving p and o ref and a 3 letter ref my TA gave me and then gives the full discount for travel didn't Press next step as p and o not confirmed booking although its on my personaliser . Really...that is good to know...saves all that hanging about on the phone. I did try to book on line with Cruise Connect for the included coach transfer but wanted to charge me full price BUT you have mentioned a 3 letter reference number from your TA...I didn't have that...did you have to ask your TA for that or did they just give it to you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bin man Posted July 23 #147 Share Posted July 23 No my TA gave it to me as I say was a 3 letter code plus P and O ref code and cabin no required on form .I have since booked it and went through with confirmation email stating terms and conditions, invoice and email stating they will inform 3 weeks before time if pick up so seemed very straightforward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mymarina Bay Posted July 23 #148 Share Posted July 23 3 hours ago, terrierjohn said: Eavesway have now stopped offering coach travel òn some of the P&O ships definitely stopped Iona cruises because numbers are not enough, although they are still offering Aurora cruises. When did they stop offering the service? I see they still offer Arvia, Aurora,Arcadia, Brittania and Ventura luckily. Our coach this year with Intercruise was appalling, no air con, no leg room, tatty seats (prisoners probably travel in better comfort) and driver kept stopping at services for no other reason than to have a fag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janny444 Posted July 23 #149 Share Posted July 23 1 hour ago, Bin man said: No my TA gave it to me as I say was a 3 letter code plus P and O ref code and cabin no required on form .I have since booked it and went through with confirmation email stating terms and conditions, invoice and email stating they will inform 3 weeks before time if pick up so seemed very straightforward I have just emailed my TA to see why I wasn't given a letter reference number....if your TA had one mine should have even though it may be a different TA and that we won't know as you are not allowed to name TAs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanieC,Aston Posted July 24 #150 Share Posted July 24 On 7/23/2024 at 1:13 PM, Mymarina Bay said: When did they stop offering the service? I see they still offer Arvia, Aurora,Arcadia, Brittania and Ventura luckily. Our coach this year with Intercruise was appalling, no air con, no leg room, tatty seats (prisoners probably travel in better comfort) and driver kept stopping at services for no other reason than to have a fag. Hi They don’t have enough coaches to cover all ships,,,don’t forget the cater for Princess,Cunard,MSCVirtuosa and Fred Olsen.plus private hire,football clubs and rugby teams,,,,,travelled on Leicester Tigers coach once from Liverpool,turned some heads when a load of 70 yr olds got off at Services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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