EMBARKATION TIMES FOR PEARL? - Greek Island Cruise August 2024

[sbnuggie]

Howdy,

 

First time cruisers on NCL, we are taking the 9 day out of Athens (Pireaus) in late August.  As our ship does not depart until 10 pm and NCL has said we should be on board no later than 2 hours before departure, I was curious if anyone knew when we would actually be able to get on the ship. 

 

We have sailed out of Puerto Rico once where the ship didn't depart until late in the evening (9ish if I remember) and we could get on around Noon, we dropped our bags off than did a tour of old town.  Was kind of hoping to do the same in Athens:  Get on Early, drop off bags, get situated than go back out and tour around for a few hours in the afternoon than comeback for dinner.

 

Thanks for any insight

[BirdTravels]

11:30 am

[KeithJenner]

Late departures are relatively common on European cruises, and embarkation time remains the same at just before midday, although remember you will likely to need to get there early in order to get an early boarding group. Remember that some groups have priority (suites, latitudes) so even if you are the first one at the port then there will be others boarding ahead of you if you aren’t in one of those groups

 

In case you aren’t aware, Piraeus is quite a way from the centre of Athens so if you are planning on heading back there for the afternoon you need to make sure you have reliable transport in place.