bortman23 Posted May 12 #1 Share Posted May 12 I was browsing the NCL site for cruises. How about a 1-Day cruise from Cairns Aus to Cairns Aus. Leaving 11:59 pm on Wednesday, and arriving 6:00 am Thursday? 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizfish Posted May 12 #2 Share Posted May 12 That's not a cruise. It's a ferry ride. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredflint Posted May 12 #3 Share Posted May 12 Maybe one of those cruises for travel agents and the press? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising Lynne Posted May 12 #4 Share Posted May 12 Good for a night out. Dinner, show, drinks, and casino. Sounds fun if you are local. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrt.mom Posted May 12 #5 Share Posted May 12 Talk about a Booze Cruise... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondine Posted May 13 #6 Share Posted May 13 I have this on my cruise in January. Not sure why we arrive at 11.00am and yet the disembarkation is 7.00am the next day. Never struck this before. Weird - why not just stay at sea instead of paying the extra wharf fees. Melbourne is the end of the 15 night cruise and ships usually come in at 7.00am and disembark from 7.30am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare KeithJenner Posted May 13 #7 Share Posted May 13 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ondine said: I have this on my cruise in January. Not sure why we arrive at 11.00am and yet the disembarkation is 7.00am the next day. Never struck this before. Weird - why not just stay at sea instead of paying the extra wharf fees. Melbourne is the end of the 15 night cruise and ships usually come in at 7.00am and disembark from 7.30am. It gives people the extra day in port, rather than a sea day at the end. We have had similar a couple of times at places like Venice. Not sure how itineraries like this come along, but I’ve always just assumed that it is an accident of timing with the port schedules and NCL have decided to give people the extra time rather than just hanging around outside of port. It does allow for a less rushed reprovisioning I suppose. Every time I’ve had something like this has been at the end of a longer cruise so that may be a factor (although I can’t think why). Edited May 13 by KeithJenner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ondine Posted May 14 #8 Share Posted May 14 Since I live in Melbourne and lots of other passengers will also live in Victoria or nearby it seems odd to be in port and not getting off to go home. Kind of an anticlimax. I just put it down to Norwegian not having home-ported Melbourne before. I think they are learning as they go along. The following Auckland to Melb cruise comes in at 11.00pm so I can understand the reasoning for a 7.00am the following morning disembarkation then although 11.00pm is not a normal arrival time for Melbourne ports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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