Disembarking Advice?

[Bunny620]

We are on a Viking ocean cruise from Athens to Venice. The ship docks in Venice around 5 am. What should we expect from disembarkation process? Does Viking want you off the ship ASAP? Can we eat breakfast on board? We are planning our own travel arrangements to spend two days in Venice… what time should the car service pick us up at Chioggia? Any advice would be helpful!

[Mich3554]

Usually they want you out of your cabin by 8 so they can start the turn around.  Yes, you can eat breakfast on board but disembarkation day is usually the day we schedule room service as WC is usually a zoo.  Most people are off the ship by about 9:30.

[Jim Avery]

And I don’t think you are actually docking in Venice. Lots of threads about this. 

[CDNPolar]

Yep - clear your cabin by 8am.  This is a must, and no negotiation on the time.

 

If you are doing your own transportation from the ship, you should arrange with guest services what to do with your 'checked' luggage until you actually disembark the ship.  They may give you a luggage tag and time to put out the night before and then it will be waiting in the cruise terminal for you when you finally disembark.  If you have rolling carryon bags, or other bags with your essentials, valuables, and medications, you keep those with you, but they have to then be with you at breakfast.

 

You can have a leisurely breakfast in the World Cafe - not sure that The Restaurant is open on turn around day for breakfast.

 

They generally want all to leave the ship by 11am. 

[deec]

on our British Isle Cruise we had breakfast in the Restaurant .  We weren't schedule to leave the ship until 10 for a noon train to Oslo.

[OneSixtyToOne]

7 minutes ago, deec said:

on our British Isle Cruise we had breakfast in the Restaurant .  We weren't schedule to leave the ship until 10 for a noon train to Oslo.

We didn’t leave the ship for the Oslo train until 10:30 but had to vacate our rooms at 8 AM.

[deec]

agree Viking asked that we be out of the room at 8am

[millybess]

On 8/29/2024 at 3:09 PM, deec said:

agree Viking asked that we be out of the room at 8am

And your card key no longer works after 8am.  So it's wise to have your luggage with you if you are going to breakfast after 8am.

[CDNPolar]

13 hours ago, millybess said:

And your card key no longer works after 8am.  So it's wise to have your luggage with you if you are going to breakfast after 8am.

 

And what you will notice - generally - if you try to return after 8am is that every cabin door is open.  You will see that on a turn around day, they don't do cabin by cabin.  They will strip all the beds along the corridor, do the vacuuming, cleaning, etc., then start to remake the beds.  It is more like an assembly line.

 

Have not seen this on River, but on Ocean, you may see extra linen on the top shelf of your cupboard as this is in preparation for the turnaround the next day.