2008 Grand Princess British Isles

[jo-v]

Would the following ports be dock or tender:

 

Guernsey (St. Peter Port), England

Cork

Dublin, Ireland

Liverpool, Scotland

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Glasgow (Greenock), Scotland

Inverness/Loch Ness (Invergordon), Scotland

Edinburgh (South Queensbury), Scotland

Le Havre, France

 

Thanks for your help. Also, what would weather be like on this intinerary, early June?

 

Thanks again!

[FinelyRetired]

When I first booked this cruise quite a few months ago, I got historical weather data for each Port.......very easily from:

 

http://www.weatherbase.com

 

What cruiseline are you on?

[jo-v]

Thank you for the weather site. Cruiseline is Princess.

[standby 06.30]

Liverpool is in england regards Scouser

[luvnorway]

I'll qualify this by saying that responses are based on my experience but not "cast in stone". We done a dozen or so British Isles cruises since the mid '90's - most recently on Princess - but not on Grand.

 

Some suggestions to check out the accuracy of what I'm posting are:

1) if there's a Roll Call for this itinerary on Grand for 2007, post your question there asking for a response from people when they return

2) Google "Port of ____" for each port - some have a website that lists ships visiting and indicates if/where they will dock

 

St. Peter Port - always tender

 

Cork - cruise ships dock at Cobh - a ship the size of Grand Princess cannot actually get to Cork

 

Dublin - dock

 

Liverpool (which is in England BTW, not Scotland) - likely dock

 

Belfast - dock

 

Invergordon - likely dock (I'm not sure how large a ship can dock here - the old Royal Princess did)

 

Edinburgh - you didn't indicate whether your port is Leith, where you'll likely dock, or South Queensferry where ships always tender

 

Le Havre - dock

[dbh62ark]

Sorry to butt in on a thread--luvnorway, if you would be willing to e-mail me off the boards, I would love to have some advice from you. I have read some of your posts and noted that you have a lot of experience cruising Norway, so I would like to ask for your opinion on some itineraries. My address is dahillark @ yahoo.com (remove the spaces).

 

Thanks,

Donna

[Elaine0138]

You will tender at South Queensferry

[RoyN]

Hi

We will be on the 2007 version of your cruise next month, and acording to Princess:

Guernsey (St. Peter Port), England - Tender required

Cork - New for 2008

Dublin, Ireland - Dock

Liverpool, England - New for 2008, but new dock is being built.

Belfast, Northern Ireland - Dock

Glasgow (Greenock), Scotland - Dock

Inverness/Loch Ness (Invergordon), Scotland - Dock

Edinburgh (South Queensbury), Scotland - Tender required

Le Havre, France - Dock

 

Roy

[pmc7704]

Roy, which cruise are you on ? We'll be on the Grand Princess July 28th sailing.

[Sea Day Cruiser]

We are booked on the same cruise in August, 2008. According to our itinerary on the cruise personalizer, St. Peter Port and S. Queensferrry are both tender ports. They are the only ones listed that way.

 

SOUTHAMPTON

ST PETER PRT" - TENDER REQUIRED WHEELCHAIR ACCESS LIMITED

COBH

DUBLIN

LIVERPOOL

GREENOCK

BELFAST

AT SEA

INVERGORDON

S. QUEENSFERRY - TENDER REQUIRED WHEELCHAIR ACCESS LIMITED

AT SEA

LE HAVRE

SOUTHAMPTON

[jo-v]

Thank you - I think I am going to book for us today!