Well, its official, Princess is going to let us off the ship a day early in Le Havre, France. We had not planned on seeking permission, but after reading a few more cruise forum postings, we realized that it would be better to get official approval ahead of time. We contacted Princess and Travelocity, and found out how to process the request. Since we booked through Travelocity, they had to make the official request through the Princess “Dispatch Department”. Within a few hours, our information on the Princess Web Site indicated our Disembarkation point as Le Havre, France instead of Southampton, UK. Now we just have to make sure all is set once we actually are on the ship, and can make sure the arrangements fit our plans in person.
We have completed most all of our planning for the ports, at least in so far as making sure we have all of the information with us to make the final choices. For a couple of ports of call, we have “options”, mainly so we can have alternate plans in case of bad weather. We are trying to avoid having to use our free ship board Internet time for port planning, it is both slow, and tedious to try and accomplish much through that service.
Since we have a lot of days at sea before we arrive in the British Isles, we will utilize that time to finish reading our Rick Steves’ guide books and make our final choices.
We start the fun process of packing this week, mainly trying to eliminate the “extra” items and pack as lightly as we can. Nothing worse than lugging unused items around on a train as we travel at the end of the cruise in Paris and London.
I accepted your invitation…sorry, it took me a while to figure this whole blog thing out. Have a wonderful & safe trip. Bon Voyage!!!