Ship or Private Excursion

When you go ashore, and you are doing more than just walking into town, or going on one of the ship's excursions - like taking a taxi to an uncrowded beach or going off on your own excursion - be sure to take the ship's port agent's phone number with you. If you should run into some delay getting back to the ship, or some other kind of trouble, you'll at least be able to contact the ship and tell them where you are. There's of course no guarantee the ship will wait for you, but if you can tell them where you are and they see that you'll be there within minutes of sailing time, the ship can make a decision about waiting for you. If they have no idea where you are at sailing time, they won't have anything to consider and will just go ahead and leave.

When you go ashore, and you are doing more than just walking into town, or going on one of the ship's excursions - like taking a taxi to an uncrowded beach or going off on your own excursion - be sure to take the ship's port agent's phone number with you. If you should run into some delay getting back to the ship, or some other kind of trouble, you'll at least be able to contact the ship and tell them where you are. There's of course no guarantee the ship will wait for you, but if you can tell them where you are and they see that you'll be there within minutes of sailing time, the ship can make a decision about waiting for you. If they have no idea where you are at sailing time, they won't have anything to consider and will just go ahead and leave.

[kandl]

Thanks, David. Where would you get this port agent's phone #? Is it available when you get off the ship and scan your sea pass ID card through the machine?

[NancyN]

Kandl,
The agent information can always be found in the Daily Planner (newspaper) that is delivered to you each day of your cruise. So on Day 5, if you are in Cozumel for example, it would be found in the Day 5 daily planner. Usually it is with the general information about the port.
Nancy