Southampton (London), England Port Reviews

Disembarkation port- wished had more time here to explore, but maybe next time!

Need to take transportation from the industrial port area. Huge in door shopping mall with food court at top of high street. Did a private walking tour, then had a pub lunch with excellent beer on tap.

Embarkation port.

We took a private car to Portsmouth for museum hopping.

Arrived a day early and spent some time walking in the city. Great old walls, good shopping and restaurants. First experience of driving to the departure port and it was good.

Embarked and disembarked tgere

opted for the "panoramic tour" to London Heathrow, but missed many of the sights due to heavy traffic. The tour operator did let us off in central London per our request.

NCL transfer to Heathrow is the way to go.

The port of Southampton is a major port of embarkation for cruises and is located approximately 130 km from London.

This was mixed bag. On a 12 night cruise we had to tender 4 or 5 times. That's not cool. On one occasion, we had to move past a port due to weather. That would not have been an issue had we been able to dock. This info was not readily communicated when we booked. Additionally, on several occasions they changes arrival times which significantly impacted plan tours what we had booked. Sure, changes occur, but we found out when we got back into our cabin after dinner, not allowing us to contact our tour operators. This is very disorganized and unnecessary. I expect more out of oceania.