Our returning berth had been changed from the Mayflower to the Queen Elizabeth cruise terminal. Our only experience of this terminal was not a good one with train movements causing traffic chaos and extensive delays to cars arriving at the terminal. So naturally we were worried since our train was scheduled for 10:30 and our disembarkation time was 09:40. Normally plenty of time to collect our bags and get to the station but in the circumstances we were concerned. It turned out that it wasn’t an issue, our 09:40 turned out to be an 09:10 with an announcement for all remaining passengers to depart. So we left the ship and collected our bags without incident. There was quite a queue for taxis, but it moved swiftly and we were at Southampton Central 45 minutes before our train was due. We grabbed a coffee in the Costa opposite the station to kill some time and before we knew it we were home
Our returning berth had been changed from the Mayflower to the Queen Elizabeth cruise terminal. Our only experience of this terminal was not a good one with train movements causing traffic chaos and extensive delays to cars arriving at the terminal. So naturally we were worried since our train was scheduled for 10:30 and our disembarkation time was 09:40. Normally plenty of time to collect our bags and get to the station but in the circumstances we were concerned. It turned out that it wasn’t an issue, our 09:40 turned out to be an 09:10 with an announcement for all remaining passengers to depart. So we left the ship and collected our bags without incident. There was quite a queue for taxis, but it moved swiftly and we were at Southampton Central 45 minutes before our train was due. We grabbed a coffee in the Costa opposite the station to kill some time and before we knew it we were home.
Our returning berth had been changed from the Mayflower to the Queen Elizabeth cruise terminal. Our only experience of this terminal was not a good one with train movements causing traffic chaos and extensive delays to cars arriving at the terminal. So naturally we were worried since our train was scheduled for 10:30 and our disembarkation time was 09:40. Normally plenty of time to collect our bags and get to the station but in the circumstances we were concerned. It turned out that it wasn’t an issue, our 09:40 turned out to be an 09:10 with an announcement for all remaining passengers to depart. So we left the ship and collected our bags without incident. There was quite a queue for taxis, but it moved swiftly and we were at Southampton Central 45 minutes before our train was due. We grabbed a coffee in the Costa opposite the station to kill some time and before we knew it we were home.
Our returning berth had been changed from the Mayflower to the Queen Elizabeth cruise terminal. Our only experience of this terminal was not a good one with train movements causing traffic chaos and extensive delays to cars arriving at the terminal. So naturally we were worried since our train was scheduled for 10:30 and our disembarkation time was 09:40. Normally plenty of time to collect our bags and get to the station but in the circumstances we were concerned. It turned out that it wasn’t an issue, our 09:40 turned out to be an 09:10 with an announcement for all remaining passengers to depart. So we left the ship and collected our bags without incident. There was quite a queue for taxis, but it moved swiftly and we were at Southampton Central 45 minutes before our train was due. We grabbed a coffee in the Costa opposite the station to kill some time and before we knew it we were home.
Excellent and interesting write up as we were also on the same cruise. In general – as our first Cunard cruise – I thought service was relatively good. I’d agree with your comments in relation to waiters but my own experience was that the Winter Garden was woefully understaffed with waiters and the Chart Room also struggled at peak times. Ironically our experience in Commodore club was very good…but I suspect we just happened to be there at less busy times. In general though we thoroughly enjoyed the experience and will be trying it again.