Scranman 21 Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 This August we are doing our first fly cruise having done many from Southampton. A few questions? Any tips for the journey out/back ? We are on Oceana not for the first time. We are visiting a few ports that will be new to us and am very much a person who likes just to get off and do our own thing. So I was wondering how far from the towns we are when we visit Zadar and Sibenik (tender) and what there is to do and visit in this area apart from the obvious in the brochure. We also stop in Piraeus for Athens and have been reading that a shuttle is provided to the edge of the port and then it is easy to make your own way around the sites via public transport or taxi. Any comments on this appreciated. We are looking forward to this one as the kids can now be left behind!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sammy sun 1084 Posted June 12, 2018 Report Share Posted June 12, 2018 Hi, Welcome to the forum. I've done a few fly-cruises now but never with P&O. All of my P&O sailings have been from Southampton so it's difficult to comment on the P&O flight element as I think they still opeate charter flights. My fly-cruises have come with Celebrity and Holland America through scheduled air services. I love Oceana and have always enjoyed my time on board the ship. The itinerary sounds lovely so I hope you have a great time. My knowledge of Zadar and Sibenik is limited at best but I have however visited Piraeus on numerous occasions, the last time being with Holland America. They did provide a shuttle service to the edge of the port, however the last time I visited Piraeus we opted for a shore excursion, which proved to be pretty good. The value was decent and the tour itself was good. If you're looking to do the Acropolis then you can either do this independently or via the cruise line. There's always deals to be had independently and it is pretty easy to source. That said, the cruise line excursion we last did was good and well-worth what we paid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DavidH 596 Posted June 13, 2018 Report Share Posted June 13, 2018 Hi Scranman, May I suggest you look at "whatsinport.com" as a starting point for your research. DavidH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scranman 21 Posted June 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2018 Many thanks Sammy Sun and David H DavidH 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suesi 0 Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 can I ask if you are flying to Malta with Jet2. If so have you looked at booking specific seats for the outbound and inbound flights at all? We are having a problem with accessing the inbound flight information, even if we don't want to book a specific seat we still need to check in on line. Getting conflicting information from PO about this at the moment Suesi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scranman 21 Posted July 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Not had any issues we are flying to Malta with Jet2. All checked in for the outbound. Will do the inbound nearer the time. Hope this helps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
suesi 0 Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 Hi are you on the flight end of august. My concern is that I can't see the return flight details as yet which seems strange to me. I can actually check in from Wednesday onwards for the outward journey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scranman 21 Posted August 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 No middle 16/08 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scranman 21 Posted August 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2018 Try Jet2.com/pocruises this worked fine for us and we were allocated seats together for the out bound flight on the 16th and also for the return which we can check in for tomorrow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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