We sailed on Celebrity Apex on a Norwegian fjords cruise two weeks ago. The original cruise…read moreterminal was City Center terminal however it was subsequently moved over to Horizon a few days before we were set to sail. It was a non issue as both terminals are nearby to each other. The Horizon cruise terminal is the newer one of the two. We pulled our 24 inch luggage over from a nearby hotel. Took about 15 minutes. We had planned to walk our luggage onto the ship. But then a cruise terminal worker suggested we not as the luggage probably couldn't fit onto the X-ray conveyor belt. We checked the luggage instead. Easy peasy as they tagged the luggage right then and there. It was a seamless process as we checked in using Celebrity's app while home. At the cruise terminal we showed our passports with the app and we're allowed to board. Typically we'll ask for early boarding to take advantage of the lunch buffet onboard. We showed up at 11:20am with a 11:30am embarkation. The day we disembarked was just as seamless. We walked off the ship with our luggage. Thank goodness it was at a downhill slant all the way down into the cruise terminal. A cruise employee acted as the traffic controller instructing passengers where to go depending on your previously transportation arrangements. We met our private transport past the pedestrian crossing. In and out within 10-15 minutes. Back to London for a post stay. Took about 1 hour 50 minutes due to traffic.

Very nice experience with the port. Easy drop via uber and promptly in the queue for boarding…read more Similar experience coming off the boat - quickly into the bus and off we go.

If you feel an electrical charge in your nether regions, which are located down south of your body,…read morethen it may be amps running through your private junk. And there may be a ton of them. Hence South Amps (Ton). This is one of several Parkway stations, which were built in England to allow people to park and then ride into town for work without having to drive and make all the roads backed up and what not. It's right next to Southampton Airport, which isn't a very well-used airport and it's definitely more domestic than anything International. It's a modern-looking station kind of in the middle of nowhere, which is served by some pretty high speed trains and whatnot. You can get to London easily and Basingstoke is the next stop on the way to the east, whereas to the West you can get to Southampton Central as well as Bournemouth and Weymouth. I've always been excited by coming to the station for sure. It's pretty recently built, in 1929, but not really in used till after 1966.

Southampton Airport Parkway railway station is a railway station located in Eastleigh in the county…read moreof Hampshire in England. The station comprises two platforms. One is on the western side, with the line running in the northern direction via Winchester, Basingstoke, Woking, and Clapham Junction, towards the terminal of London Waterloo. The other is on the eastern side, with the line running in the southern direction, towards Southampton, Bournemouth, and Weymouth. The station is very well connected with the rest of the United Kingdom's transport network: it is situated directly next to Southampton Airport and the M3 and M27 motorways, and virtually all passenger services stop here.

I like the coach station in Southampton as it is near the Town Centre and also the train station…read more It is also not too big so you would be hard pushed to miss your coach and there are always plenty of taxis waiting for you. The display boards are always working and the staff on the desk are friendly and helpful. There are a couple of vending machines which are reasonably priced and plenty of seating inside the terminal. The toilets are a decent sized and always clean and tidy. Even though it is near the Town Centre, there is no trouble there and you feel very safe.

Quiet train station. There are only 3 platforms. They have vending machines at the platforms and…read morethey have a small cafe in the ticket area although it was closed when I was there (10:30am). I love the fact that it has a lift as I was traveling with a rather large suitcase.

Do you know, Yelp asked me what I thought of this airport. I have reviewed it on Yelp before, but…read moreits evaporated so maybe it's as well Yelp aren't asking what I think of Yelp and if they did it's at two stars now due to two things - not enough words are allowed for detailed reviews and vanishing work. I think this airport is wonderful and the staff who work very hard are marvellous but we pass through and I don't know if they Rio folks off like Belfast's two airports. On arrival we were met by police despite travelling internally within the UK - Belfast being the departure place, so go figure. If I had to guess it's the risk of undesirables crossing the Irish border North going into UK by the back door is why. They were polite and fast, processing everyone promptly. The luggage was out fast and it's a two minute walk to get a taxi and £26 to go from the airport to the main seaport to pick up a cruise. We booked the same taxi service back and it surged a great. All done automatically as they link the journeys so when you call to return you just hit 1 and a taxi is dispatched. Similarly return dropping luggage is relatively easy security a courteous breeze and there's a Starbucks. I'm sure there's also a lounge but we couldn't be bothered as we hadn't long to wait for our flight.

Easy to get to and through this airport! Not the cleanest looking place BUT a whole lot better than…read morethe craziness of (LHR)London Heathrow! The staff at (SOU) Southampton is mostly friendly and efficient! Got through security and to the boarding gate within 10mins which is better than most airports in the United Kingdom. Due to the efficency of this place, I hope to fly through this airport again!

Not to be confused with Mouth Wets Trains, which are a truly mouthwatering prospect…read more These multicoloured trains are mostly red but also yellow and blue, which makes a really interesting color combination. They basically did everything from London to the southwestern tip and all along the South Coast from Portsmouth and Southampton to the West. This train-chain has the most destinations in this region, although the North Coast of Cornwall and Devon and Somerset were woefully under-represented. But the rest of the region was pretty well attended too, except for the coastline from Weymouth down to Torquay which again was under represented by these services. They were operated by Stagecoach which is why they look like the Stagecoach buses, and are expensive. They took over other little local franchises and were taken over by South Western Railway in 2017. It was part of the privatization of British Rail which basically ruined trains for the whole country. Southwestern at least has more traditional looking trains and colours and operates a much lesser part of the region. So it's kind of sad. The only reason I give it a higher rating is because of the colors.

Aptly named South West Trains dominates the rails at lovely Waterloo Station, with services to the…read moresouth and west of England. Destinations include Weymouth, Portsmouth, Exeter St. Davids, Bristol Temple Meads and Reading. They also operate former Underground stock on the Isle of Wight between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin. I've had the opportunity to ride the line from Reading to Waterloo, which stops at only eleventy billion stations. What is usually a 30 minute journey on the Great Western line to Paddington is an hour and a half on the South West line to Waterloo. I swear, some of these aren't even real stations. They just stop there because they can! But if you need to be at Waterloo, this could be helpful. And the Waterloo to Hampton Court line is useful. It stops at the Wimbledon District Line station on separate platforms. Platforms have an easy to read "next train" board and my experience was that the trains arrived and departed at the scheduled times. The South West trains I've ridden were clean and well kept with a surprisingly low amount of litter or graffiti. On board information screens were quite useful. Helpfully, many South West stations in the London Transport Area (including Wimbledon and Hampton Court) have Oyster Readers. If you're traveling in this area (check first), you might be able to save a huge bunch of £!

Terrible taxi booked taxi at 10 this morning for 11 said they were busy turned up at 11.40 really…read moreunhelpful would not use again or recommend awful service

This is the best cab company around, they always answer the phone quickly even when they are busy…read more They do not charge you boundary charges when bringing you back into Hedge End and Botley which keeps the cost down as other cab companies charge up to 25%. The drivers always turn up on time and as a female by myself I have never felt uncomfortable and the drivers are always very friendly and helpful. It is a very efficient company and you always feel like a valued customer. I would never use anyone else and would recommend people to use them.

Driver was waiting when we arrived. Got us and our luggage to Heathrow in a comfortable Mercedes…read morevan.

Used Heathrow Gatwick Cars on the recommendation of a friend and so glad we did. Easy to use, Tim…read morewas waiting on us in both locations and easy to find. Loads space for us and our luggage. On our trip back from Gatwick to Heathrow we had less time and there was backed up traffic but Tim ensured we were at Heathrow in plenty of time for security and our flight.

complete rip off charged £20 for a 1.2 mile taxi ride from…read moreThe Pig at Brockenhust to the train station at 4.30pm in the afternoon

Excellent professional service, driver got me for my flight early despite traffic, booking was very…read moreeasy as I booked two weeks prior. Would highly recommend in my opinion best taxi service in the New Forest especially in Lymington and surrounding areas. J Clarke