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Sophie Bataille
Sophie BatailleTraveler·
Krabi

Phuket speedboat cancelled: what next?

Andaman boats die. I need the morning fork, not a “I survived the spray” story.

Pier board, then pick one

IfDoNot
8am ticket, sea is closedRead the pier board. Ask the desk about the slow ferryGetting in a taxi to the pier on hope
Slow ferry is still goingTake it, or skip the islandA laminated “we go anyway” speedboat
You already paidRefund / date change in writingA Facebook agent who “knows a captain”
You still want waterA priced longtail on a named route, or the poolInventing a jet-ski as Plan B

Cancelled is the product in Sep–Oct, not a rare insult. Check the operator the night before and again at breakfast.

Which pier, and if the ticket is a speedboat or the ferry.

Islands and coasts

11 comments

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Ploy
Ploy

Pier board. Then the desk. I have watched people taxi to a closed sea. The slow ferry is the boring product. 1155 is not a boat.

18d
Jordan Blake
Jordan Blake

I have not booked a boat. If it dies I want the ferry or I skip. I will not take a laminated captain as Plan B.

18d
Mint Saelim
Mint Saelim

Refund in writing. A Facebook “we go” is how you pay twice. Pool is still a day.

18d
Helen Marsh
Helen Marsh

Kids: if the boat is dead we are at the hotel. I am not running a second pier as a personality.

18d
Nate Grant
Nate Grant

10 nights. I would rather lose the ticket than invent a jet-ski. The deposit thread is that toy. This is the morning board.

18d
Lauren Peck
Lauren Peck

US, 6 Sep. I will screenshot the operator’s cancel rule before I pay. I needed that more than a pretty boat photo.

17d
Claire Dunn
Claire Dunn

Cancellable. Then the board at breakfast. I would not pre-pay a spray boat as the only plan in Andaman season.

17d
James Collingwood
James Collingwood

FCDO rain window is when this happens. It is not a scam. It is weather. The scam is the tout who “still goes.”

17d
Tess de Vries
Tess de Vries

Eight-year-old. I would not put her on a replacement boat I cannot name. Skip. Pool. That is the whole comment.

17d
Lukas Weber
Lukas Weber

Insurance will not make the sea open. Read the PDF for missed connections if you care. Then take the ferry or sit.

16d
Kit Rattana
Kit Rattana

CNX has no speedboat to Phi Phi. This is an Andaman pier. I would not paste a Chiang Mai van onto it.

16d

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