What is the fare from Circular Quay to Menangle?
$229 for a couple, rising in fixed steps to $329 for a full minibus. Terminal pickups add a set $10 fee; there is no weekend loading.
How do you handle a pickup when the ship releases people in waves?
There is no fixed pickup time, because there is nothing reliable to fix it to. The driver is nearby from early and pulls in on your text.
Is there a meter running while we queue?
No. The driver waits nearby at no charge, however long the hall takes. There is no meter on this booking and no waiting fee.
How long is the drive home?
White Bay is 53 min from home, Circular Quay 57 min. Both are door-to-door figures.
Do you meet ships at both terminals?
Both terminals, same price. The OPT has the tighter kerb, which is why we wait nearby and come in on your message rather than sitting on it.
How much can you carry on the way home?
That is exactly why we ask for a case count at booking. A cruise comes home heavier than it left, and the vehicle is chosen for the boot rather than the seats.
Do I pay before I sail?
Nothing in advance. The fare is settled when you get home, which also means a changed itinerary costs you nothing.
Can you take us straight to our door?
Yes, that is the whole point of it. Village addresses close together, several with heritage frontages and no off-street parking. The driver will stop as close as the street allows.
Why not just take a taxi when we get off?
On disembarkation morning, considerably. Two or three thousand passengers come off at once and a 63 km fare out to this district is one plenty of drivers would rather not take. A booked car is already there and already priced.
Can eleven of us travel home together?
Yes — eleven passengers in one minibus for $329, about $30 a seat. With a full cruise load we will be straight with you about whether the luggage fits alongside the people.
Do you fit capsules and boosters for the drive home?
Capsules, forward-facing seats and boosters, all fitted before we arrive and all at no cost. We need the ages when you book.
Is there public transport from the cruise terminals?
Realistically no. It is not the distance, it is doing it with a fortnight of luggage.
Do you also do the sail-day run?
Both, and most people book them together. Boarding-window timing, terminal drop detail and the fare are on the Menangle cruise transfers page.
We are travelling with family going to two houses — is that possible?
Within one suburb, yes, at the same price. Spread across the district we would rather quote it properly.
Is there a cancellation fee?
Tell us and it moves at no cost. Nothing is charged in advance, so there is no cancellation fee and nothing to refund.
How does the pickup actually start?
You text, we come in. No calling ahead, no guessing, and no charge for the time before the message arrives.
Do you serve the towns for disembarkations?
Darkes Forest, Appin, Menangle Park, Douglas Park and the rest of the district — all 75 suburbs across Wollondilly Shire, Macarthur and the Southern Highlands, each with its own published fare and its own distance from both terminals.