leaving this Saturday on Oasis

We received an email last night from RCCL stating that we would not be allowed to enter the terminal before 1230PM and not board until after 1PM due to customs regulations. Did anyone else get this and if so, is it for real or is it a way to reduce the early boarding? We were planning on boarding by noon. Thanks for any info

Got the same email. Showed up around 10:30 waiting couple mins then started the check in process

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Keep her in good shape for us, we will be boarding the day you get off :D

Enjoy your cruise!

We received an email last night from RCCL stating that we would not be allowed to enter the terminal before 1230PM and not board until after 1PM due to customs regulations. Did anyone else get this and if so, is it for real or is it a way to reduce the early boarding? We were planning on boarding by noon. Thanks for any info

We got the same email for our Indy sailing right after the TA (in that situation, Customs needs to clear everyone including the entire crew plus there are Coast Guard inspections). Regardless, we showed up at the terminal about 10:45 and were on-board by 11:25. We were impressed with terminal 18 and how smoothly it operated.

I'm leaving Saturday also, but on the Independence. I never got that e-mail. Maybe a different pier? We leave from Pier 29.

I'm leaving Saturday also, but on the Independence. I never got that e-mail. Maybe a different pier? We leave from Pier 29.

I wouldn't be concerned. They have been sending that email since the sequestration started about a year ago. Plus, Royal's email sending performance has always been spotty.

Ignore that email. I was on the Allure this past May and got that same email from them. We were on board eating Sorrento's pizza at 11:30.

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I'm leaving Saturday also, but on the Independence. I never got that e-mail. Maybe a different pier? We leave from Pier 29.

Independence is docked at a different pier at Port Everglades than Oasis and Allure. Those two big ships dock at Terminal 18, in my opinion the best dock at Port Everglades.

Independence is docked at a different pier at Port Everglades than Oasis and Allure. Those two big ships dock at Terminal 18, in my opinion the best dock at Port Everglades.

We got lucky, I guess you could say, in that our 8-day on Indy started on a Friday so terminal 18 was open. We used terminal 29 on our return and it looks like Indy will keep using 29 as long it's doing Saturday and Sunday departures (which is it's 8-day/6-day schedule until.... early next Summer?).

Ignore that email. I was on the Allure this past May and got that same email from them. We were on board eating Sorrento's pizza at 11:30.

 

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us as well... we just ingored it :D.. I am assuming ill get another one here this upcoming May

Any chance of you getting a photo of room 10500? It is one of the forward facing rooms that is angled in the front.

Here is an awesome photo review of the Oasisi:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1934144

Some Oasis Secrets:

http://www.cruisemates.com/articles/...cts-112409.cfm

And a really neat spread sheet:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/attac...8&d=1379424179

I wish that I had their talent with a camera.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1679181

We received an email last night from RCCL stating that we would not be allowed to enter the terminal before 1230PM and not board until after 1PM due to customs regulations. Did anyone else get this and if so, is it for real or is it a way to reduce the early boarding? We were planning on boarding by noon. Thanks for any info

We're also leaving on Saturday on the Oasis. My husband received the same email. He is of the opinion, however, that the RCCL website has been hijacked. If you look at the address where the email came from RCCL isn't even part of it. Very strange. Also, the incorrect reservation number is quoted in his email. I don't know what would happen if the attachment is opened. He didn't open it. He did contact RCCL, however, to find out whether this is a legitimate email from them but didn't hear back yet.

Here is an awesome photo review of the Oasisi:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1934144

 

Some Oasis Secrets:

 

http://www.cruisemates.com/articles/...cts-112409.cfm

 

And a really neat spread sheet:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/attac...8&d=1379424179

 

I wish that I had their talent with a camera.

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1679181

FYI - none of these links worked...

We received an email last night from RCCL stating that we would not be allowed to enter the terminal before 1230PM and not board until after 1PM due to customs regulations. Did anyone else get this and if so, is it for real or is it a way to reduce the early boarding? We were planning on boarding by noon. Thanks for any info

Its just to reduce crowding. Ignore the email. (Unless you're one of the people who has to stop 1000 times in the terminal to take pictures and ask questions, in which case the email is correct and please follow it :p:rolleyes:)

Any chance of you getting a photo of room 10500? It is one of the forward facing rooms that is angled in the front.

 

Tanzer, I stayed in 10102 (2 cabins over) in May:

Tanzer, I stayed in 10102 (2 cabins over) in May:

 

 

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

You're very welcome. We LOVED the cabin and plan to stay in the same hallway whenever we go on Oasis/Allure again.