Would You Purchase a Day Pass on the Oasis/Allure?

[will773]

I suspect that guests at resorts that offer day passes to cruise passengers in port for a day, feel the same way, although the security issue may not be the same. I think most of us would resent having to share space, for which we paid a premium, with those who are only there for a few hours or a day at most. A cruiseline would have to weigh the benefits (exposing potential future cruisers to their product) against the negatives (upsetting paying customers perhaps by disrupting their enjoyment of the ship's facilities by interfering with their use of those facilities). When you add in the added security concerns, it seems unlikely that this idea will gain much traction with cruiseline officials.:)

 

I was just going to say this! All these resorts around all the various Caribbean islands offer day passes to give cruise guests access to their beaches and facilities. Clearly they don't seem to care about their paying guests being "agitated" by the extra crowds.

 

Sounds like a good idea to me! :)

[will773]

without knowing who was coming on.

 

How do you know who is coming on before you are there. There could be some total crazies that are on the ship for the whole week, and you wouldn't even notice. Just saying.

[will773]

When visitors board a ship, they have to surrender their driver's license or passport which are held by the ship's officials until they disembark.

 

Great idea! And if they only open up booking to other cruise passengers, maybe they should take their sea pass card (or whatever they call it on other cruise lines) and just give it back when you leave.

[Familygoboston]

Good heavens...I can't imagine why they would do this?:confused: Have you noticed them having any trouble filling these ships at top dollar?

[critterchick]

Princess has a program where, for $35pp, you can board the shop at 11:00 (or in the first group, if there's a delay), have a guided tour with a ship representative (I think it's the Loyalty Ambassador equivalent), have lunch and then depart. If you book a cruise during the tour, you get the benefit of an onboard booking and the $35 is credited toward your deposit. It's capacity-controlled. Since you're escorted the entire time, it's easy for them to keep track of you.

 

I think it's a brilliant idea to offer a limited number of ship tours while the ship is i her embarkation port. I don't think that selling an unsupervised day pass makes any sense at all.

[dz9yvr]

Actually RCCL allows the crew to bring on guests in the different ports and I'm surprised people haven't complained about this practice, speifically on ships with flowriders. During the afternoon of embarkation day the crowds are usually non-existent on the flowriders, however recently there has been a trend where friends of the crew are visiting the flow until the muster drill. Now it's common to see lines at the flowrider during the afternoon of embarkation day and many of those in line are just visiting for the afternoon.

[freeruthie]

There was a tour group on Oasis when we sailed in February. They boarded right before we did at 11am. We ran into them in various places on the ship before sail away.

[Familygoboston]

There was a tour group on Oasis when we sailed in February. They boarded right before we did at 11am. We ran into them in various places on the ship before sail away.

 

We had this on our Oasis cruise in Dec too, but it is usually "travel partners" of RCL...AKA people who sell cruises. We also noticed that many of the specialty restaurants had crew (mostly officers) entertaining their friends and family for the day.

[Stu K]

Thanks for tip for 3 day allure but we booked a sample 7 night cruise! LOL.

 

Stu K

[kellygirl719]

I can speak as someone who has been a visitor on a different ship while cruising on the Oasis in January. It would be a security nightmare! One of our close friends is the Environmental Officer on a Celebrity ship that was in Port with us in Mexico - we knew several months in advance that we were going to meet up with him, he said it took two weeks to get us clearance to visit for a few hours (and he needed all of our passport info). On the day of, they actually held our passports while we were on the ship visiting (we had our pictures taken, badges assigned to us, we were searched etc.)... I can't imagine keeping track of random people wanting to get tours while in port after the hoops our friend had to go through to get us on.

 

Just my two cents :D

[negc]

Actually RCCL allows the crew to bring on guests in the different ports and I'm surprised people haven't complained about this practice, speifically on ships with flowriders. During the afternoon of embarkation day the crowds are usually non-existent on the flowriders, however recently there has been a trend where friends of the crew are visiting the flow until the muster drill. Now it's common to see lines at the flowrider during the afternoon of embarkation day and many of those in line are just visiting for the afternoon.

 

And you are able to determine their status, how? Regardless, if you are correct and crowds at the flowriders have previously been non-existent, how is it now a problem if visitors are taking advantage of the absence of crowds?

[lady_cruiser]

If a newer cruiseship offered a day-pass in a port near me (driving distance) I certainly will buy it.