CRJ700 Posted September 21, 2012 #1 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Just got an Email from Carnival that due to anticipated delays from clearing customs, embarkation on the Magic for the Sept 23 sailing will be delayed. Check in is scheduled from 1:30 until 3:00P I guess I see how well the Platinum line works. Last Feb on the Triumph I stood in line for 2 hours for the general check in after delays due to fog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly333 Posted September 21, 2012 #2 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Im praying it is delayed for Sept 30th, the day I have to debark Conquest and get to Magic in time. Too bad its next sunday and not the following. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duhe98 Posted September 21, 2012 #3 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Doesn't Carnival send that text out just to stage the amount of people showing up at the pier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly333 Posted September 21, 2012 #4 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Doesn't Carnival send that text out just to stage the amount of people showing up at the pier? Not if it said "due to anticipated delays with customs", sounds like the every 3 months full customs possibly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kew1031 Posted September 21, 2012 #5 Share Posted September 21, 2012 . There is a big thing going on down there with the commissioning of the new USS Fort Worth, so even if customs is going to delay embarkation, give yourself plenty of time to get to port. We were going to book this cruise until I saw that on the Galveston.com website. that, and the 9/30 sailing was cheaper! Speaking of 9/30, Firefly, we don't want to be late leaving, but for you, we will hold the boat!!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebJ14 Posted September 21, 2012 #6 Share Posted September 21, 2012 They really mean it when they say things will be delayed. If the ship is doing Roatan, Belize and Cozumel they have to go through a full customs and immigration inspection. Instead of just looking at passports and documentation the agents have to swipe all the passports and enter all the BC/DL info by hand. On days like that it sure pays to be in the passport express lane. We got the call 2 days before our Aug 26 sailing on the Magic. We arrived at the pier at 1:15 pm and people were still getting off the ship. We're Platinum so we breezed through Security and there was no one else at Platinum Check in. We were able to go straight to boarding - they were on group number 5 at that point. We talked to others who had been waiting in the terminal since 10:30am and finally got to board at 1:30pm. We didn't talk to them by choice - they were mad that the Carnival rep walked us to the front of the line. They told us in no uncertain terms that they were there first. Yes, they were, but they were not Platinum, which in this case came in real handy. Unfortunately, they made snide remarks every time we saw them on the cruise and don't you know we saw them alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meyer2 Posted September 21, 2012 #7 Share Posted September 21, 2012 They really mean it when they say things will be delayed. If the ship is doing Roatan, Belize and Cozumel they have to go through a full customs and immigration inspection. Instead of just looking at passports and documentation the agents have to swipe all the passports and enter all the BC/DL info by hand. On days like that it sure pays to be in the passport express lane.We got the call 2 days before our Aug 26 sailing on the Magic. We arrived at the pier at 1:15 pm and people were still getting off the ship. We're Platinum so we breezed through Security and there was no one else at Platinum Check in. We were able to go straight to boarding - they were on group number 5 at that point. We talked to others who had been waiting in the terminal since 10:30am and finally got to board at 1:30pm. We didn't talk to them by choice - they were mad that the Carnival rep walked us to the front of the line. They told us in no uncertain terms that they were there first. Yes, they were, but they were not Platinum, which in this case came in real handy. Unfortunately, they made snide remarks every time we saw them on the cruise and don't you know we saw them alot. Yep, we were on the 8/19 sailing & were debarkation was a more involved process through customs for sure because we had gone on Belize Itinerary. We were in zone 7 for getting off the ship & it still took us awhile to get through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzOhioLady Posted September 21, 2012 #8 Share Posted September 21, 2012 . Speaking of 9/30, Firefly, we don't want to be late leaving, but for you, we will hold the boat!!:D You are SO RIGHT!!! We DO NOT want to be Late Leaving for our 9/30/12 Sailing!! I am way to Excited, Hyped Up, Happy to be Cruising, Geeked etc for us to be Delayed. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzn buckeye Posted September 22, 2012 #9 Share Posted September 22, 2012 They really mean it when they say things will be delayed. If the ship is doing Roatan, Belize and Cozumel they have to go through a full customs and immigration inspection. Instead of just looking at passports and documentation the agents have to swipe all the passports and enter all the BC/DL info by hand. On days like that it sure pays to be in the passport express lane.We got the call 2 days before our Aug 26 sailing on the Magic. We arrived at the pier at 1:15 pm and people were still getting off the ship. We're Platinum so we breezed through Security and there was no one else at Platinum Check in. We were able to go straight to boarding - they were on group number 5 at that point. We talked to others who had been waiting in the terminal since 10:30am and finally got to board at 1:30pm. We didn't talk to them by choice - they were mad that the Carnival rep walked us to the front of the line. They told us in no uncertain terms that they were there first. Yes, they were, but they were not Platinum, which in this case came in real handy. Unfortunately, they made snide remarks every time we saw them on the cruise and don't you know we saw them alot. This is correct. We just got off the Liberty and had visited Belize. We were in customs line for an hour and a half. they are doing full customs screening on foreign passengers, including hand prints and photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRock59 Posted September 22, 2012 #10 Share Posted September 22, 2012 yup they went to Belize this week so it takes longer to clear everyone through customs. :( Good news is the weather is great and the Shrimp Festival is going on over on the Strand! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoLandInSight! Posted September 22, 2012 #11 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Regarding disembarkation....If I have a 1 pm flight home (Dream out of Port Canaveral) should this trend in delays worry me? Belize is on my itinerary. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sh1035 Posted September 22, 2012 #12 Share Posted September 22, 2012 I have yet to see anything about dream being delayed due to customs? Of so can I sleep later ;) I so hate the last morning! Firefly please update us on your progress! We all are rooting for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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