danoconnl Posted January 23, 2014 #1 Share Posted January 23, 2014 We are cruising on 2/10 on Liberty of the Seas, getting in the night before. I hate waiting in lines, how early or late should we get there to avoid lines or hassles. I heard somewhere that getting there at 10:30am they were on the boat by 11:30, but I wasn't sure if this is normal or not. Thanks Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitaxi Posted January 23, 2014 #2 Share Posted January 23, 2014 We are cruising on 2/10 on Liberty of the Seas, getting in the night before. I hate waiting in lines, how early or late should we get there to avoid lines or hassles. I heard somewhere that getting there at 10:30am they were on the boat by 11:30, but I wasn't sure if this is normal or not. Thanks Dan cruised on LOS in Dec.... left on hotel shuttle @ 11:30, and was sitting on the ship by 12... line was moving very quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted January 23, 2014 #3 Share Posted January 23, 2014 We get there around 11:30, also....seldom big lines that early! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pasodancer Posted January 23, 2014 #4 Share Posted January 23, 2014 We were on the 7 Dec sailing - got to Pier at 1145 an it took us an hour to finally get onboard. Friends got there at 1030 an were on by 11. Next time we'll go earlier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcrown Posted January 23, 2014 #5 Share Posted January 23, 2014 We were on the 7 Dec sailing - got to Pier at 1145 an it took us an hour to finally get onboard. Friends got there at 1030 an were on by 11.Next time we'll go earlier! How quickly does disembarkation go for the LOS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted January 23, 2014 #6 Share Posted January 23, 2014 We are cruising on 2/10 on Liberty of the Seas, getting in the night before. I hate waiting in lines, how early or late should we get there to avoid lines or hassles. I heard somewhere that getting there at 10:30am they were on the boat by 11:30, but I wasn't sure if this is normal or not. Thanks Dan In December we arrived at 10:45 and were onboard by 11:15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted January 23, 2014 #7 Share Posted January 23, 2014 How quickly does disembarkation go for the LOS? We had luggage tags that were scheduled to be called at 9:45 and we were called at 9:30 and cleared customs by 10:15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcrown Posted January 23, 2014 #8 Share Posted January 23, 2014 We had luggage tags that were scheduled to be called at 9:45 and we were called at 9:30 and cleared customs by 10:15. OK thanks. I had heard that getting off the Liberty was a nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted January 23, 2014 #9 Share Posted January 23, 2014 OK thanks. I had heard that getting off the Liberty was a nightmare. I guess that it is all relative. Even though we were only 45 minutes on many other ships it has been quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nivek82 Posted January 23, 2014 #10 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Looks like you're not going after (for embarkation) or during (for disembarkation) on a Belieze cruise. It's been reported here and I've heard even reps for rci say that for whatever reason that port stop makes customs longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvGirl Posted January 23, 2014 #11 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I just got off a five day cruise I planned to be at pier at 11am to board dropped my Hertz rental car at crown plaza and the rental area was a complete zoo - as a result did not get to pier till 12:45 should of got a cab. The line looked ok outside moved ok but the security stopped scanning for 30 min to all check in to catch up from the surge. Was on board about 2:30. So not fast or fun but I think timing is everything had I got there around 11 as planned all would be good. Or if had waited till 2 would of been better also avoid noon till 1. I chose to self disembark which required me to carry my own bags off. I arrived at lounge about 7:05 they started to disembark about 7:10 I was in my cab at 7:30 fast very fast. I will do this again - almost zero waiting just walking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted January 23, 2014 #12 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Looks like you're not going after (for embarkation) or during (for disembarkation) on a Belieze cruise. It's been reported here and I've heard even reps for rci say that for whatever reason that port stop makes customs longer. The only problems that we encountered were in Belieze itself. Tendering off and tendering back on. Made no difference once back to FLL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retiredprofessor Posted January 23, 2014 #13 Share Posted January 23, 2014 We have cruised on Liberty twice and found both embarkation and debarkation much slower than other ships. I believe the delay in getting on is due to the incredible lack of organization with clearing the ship. We waited in the stairwell for over an hour, after our supposedly priority number was called, just to get off ship. Customs line was long but moved. Best guess is if you are at the dock by 10:30 to 11 figure on about an hour or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workathome Posted January 23, 2014 #14 Share Posted January 23, 2014 When we went in Nov. we got to the pier around 10:30, we boarded by 12:00. I knew we would be early and there would be a wait since it was only the fourth sailing after the TA. But at least we had a place to sit and wait. Getting off the ship was not fun, but we were on the road by 9:30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danoconnl Posted February 3, 2014 Author #15 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I just got off a five day cruise I planned to be at pier at 11am to board dropped my Hertz rental car at crown plaza and the rental area was a complete zoo - as a result did not get to pier till 12:45 should of got a cab. The line looked ok outside moved ok but the security stopped scanning for 30 min to all check in to catch up from the surge. Was on board about 2:30. So not fast or fun but I think timing is everything had I got there around 11 as planned all would be good. Or if had waited till 2 would of been better also avoid noon till 1. I chose to self disembark which required me to carry my own bags off. I arrived at lounge about 7:05 they started to disembark about 7:10 I was in my cab at 7:30 fast very fast. I will do this again - almost zero waiting just walking. AdvGirl, I saw in another post that you stayed in 6234 on Liberty, how was that room, We are staying there, just got upgraded, but I was worried about being over the cigar bar/ sphynx area and noise. Thanks Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
negc Posted February 3, 2014 #16 Share Posted February 3, 2014 We were on Liberty last month and were on the ship before noon. Disembarking was a bit lengthier but as we were not in a rush to get off, we were still off the ship, had located our luggage and cleared Customs by 9am. Not as great experience as we have had when we sailed on Oasis or Allure but not a major problem.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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