When do you do online check-in?

[Pyxie]

Just wondering when most people do online check-in. From what I understand, it is not like an airline at all and you can check-in at any time, but is there a benefit to doing it way in advance? We don't cruise until August and won't be paid off until June. Does it make sense to check-in before paying it off?

[tatelek]

My cruise is September my pay off is July I did mine nothing happens I just like getting it out of the way

 

 

~Natasha

[shof515]

i do the check in after i submit final payment so i dont forget to do it

[NCTribeFan]

You can do it whenever you want. You can't print your docs until after final payment, but you can input all the info. And you can go back in and change anything. I've change my credit card info online so I don't have to do it at checkin or the service desk.

 

I like to get whatever I can out of the way as soon as I can.

 

But it isn't necessary. Just one less thing to think about as the cruise gets closer. I've already printed my luggage tags. Won't print my FunPass until I submit for my s/h credit because I want it to show up there. Everything else is ready to go and in my folder with all my other docs (hotel res, copy of passport, spare luggage tags that I put in the outside zipper pockets of luggage, any excursion reservations, maps, etc.)!

[bar1068]

No advantage I can see doing it early. I usually do ours just before heading off to the airport after checking in for flights and printing the airline boarding passes. Not a big deal.

[okgirl]

I do online check in and print my docs and luggage tags as soon as I've made final payment.

[phillipdevoll]

I would check in early as you want but don't print anything till later... on my last 2 cruises I had to reprint my docs, first read I upgrade from an inside room to a window room, and the last time we added a person to the mix....

 

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[riffatsea]

I also do the on line check in and print the docs after I make final payment. IF for some odd reason you get upgraded after that you can always reprint them.

It has never happened to me so I don't think about that.

[Lulu01]

Hi , this is probably a silly first timer question but what is your funpass ? Thanks .

 

 

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[maldenmusic]

I get mine done almost as soon as I book my cruise. Once final payment is in, I print out all my documents.

[Chmie]

My cruise is September my pay off is July I did mine nothing happens I just like getting it out of the way~Natasha

 

Me three :)

[portport]

Hi , this is probably a silly first timer question but what is your funpass ? Thanks .

 

 

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I am stealing this from a 2012 post:

"It's leftover terminology for the boarding pass. Carnival uses "fun" for everything and named their boarding pass "Funpass" but it confused people, so they've been going back to boarding pass.

 

Fill out the stuff online. If you don't you'll have to bring it all with you to the port, and if you forget something ... you can't get on."

[cdamion]

Hi , this is probably a silly first timer question but what is your funpass ? Thanks .

 

 

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It is just what they call the documents you print to check in.

[wrigley80]

Just wondering when most people do online check-in. From what I understand, it is not like an airline at all and you can check-in at any time, but is there a benefit to doing it way in advance? We don't cruise until August and won't be paid off until June. Does it make sense to check-in before paying it off?

 

You can't complete your online check-in until you are paid in full.

 

We complete our online check-in as soon as we are paid in full

[BLGBEACHGAL]

I complete mine as soon as the cruise is booked. If I am flying to a port and the flights are not booked yet, I say I am driving and then go in and edit that portion once flights are booked.

[keywest1]

I complete online check-in as soon as I book. I set up a cash account. I give my credit card information at port checkin. I print luggage tags and all docs except boarding passes, which can't be printed until cruise is paid in full. I am almost six months out from my cruise. I have had luggage tags and other docs printed since December, and I printed my boarding pass last night right after my TA paid off Carnival. Information can be updated and docs reprinted as necessary. I just like having them in my hot little hands :D

[Lulu01]

Ahh right , thank you , that makes sense now .

 

 

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[AZmike480]

There's no advantage check whenever you want. I personally do it after final payment because I have my luggage tags laminated.

 

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[SadieN]

I complete online check-in as soon as I book. I set up a cash account. I give my credit card information at port checkin. I print luggage tags and all docs except boarding passes, which can't be printed until cruise is paid in full. I am almost six months out from my cruise. I have had luggage tags and other docs printed since December, and I printed my boarding pass last night right after my TA paid off Carnival. Information can be updated and docs reprinted as necessary. I just like having them in my hot little hands :D

 

I print them off as insurance. Inevitably my printer stops working when I need it the most.

[ale4692]

I too print everything ahead of time just in case there is some sort of problem. I print luggage tags and documents at the time of booking. You can't print the boarding pass until you are paid in full.

I print the luggage tags early because I usually laminate them. This time I ordered the Cruise Critic luggage tag holders. They are nice.

[winddawn]

Just wondering when most people do online check-in. From what I understand, it is not like an airline at all and you can check-in at any time, but is there a benefit to doing it way in advance? We don't cruise until August and won't be paid off until June. Does it make sense to check-in before paying it off?

After final payment.

[GottaLuvCruising]

I do mine as soon as I've made final payment, print my documentation and put everything in a labeled envelope - ready to go!

[CatlinSTJ]

I filled out the cruise documents a month ago, but I'll wait to set up the onboard accounts until a week or two before we sail when I print everything out.

 

 

Next cruise: Carnival Breeze June 2014