Oasis early departure from FLL

[harry0]

This might be old news but I just received this from Royal. My guess is Port Everglades schedule change.

Any one know for sure?

 

 

Hello, this is Royal Caribbean International. We are contacting you regarding a change to the upcoming sailings of the Oasis of the Seas.

 

Please be advised that the Caribbean and Transatlantic sailings departing between November 15, 2014 and April 30, 2016 will depart from Fort Lauderdale, Florida at 4:30 PM. All passengers must be checked in by 3:30 PM.

 

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and look forward to welcoming you onboard the Oasis of the Seas.

Edited September 28, 2014 by harry0

[Clarea]

Interesting that they are not requiring guests to be checked in 90 minutes before departure.

[oddjob26]

This might be old news but I just received this from Royal. My guess is Port Everglades schedule change.

Any one know for sure?

 

 

Hello, this is Royal Caribbean International. We are contacting you regarding a change to the upcoming sailings of the Oasis of the Seas.

 

Please be advised that the Caribbean and Transatlantic sailings departing between November 15, 2014 and April 30, 2016 will depart from Fort Lauderdale, Florida at 4:30 PM. All passengers must be checked in by 3:30 PM.

 

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and look forward to welcoming you onboard the Oasis of the Seas.

 

 

Interesting as this suggests that Oasis will be doing a transatlantic in 2016

[Sitzmark]

I received this notice from my TA a few days ago.

[John&LaLa]

Interesting that they are not requiring guests to be checked in 90 minutes before departure.

 

Probably because that 90 minute rule is an urban legend

 

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[Sitzmark]

Probably because that 90 minute rule is an urban legend

 

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Many lines do require that everyone be checked in 90 minutes prior to departure. From what I understand, DHS requires final passenger manifests 60 minutes prior to departure.

[Ourusualbeach]

Happening to many people, various ships.

 

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2107207

[Sitzmark]

Meh, our boat is leaving a half hour earlier. We'll be on before lunch anyway, no biggie for us.

[Lionesss]

At least you have more than enough time to make plans:D.

 

Hate if it was a last minute announcement.

 

Sea Ya

[John&LaLa]

Opposite situation on Freedom today. Not boarding until at least noon and maybe 2:00. Wife is on B2B and they were told between noon and one, others have been told 2:00. :(

 

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[John&LaLa]

Opposite situation on Freedom today. Not boarding until at least noon and maybe 2:00. Wife is on B2B and they were told between noon and one, others have been told 2:00. :(

 

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Not so bad after all. B2B went back on just after 11

 

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[Tall-Cruiser]

This might be old news but I just received this from Royal. My guess is Port Everglades schedule change.

Any one know for sure?

 

 

Hello, this is Royal Caribbean International. We are contacting you regarding a change to the upcoming sailings of the Oasis of the Seas.

 

Please be advised that the Caribbean and Transatlantic sailings departing between November 15, 2014 and April 30, 2016 will depart from Fort Lauderdale, Florida at 4:30 PM. All passengers must be checked in by 3:30 PM.

 

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and look forward to welcoming you onboard the Oasis of the Seas.

 

I received a similar message on Thursday but for Allure of the Seas cruise in December 2015. Departure time changed to 4:30PM instead of 5:00PM.

[Wilda]

We received the same message for Allure from November -May.

[Langley Cruisers]

I'm sorry but I just don't see why this seems to be an issue for people on this board? Judging from the number of these threads lately, one of two things is happening:

 

~ RCI is sending out random, incorrect e-mails telling pax their scheduled departure is now 30 minutes sooner when it's not - or -

 

~ The scheduled departure of some voyages is now 30 minutes sooner.

 

Having said that, I'd really like to assume everyone is onboard anyway and it doesn't matter? I mean, unless you are flying in the day of the cruise and do NOT have this 30 minutes to spare (in which case, I am afraid for you), why does this matter? No offense intended to the starters of these threads - just don't get the "fuss" or issue. :confused:

 

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[Wilda]

I'm sorry but I just don't see why this seems to be an issue for people on this board? Judging from the number of these threads lately, one of two things is happening:

 

~ RCI is sending out random, incorrect e-mails telling pax their scheduled departure is now 30 minutes sooner when it's not - or -

 

~ The scheduled departure of some voyages is now 30 minutes sooner.

 

Having said that, I'd really like to assume everyone is onboard anyway and it doesn't matter? I mean, unless you are flying in the day of the cruise and do NOT have this 30 minutes to spare (in which case, I am afraid for you), why does this matter? No offense intended to the starters of these threads - just don't get the "fuss" or issue. :confused:

 

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Curiosity, that's all. I am one of those thread starters and stated in my thread that it did not impact us...was just curious what the reasoning was. When there were propulsion problems there were changes to departure and arrival times. No fuss, no issue.