Late Sailaway time

[irishayes]

I am booked on the Celebrity Summit Jan 7, 2017 out of San Juan. The departure time states 8:30. Isn't that really late for a sailaway? What time can you board the ship with a departure time that late?

[Cruisingwithoutthekids]

We boarded at 11:30 a couple of weeks ago. Our philosophy is to get on board and start enjoying our cruise.

 

 

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[Aunt Tina]

They can leave later often because they only travel a few miles to the next island, and it is one of the ports ship often stay later in.

[irishayes]

I guess my question is, how early will they let you board, with a late departure time of 8:30 pm?

[Cruisingwithoutthekids]

They opened the doors to the port @ 11:30am

 

 

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[hypercafe]

Boarding time is normal, starting around 11. Sailing out at night is nice.

[irishayes]

Ok, cool. Thank you!

 

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[Mr. Click]

and once you check in and board and dump your luggage you can get off the ship and head into Old San Juan, just be back before final boarding call.

[xmarksx]

and once you check in and board and dump your luggage you can get off the ship and head into Old San Juan, just be back before final boarding call.

 

Agreed! We really enjoyed the area during the evening and had a couple of beers at one of the restaurants with outside seating.

[pete_coach]

You may be boarding a ship that actually started in Miami or elsewhere?

We were on a cruise out of Miami and stopped in San Juan. We arrived in San Juan at 3PM and departed at 9PM.

[dodger1964]

You may be boarding a ship that actually started in Miami or elsewhere?

We were on a cruise out of Miami and stopped in San Juan. We arrived in San Juan at 3PM and departed at 9PM.

 

No, this ship's winter home is San Juan, so it isn't a "stop" in San Juan, its the start/end point.

 

For those new to Celebrity and its cruises that depart from San Juan, the ship is NOT at the Old San Juan port (across the street from the Sheraton)! It is across the bay next to the small plane airport.

[cruisestitch]

Pete Coach wrote:

 

"You may be boarding a ship that actually started in Miami or elsewhere?

We were on a cruise out of Miami and stopped in San Juan. We arrived in San Juan at 3PM and departed at 9PM."

 

You weren't on the Summit. The Summit embarkation point is San Juan. And as noted, it does not dock downtown. Passengers can still drop off luggage and go into Old San Juan for the day like xmarksx did, but this is a taxi ride away and as noted be sure to account for traffic returning to the ship so you are there on time for sail away.

[Tbog12]

I was wondering the same thing! Looks like we will be partying all day [emoji2]

 

 

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[irishayes]

Tbog12, I was thinking the same thing. It will give us time to sit by the pool, unpack, eat dinner and then hit the sailaway party. But just wondered if our embarkation time would be bumped back because of the late departure.

 

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[virginialucy]

Tbog12, I was thinking the same thing. It will give us time to sit by the pool, unpack, eat dinner and then hit the sailaway party. But just wondered if our embarkation time would be bumped back because of the late departure.

 

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If you have Select Dining, make sure you go to dinner as early as possible. They start clearing out the dining room around 7 or so for muster drill. On our Summit cruise from San Juan, we went to dinner at 6:15 and were just able to finish our entree before they kicked us out.

[Barwick Cruiser]

Muster drill for the Summit sailings is at 7:45pm. So early fixed dining eats before and late diners afterwards. We had a 6pm reservation for Select and had plenty of time to eat and still make muster. We also boarded at 10:45am with no lines and once checked in, went straight onboard.

 

Was a great cruise...Summit sailers you're in for a great time!

[Charles4515]

I am booked on the Celebrity Summit Jan 7, 2017 out of San Juan. The departure time states 8:30. Isn't that really late for a sailaway? What time can you board the ship with a departure time that late?

 

 

 

Sailaways from San Juan on ships that home port there are later because flights to San Juan from the US arrive later than flights to Florida.

[Celebrity Cruises]

I am booked on the Celebrity Summit Jan 7, 2017 out of San Juan. The departure time states 8:30. Isn't that really late for a sailaway? What time can you board the ship with a departure time that late?

 

Check-in time for this sailing is between 3pm to 7pm. Enjoy your sailing!

[Xpressers Boss]

We are on the Jan 7th, 2017 Summit as well. I hope we can board early, 10:30 or 11:00, like some have mentioned. Our first cruise and we can't wait!

[irishayes]

This was our first cruise, as well, back in 2011. You will LOVE it!

 

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[jsf]

Be thankful, for many years the San Juan departure was at 11:30 PM and the muster drill was about 10:pm. You would almost get one day on the ship before your cruise would start.

J.

[dodger1964]

Check-in time for this sailing is between 3pm to 7pm. Enjoy your sailing!

 

 

Is there a reason why check in starts so late on this cruise.

 

We have done many SJU X cruises and check in has always started "late morning".

 

Just curious.

 

Thanks for reply.