Embarkation San Francisco Grand Princess

[qsuzi]

What time does the terminal open for embarkation and is luggage drop off outside the terminal? Any details would be most helpful.

[Nancyquilts]

There will be porters to take your luggage just left of the entrance door where you can get dropped off.

I've never been there at the beginning -we usually get there between 11:30 and 12:00, ss boarding generally starts about noon. It's possible you could drop off your luggage around 10:00, as soon as the previous passengers have left the ship, but you might have to stand outside for a while.

[bigpuma]

We arrived about 10:15am and there were a lot of people still coming out of the terminal heading home. We easily flagged down a porter to take our bags then headed to the parking garage. It all went very smooth.

[qsuzi]

We arrived about 10:15am and there were a lot of people still coming out of the terminal heading home. We easily flagged down a porter to take our bags then headed to the parking garage. It all went very smooth.

 

So they allow you to park there long enough to unload luggage? It sure would be nice to unload luggage before going to the parking garage. Do you still think 10:15 is a good time for this function?

[bigpuma]

There is a loading and unloading zone where we grabbed a porter and quickly unloaded our large luggage then jumped back in the car to go to the parking lot. There were a lot of people disembarking so it might have been easier closer to 11 but we didn't have much trouble.

[qsuzi]

Thanks for the info.