Do Platinum guests get escorted to gangway on non tender islands?

[MinnesotaCruiser423]

I know platinum guests can go to guest services and be escorted down to the tender boat and skip the tender ticket process. My question is do platinum guests get escorted to gangway on non tender islands?

 

The reason I ask is on our last cruise another platinum guest saw us waiting in line on the stairs (like we always do) and told us to follow them to guest services. We politely declined and off they went. We didn't see them again so I didn't get the chance to ask them about this. I have never heard of this on non tender islands. Has anybody else heard of this? :confused:

[jimbo5544]

I know platinum guests can go to guest services and be escorted down to the tender boat and skip the tender ticket process. My question is do platinum guests get escorted to gangway on non tender islands?

 

The reason I ask is on our last cruise another platinum guest saw us waiting in line on the stairs (like we always do) and told us to follow them to guest services. We politely declined and off they went. We didn't see them again so I didn't get the chance to ask them about this. I have never heard of this on non tender islands. Has anybody else heard of this? :confused:

No, but its not a bad idea.....

[Schoifmom]

No. There is no priority embarkation or debarkation at ports, other than debarkation at tender ports. Some people seem to think that their status or FTTF entitles them to skip all lines wherever they are, though.

[cruzeluver]

They do not and I hope it stays that way. I don't want to be patiently waiting to exit the ship at a docked port and have a bunch of Platinum folks line jump in front of me.

[jimbo5544]

They do not and I hope it stays that way. I don't want to be patiently waiting to exit the ship at a docked port and have a bunch of Platinum folks line jump in front of me.

 

What if we had a separate door?

[cruzeluver]

What if we had a separate door?

 

That works! :D

 

If there is no impact to the rest of us, its all good.

[jimbo5544]

That works! :D

 

If there is no impact to the rest of us, its all good.

 

I was actually just joshing with you, however on second thought....hmmmm;)

[AdGuyMG]

Do all Platinums wake up, eat breakfast, get changed and get off the ship at the same time?

Edited October 25, 2016 by AdGuyMG

[jimbo5544]

Do all Platinums wake up, eat breakfast, get changed and get off the ship at the same time?

 

 

It's a secret, we can't tell you. I think the comment was having someone at GS available to walk them down

 

 

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[evandbob]

No, an escort is not needed. I have never encountered a long hold up when getting off a port gangway. Maybe a few minutes in line before the ding machine, mostly due to new cruisers not have their S&S cards ready.

 

I do recall some Carnival ships having a priority line for P&D's when getting back onto a ship at the end of the day, wouldn't mind seeing that custom return.

[Micahs Grandad]

No, an escort is not needed. I have never encountered a long hold up when getting off a port gangway. Maybe a few minutes in line before the ding machine, mostly due to new cruisers not have their S&S cards ready.

 

I do recall some Carnival ships having a priority line for P&D's when getting back onto a ship at the end of the day, wouldn't mind seeing that custom return.

 

At one point there was a priority line for coming back from tender ports but that has gone away

[BoDidly]

I know platinum guests can go to guest services and be escorted down to the tender boat and skip the tender ticket process. My question is do platinum guests get escorted to gangway on non tender islands?

 

The reason I ask is on our last cruise another platinum guest saw us waiting in line on the stairs (like we always do) and told us to follow them to guest services. We politely declined and off they went. We didn't see them again so I didn't get the chance to ask them about this. I have never heard of this on non tender islands. Has anybody else heard of this? :confused:

 

The true answer is "No" .However therein lies the problem from ship to ship you will get different results. At HMC in the past D/P could return to the ship using their D/P status to avoid the long lines. This is no longer the case.

[blyle]

In August on the Breeze the line was horrible in all ports and wound around the entire deck and then down the stairs. With all the complaints I would not be surprised if they started escorting Platinum off as it should be a perk.

Edited October 26, 2016 by blyle

[skrufy]

Im platinum and would not like platinums or diamonds escorted to the front of the line. Never had a long wait on line even though the line went down the Riveria deck hallway.

[joeyancho]

In August on the Breeze the line was horrible in all ports and wound around the entire deck and then down the stairs. With all the complaints I would not be surprised if they started escorting Platinum off as it should be a perk.

 

I would not be surprised if they started selling the perk. Faster to the pier.

[xbatt8]

An easy fix for long lines exiting to the pier... Have a separate line for people who don't want their picture taken 3 times on the gangway.

 

Bob

[Raxter54]

I know platinum guests can go to guest services and be escorted down to the tender boat and skip the tender ticket process. My question is do platinum guests get escorted to gangway on non tender islands?

 

The reason I ask is on our last cruise another platinum guest saw us waiting in line on the stairs (like we always do) and told us to follow them to guest services. We politely declined and off they went. We didn't see them again so I didn't get the chance to ask them about this. I have never heard of this on non tender islands. Has anybody else heard of this? :confused:

 

So, do P/Ds expect to have someone in the MDR to chew their food for them? Or wipe their behinds? :rolleyes:

Edited October 26, 2016 by Raxter54

[john91498]

So, do P/Ds expect to have someone in the MDR to chew their food for them? Or wipe their behinds? :rolleyes:

 

Whahahahahahahahahahahaha...*dies*...:D

[S.S.Oceanlover]

No, an escort is not needed. I have never encountered a long hold up when getting off a port gangway. Maybe a few minutes in line before the ding machine, mostly due to new cruisers not have their S&S cards ready.

 

I do recall some Carnival ships having a priority line for P&D's when getting back onto a ship at the end of the day, wouldn't mind seeing that custom return.

 

My wife would be quite upset with me if I got off the ship with an escort!:p

 

Bill

[RWolver672]

An easy fix for long lines exiting to the pier... Have a separate line for people who don't want their picture taken 3 times on the gangway.

 

Bob

 

Or better yet, move the photographers away from the gangway so that the passengers could get off the ship quicker. Of course, most people would avoid the photographers altogether if they did that.

[Micahs Grandad]

An easy fix for long lines exiting to the pier... Have a separate line for people who don't want their picture taken 3 times on the gangway.

 

Bob

 

The problem is 95% of the people would be on that line:eek::eek:

[figdu]

The problem is 95% of the people would be on that line:eek::eek:

 

Our Vista cruise had the photographers taking pictures away from the gangway. Much more efficient that way.

[Micahs Grandad]

Our Vista cruise had the photographers taking pictures away from the gangway. Much more efficient that way.

 

We usually see them in both places. Find the holdup for getting off the ship so they can take someones picture rather annoying.

[figdu]

We usually see them in both places. Find the holdup for getting off the ship so they can take someones picture rather annoying.

 

We usually see them both places as welll. However, they never held up the line on our Vista sailing. I don't know if it was a Europe cruise thing or what but it worked out great.

[Micahs Grandad]

We usually see them both places as welll. However, they never held up the line on our Vista sailing. I don't know if it was a Europe cruise thing or what but it worked out great.

 

That would be great. :):)