Boston Sailing

[bigfoot88]

I am considering a Boston/Bermuda this year, NCL cut back the later/Oct out of NYC.

 

In NYC they give a boarding number/ Group number, being platinum we got low numbers.

 

How do they do boarding in Boston.

 

 

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[hladygirl]

I am considering a Boston/Bermuda this year, NCL cut back the later/Oct out of NYC.

 

In NYC they give a boarding number/ Group number, being platinum we got low numbers.

 

How do they do boarding in Boston.

 

 

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We were platinum in October out of Boston and received a number two boarding number after the suites.

[don't-use-real-name]

We were platinum in October out of Boston and received a number two boarding number after the suites.

 

Boarding by the numbers.

With suites and Havens they have their own reception area and merely wait

for their butler to escort them on board to their cabins independently of the

platinum gold silver bronze groups.

Handicap and mobility cruisers are boarded when the necessary staff is

available and a break in boarding is made for them.

The priority boarding order of Plat - Gold - Silver - Bronze and other affinity

groups is made as these folks check-in.

As I recall Boston does not have a great deal of room to hold groups for

boarding. For those without priority boarding it does not help to arrive early

when your group is last to board.

In some cases the gangway is crowded almost all the way from the Guest

Check-In counter to the key card scanning point on the ship.

It is not much unlike the boarding of an aircraft at an air terminal.

Priority cruisers board first and then the gates are fully open for the rest

to board. It jams up pretty much right away and then tends to thin out getting

closer to departure.

Boarding by numbered groups does help provided all the folks in those groups

are available for group boarding with no stragglers.

It is also helpful if the computer machinery (key card scanners) are doing their

part to keep the flow moving and NCL agents are monitoring that flow.

I believe that the boarding process is still in an experimental stage with the

SUGGESTED arrival and CHECK-IN TIMES noted with your computer generated

invoice papers,

Boarding the small ships presents fewer problems than the -away class ships.

Then too the number of boarding gangways can make a real difference in the

efficient pleasant movement of folks onboard.