When the first night is an overnght in port whats the boarding policy

[ighten]

IE are late arrivals allowed.

[casofilia]

The ship is just a floating hotel, come and go as you please but there will almost certainly be a cut off time for the process of check-in.

[don't-use-real-name]

A few more details - Please.

 

Ship ?

Sailing date ?

City of embark ?

 

I am thinking that you have questions about Quebec City - one of the known overnight port calls

with embarking the day before sailing ?

I have some brief information on that.

[ighten]

yep Quebec 21st Sep NCL Dawn

[casofilia]

We arrived early by train from Montreal and were on board in the early afternoon as were lots of other people. People could be seen going and coming all the rest of the day and evening. We did a really great tour on the Sunday.

[don't-use-real-name]

OK - here is the scoop:

The DAWN arrives on the morning of Friday Sep 21 at about 8am or earlier.

Those folks disembarking get off the ship - those doing a B2B (Back to Back)

can come and go but will not be permitted to get back on the ship until such

time as regular check-in and boarding commences - which is where you come

on the scene. Check-in and boarding starts around noon or earlier and lasts

until about 6pm. So if you are checking in at this time give your bags to the

pier porter - check in get processed - board have lunch - see your stateroom

and you can get off and on the ship anytime up until sailing the following day.

If you arrive late after 6pm - what I was advised was that there is no pier

porter to handle your luggage - so you take it onboard yourself and go to

the guest registration counter and check in and get your key card for your

stateroom at that point. Lug your luggage to your stateroom - think about

dinner - whatever - relax - unwind.

You can make plans to get off the ship Saturday Sep 22 and tour Quebec

until about 3pm - return to the ship - attend the required muster drill and

sail away around 6pm.

That is about it in a nut shell - the abbreviated short form - no frills version !

 

There will be uniformed NCL people available to answer questions and

get you where you need to be - but maybe not so much later in the evening

Friday Sep 21 - you will see the ship - head over to it - it is your hotel for

that night even arriving late.

[ighten]

Thx D.U.R.N - thats exactly the info I needed...