Boarding

[karen25]

We received an email saying according to our deck, Aloha, we shouldn’t arrive at the terminal until 3:00. We always arrive early so we can familiarize ourselves with our new surroundings. Can anyone tell us if we arrive at noon, will they let us on,   or make us wait until our allotted time? 

Edited October 22, 2018 by karen25
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[Expat Cruise]

Never paid any attention to these notices from Princess. Did two Princess cruises this year and showed up early and boarded early for both cruises. These emails are a way to try to spread people out but once in the terminal they are not used.

 

[donswife]

What Expat said, 😉

[jennybenny]

Agree with above statements as well.  

Show up when you want, when you normally do.  They offer the suggestion, but you can get there when you'd like.

We like to board early, so we get there early.  Wait in line for a bit, check in, wait a while and be among the first groups to board.

[Colo Cruiser]

Its usually just a suggestion.

Arrive when you want.

[antsp]

Princess 

1 hour ago, Colo Cruiser said:

Its usually just a suggestion.

Arrive when you want.

Princess email doesn’t really indicate it’s a suggestion, but everyone in the know just ignores it. I guess if everyone ignored it, it would become mandatory 

[paul929207]

The times in the email are suggestions not mandates.

 

However, there are times when boarding is delayed, so there is no guarantee of early boarding. In NYC a month or so ago, boarding for the Royal Princess was delayed to almost 2 pm for a full immigration and customs inspection of the ship.