Fiancé missing the cruise

[cruisestitch]

I believe that the only repo cruises that follow different rules are the ones where the ship moves to or from Puerto Rico.  An exception to the distant foreign port requirement is made for those cruises.

 

Otherwise, the other repositioning Cruises, such as the ones from Port liberty to Florida, must visit a distant foreign port.

[jwlane]

4 hours ago, rvmckim said:

 her flight lands the same time as our boarding. We are the last boarding group of the day already. 

Assuming she is on AAL1390 (just landed), she'll have about 90 minutes until Equinox or Edge sailaway.  

Edited December 22, 2022 by jwlane

[Baron Barracuda]

1 hour ago, jwlane said:

Assuming she is on AAL1390 (just landed), she'll have about 90 minutes until Equinox or Edge sailaway.  

Need to arrive well before sailaway.  Don't know what USCG deadline is for her sailing but this is from X web site:

 

If you’re planning to arrive later, make sure you know when embarkation check-in ends, as this is usually before your ship sets sail. For coast guard purposes, the check-in time ends earlier, and if you get there after that cut-off time you won’t be able to board, even if the ship hasn’t pulled away from port yet.

[jwlane]

24 minutes ago, Baron Barracuda said:

Need to arrive well before sailaway. 

Whatever the case, both ships departed as scheduled.

[kwokpot]

And this is why in the winter it's prudent to fly to the embarkation port the day before, not the day of. 

[TravelingCircusof5]

Good luck! That sux, especially since you did try to arrive extra early. Let us know what happens. 

[calicakes]

7 hours ago, Lastdance said:

I wanted to disembark at a different city in the same country and was told that was not a choice anymore.

Hope you find a way to make this happen!

On our September Reflection Cruise in Italy , a few people disembarked in Florence the day before we arrived back to Rome. 

[dateacher]

15 minutes ago, calicakes said:

On our September Reflection Cruise in Italy , a few people disembarked in Florence the day before we arrived back to Rome. 

We did that in Naples the day before we sailed back to Rome.  No problem doing it.  Just had to let Celebrity know

[RD64]

But please don’t assume that the rules in Europe are the same for North American sailings.

[Lastdance]

26 minutes ago, dateacher said:

We did that in Naples the day before we sailed back to Rome.  No problem doing it.  Just had to let Celebrity know

This is for May of 2023...disembarking from Naples instead of Civi/Rome.  I called and asked; so did my TA. We were both given the same answer...hmmm!  Well, I can definitely call a corporate number that I have and ask, but it was due to Covid that we could not disembark from Beyond, so just do not understand why this is the case for some, yet not others...who you talk with always makes a difference, so I will let you know if I receive a different answer.

 

What date/year was your cruise?  Were you charged for this?  

Edited December 23, 2022 by Lastdance

[dateacher]

10 hours ago, Lastdance said:

This is for May of 2023...disembarking from Naples instead of Civi/Rome.  I called and asked; so did my TA. We were both given the same answer...hmmm!  Well, I can definitely call a corporate number that I have and ask, but it was due to Covid that we could not disembark from Beyond, so just do not understand why this is the case for some, yet not others...who you talk with always makes a difference, so I will let you know if I receive a different answer.

 

What date/year was your cruise?  Were you charged for this?  

This was fall of 2019 so yes, things may have changed.  We were charged a small amount (not sure how much or what for).  When the ship docked in Naples we were checked out and escorted off the ship.  Even in the post Covid period, I don't see why it matters if you get off and stay off.  You would have been getting off at that port anyway and they don't do any health checks to get back on in Naples. 

[cruisestitch]

Depending on the port and itinerary there may be a need for local authorities to be on site for a disembarkation.  There may be some paperwork from the cruise line to the local authorities to make the arrangements or at least to inform them.  And there is definitely a need for some special arrangements on the ship to close out the account ahead of schedule. The cruise lines are understaffed, both on the ship and on shore, and it may be that a blanket denial of the requests is related to that.  So what was possible in 2019, may not be possible in 2023.

 

But back to the OP, I wonder what the situation is there. Did the fiancé make it to the ship?

[mahdnc]

21 hours ago, lme901 said:

I am flying into FLL tomorrow from the northeast to board Apex.  If our flight is significantly delayed, we will miss the ship.  I called the day of number posted above over the weekend.  Our first port is Key West, we thought we could just drive there and meet the ship.  They will not allow us to board.  Due to the Jones Act, if embarking in a US port, you must disembark at the same port.  Port 2 is Belize, we cannot board there since it is a tender port.  They would allow us to board on Day 5 in Cozumel (on a 7 night cruise).  Trip insurance (Nationwide) would cover the cost to get us to the ship as a missed connection.  We called to proactively know our situation since the weather concerns have been present for the last week here.  Unfortunately, we were unable to move our departure earlier.    

 

Good luck, hopefully she will be able to catch up soon!

I had a coworker from a long time ago that missed embarking on Horizon at Port Everglades because of an infamous security disruption at ATL causing them to miss their connecting flight to FLL. 

 

They and a dozen other passengers got to the pier just in time to see Horizon sailing off on the horizon. 
 

Celebrity bussed them to the next port (Key West) where they were able to board and enjoy the rest of the cruise. 

[Nashna]

Did the fiancé make the ship?  Hope the OP comes back to let us know what happened.

[cruisegal40]

I'm curios also!  Let us know what happened!

[DirtyDawg]

5 hours ago, Nashna said:

Did the fiancé make the ship?  Hope the OP comes back to let us know what happened.

 

2 hours ago, cruisegal40 said:

I'm curios also!  Let us know what happened!

Dang it with; Who Shot JR? Did the fiancé make the ship?

[hrhdhd]

I am also curious if the fiancée made the ship.

[cbfb]

5 minutes ago, DirtyDawg said:

 

Dang it with; Who Shot JR? Did the fiancé make the ship?

Right?!!! I’m hoping no news is good news! But….

[Charles4515]

On 12/22/2022 at 8:37 AM, rvmckim said:

Funny how we planned the red eye flights that left at 10pm the night before thinking we were getting to Ft Lauderdale at 6am would be plenty of time for a 2:00pm boarding.

 

You should always book a flighr a whole day before. In the winter I book two days before. Even if bad winter weather is not in your local area storms a thousand or two miles away affect flights.

[Charles4515]

On 12/22/2022 at 3:16 PM, Baron Barracuda said:

Need to arrive well before sailaway.  Don't know what USCG deadline is for her sailing but this is from X web site:

 

If you’re planning to arrive later, make sure you know when embarkation check-in ends, as this is usually before your ship sets sail. For coast guard purposes, the check-in time ends earlier, and if you get there after that cut-off time you won’t be able to board, even if the ship hasn’t pulled away from port yet.

If the flight info posted was correct they should have gotten there in time to board.