kitkat343 Posted January 7, 2023 #1 Share Posted January 7, 2023 (edited) Our ship is leaving at 3 pm. My assigned boarding time i s 1:30 - 2 pm but the boarding pass also says you need to be on board 2 hours earlier (by 1 pm). I called NCL and they were very confused and said they don't know what's going on. If we show up during our boarding window, would customs deny our boarding (I can't imagine the ship would since the boarding pass also says we can't board earlier than our time and I'm supposed to be there from 1:30-2) Edited January 7, 2023 by kitkat343 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shof515 Posted January 7, 2023 #2 Share Posted January 7, 2023 which ship is this? never seen a departure time that early. usually the standard departure time is around 4-6pm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macewank Posted January 7, 2023 #3 Share Posted January 7, 2023 yeah that's weird.. but you can probably just show up earlier if you want. i don't think the check in times are enforced 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Turtles06 Posted January 7, 2023 #4 Share Posted January 7, 2023 (edited) Just show up when you need to. Most reports here are that no one at the cruise terminals is paying any attention to what time you were assigned for arrival when you did your check-in. (And "customs" has nothing to do with your boarding the ship.) Edited January 7, 2023 by Turtles06 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelling2Some Posted January 7, 2023 #5 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Don't worry. You can show up whenever you want. If you want a good laugh, our last cruise embarked from New York and the instructions on our boarding pass told us to go to the terminal in Miami. Mixed messages are common. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrown84 Posted January 7, 2023 #6 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Don't worry about your boarding time. Show up whenever you want 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zqvol Posted January 7, 2023 #7 Share Posted January 7, 2023 No one checks the times on the “boarding pass”. Just show up at the pier when you want to and don’t think about it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitkat343 Posted January 8, 2023 Author #8 Share Posted January 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Travelling2Some said: Don't worry. You can show up whenever you want. If you want a good laugh, our last cruise embarked from New York and the instructions on our boarding pass told us to go to the terminal in Miami. Mixed messages are common. Thats too funny! It does make my boarding pass seem totally reasonable by comparison. I'm on the Getaway 1/8 cruise from NY to Barbados and the Dominican Republic, except there's no DR because NCL ran a ship aground last march but kept advertising the cruise as visiting the DR. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Laszlo Posted January 8, 2023 #9 Share Posted January 8, 2023 12 minutes ago, kitkat343 said: Thats too funny! It does make my boarding pass seem totally reasonable by comparison. I'm on the Getaway 1/8 cruise from NY to Barbados and the Dominican Republic, except there's no DR because NCL ran a ship aground last march but kept advertising the cruise as visiting the DR. See you tomorrow..... I would just arrive between 11:00am -Noon. Boarding won't begin until 11:30amish for Non Haven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted January 8, 2023 #10 Share Posted January 8, 2023 2 hours ago, kitkat343 said: Our ship is leaving at 3 pm. My assigned boarding time i s 1:30 - 2 pm but the boarding pass also says you need to be on board 2 hours earlier (by 1 pm). I called NCL and they were very confused and said they don't know what's going on. If we show up during our boarding window, would customs deny our boarding (I can't imagine the ship would since the boarding pass also says we can't board earlier than our time and I'm supposed to be there from 1:30-2) 2 hours ago, Turtles06 said: (And "customs" has nothing to do with your boarding the ship.) Show up at any time. Be there before 1:00. And yes, if you show up late and your name does not make the manifest transmitted to them, immigrations and customs will not allow you to sail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pookel Posted January 9, 2023 #11 Share Posted January 9, 2023 My cruise that leaves a week from today has a departure time of 4 p.m. which means last chance to board is at 2 p.m., right? But when I signed up for my check-in time they had a 2:30 option. I have no idea what they were thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted January 10, 2023 #12 Share Posted January 10, 2023 On 1/7/2023 at 6:27 PM, kitkat343 said: Our ship is leaving at 3 pm. My assigned boarding time i s 1:30 - 2 pm but the boarding pass also says you need to be on board 2 hours earlier (by 1 pm). I called NCL and they were very confused and said they don't know what's going on. If we show up during our boarding window, would customs deny our boarding (I can't imagine the ship would since the boarding pass also says we can't board earlier than our time and I'm supposed to be there from 1:30-2) We go early all the time...if the cruise line says "you're early" I say, "there was no traffic, and I thought there would be more..sorry"...we tend to get there 11 am- 12 noon ( the latest) no matter what time they say...I have been on 43 cruises and never had a problem on 7 cruise lines...and always do your check in as early as possible..if you booked late, this is what happens...if the cruise line says 1 pm, get there at noon, and tell them "there was no traffic and we got a parking spot right away"...always works for us..good luck & enjoy the cruise.. Big Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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