CruisinRoxy Posted January 10, 2023 #1 Share Posted January 10, 2023 We haven't cruised since before Covid. I got an email from Royal saying it's time to Check in for our Voyager of the Seas on Jan 29. Not realizing there are now "scheduled" boarding times, I did not act immediately. Well today, I did check us in and the scheduled times started at 3;30. We usually try to get on board by noon or so. We are also in a Grand Suite, so priority boarding used to be a thing. Does anyone have any experience with this new fangled way on boarding the ship? I'm perplexed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverbeenhere Posted January 10, 2023 #2 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) The Law says you can show up at 2:30. In reality, you can show when you want and only rarely will you be told to wait. Edited January 10, 2023 by neverbeenhere I fought the Law and the Law won. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diver2014 Posted January 10, 2023 #3 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Your check in time is not the same as boarding the ship. Check in is when you are in the terminal and go to the counter with your documents. When you are done there, you walk onto the ship as long as the ship is available to board (people with very early check in times may have to wait until boarding is opened). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted January 10, 2023 #4 Share Posted January 10, 2023 On our last 7 cruises we haven't seen them enforce this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taglovestocruise Posted January 10, 2023 #5 Share Posted January 10, 2023 29 minutes ago, CruisinRoxy said: We haven't cruised since before Covid. I got an email from Royal saying it's time to Check in for our Voyager of the Seas on Jan 29. Not realizing there are now "scheduled" boarding times, I did not act immediately. Well today, I did check us in and the scheduled times started at 3;30. We usually try to get on board by noon or so. We are also in a Grand Suite, so priority boarding used to be a thing. Does anyone have any experience with this new fangled way on boarding the ship? I'm perplexed. 4 cruises in 2022, three on Royal and boarding times never checked. One on Disney and they are enforcing boarding times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare moposh Posted January 10, 2023 #6 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Lesson learned hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted January 10, 2023 #7 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) 45 minutes ago, CruisinRoxy said: We are also in a Grand Suite, so priority boarding used to be a thing. And so is check in - show up whenever and look for a separate suite line. Edited January 10, 2023 by Biker19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinRoxy Posted January 10, 2023 Author #8 Share Posted January 10, 2023 5 minutes ago, Biker19 said: And so is check in - show up whenever and look for a separate suite line. Yes I do remember those Suite lines! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinRoxy Posted January 29, 2023 Author #9 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Well we boarded Voyager earlier today. We came early, like noon, because I kept getting texts to allow plenty of time at the Pan Am Pier due to heavy marine traffic. Whatever that means. And guess what? No one at all even looked at the check in time! Several people looked at and scanned the SeaPass on our phones and no one even noticed that we were 3 hours early! All the agonizing wasted. What a relief! Many of you cruisers said likewise. So thank you. Well that’s that. Just a little update for anyone else that’s concerned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renza Posted January 29, 2023 #10 Share Posted January 29, 2023 1 hour ago, CruisinRoxy said: Well we boarded Voyager earlier today. We came early, like noon, because I kept getting texts to allow plenty of time at the Pan Am Pier due to heavy marine traffic. Whatever that means. And guess what? No one at all even looked at the check in time! Several people looked at and scanned the SeaPass on our phones and no one even noticed that we were 3 hours early! All the agonizing wasted. What a relief! Many of you cruisers said likewise. So thank you. Well that’s that. Just a little update for anyone else that’s concerned. We will be on Voyager in 5 weeks. Can you please post if there are any Comedy shows, quest or any entertainment that is happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted January 29, 2023 #11 Share Posted January 29, 2023 7 minutes ago, renza said: We will be on Voyager in 5 weeks. Can you please post if there are any Comedy shows, quest or any entertainment that is happening? You can look in the app for the current sailing and see everything you are looking for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXTROT Posted January 31, 2023 #12 Share Posted January 31, 2023 On 1/10/2023 at 3:20 PM, CruisinRoxy said: We haven't cruised since before Covid. I got an email from Royal saying it's time to Check in for our Voyager of the Seas on Jan 29. Not realizing there are now "scheduled" boarding times, I did not act immediately. Well today, I did check us in and the scheduled times started at 3;30. We usually try to get on board by noon or so. We are also in a Grand Suite, so priority boarding used to be a thing. Does anyone have any experience with this new fangled way on boarding the ship? I'm perplexed. Show up when you want, go to the Suite & Pinnacle line & check in. They didn't say anything 2 weeks ago about our time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinRoxy Posted February 6, 2023 Author #13 Share Posted February 6, 2023 On 1/29/2023 at 6:35 PM, renza said: We will be on Voyager in 5 weeks. Can you please post if there are any Comedy shows, quest or any entertainment that is happening? There were 2 production shows featuring Broadway tunes. Dancers and singers are very talented. There was an acrobatic duo from Ukraine who were excellent. And a dance group from Argentina who did tango and flamenco. They were awesome too. But some of these are onboard for a limited time. There was supposed to be a comedian but I guess ne didn’t show up. Who knows why I know nothing about Quest. Theres an excellent entertainer in the Schooner bar almost nightly. She’s a piano player singer. Kind of like a Sing a long. Things may change though. Enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobNoxious Posted February 6, 2023 #14 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Depends. If you follow the rules and believe others should as well: "show up at your boarding time". If you believe rules are just guidelines and are ok to break when you are spending $$$ then: "show up whenever you want and enjoy the chaos". 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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