YC Boarding - assigned embarkation times?

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

Please refresh my memory, I'm sure it's been covered - but, since the cruise is now just 10 days away, I wanted to make sure. This will be our first MSC sailing.

 

We're in a YC balcony, and presently on their website it indicates I have an embarkation time of 2:30. A couple of months ago, it showed 9:30 for a few weeks.

 

Do I actually need to wait until 2;30? Does the "white tent" I've heard people referring to adhere to those automatically generated (moving target!) arrival times? Also, thanks to status match, I'm Diamond - I didn't know if that factored into any of this at all either.

 

THANKS,

Tom

[Two Wheels Only]

Just get there when you want to get there. If you want to arrive early, you can be among the first to get onto the ship. You won't board at 9:30a no matter who you are.  

 

The time assigned on your paperwork is irrelevant to you. 

[Morgsmom]

10:30 - 11:00 is a good time to board if you are in YC.

[Huntingdon1701]

They don't check, expecially in yacht club. I arrived two hours early a couple of weeks ago and  they were ready to get me on board straight away. 

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

Thanks all 🙂 

[CGTNORMANDIE]

If you go at 2:30 PM you will miss lunch.  11:00 AM is always a good time…just in case there is a holdup Coast Guard inspection, etc.  There are always those who get there early and clog up the line waiting so let them go first.  The point is that you have paid for a premium service so you should be allowed to enjoy it from the moment you step into the YC tent.  And that includes a flute of Prosecco and munching on a macaroon before you board the ship…LOL.  

[Cloudyrain]

Prosecco, water, juice and nibbles await you in the glorious white tent - so even if you are too early to board at least you won’t go hungry or thirsty 😉

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

12 minutes ago, Cloudyrain said:

Prosecco, water, juice and nibbles await you in the glorious white tent - so even if you are too early to board at least you won’t go hungry or thirsty 😉

 

If nibbles include good cookies, I might have to get there extra early... LOL

 

Tom

[KennyFla]

29 minutes ago, Cloudyrain said:

Prosecco, water, juice and nibbles await you in the glorious white tent - so even if you are too early to board at least you won’t go hungry or thirsty 😉

Yacht Club:

 

Steerage:

 

 

 

[sverigecruiser]

2 hours ago, Cloudyrain said:

Prosecco, water, juice and nibbles await you in the glorious white tent - so even if you are too early to board at least you won’t go hungry or thirsty 😉

 

I have not seen anything to eat or drink in the tent but maybe we have been there too early.

[PTC DAWG]

14 minutes ago, sverigecruiser said:

 

I have not seen anything to eat or drink in the tent but maybe we have been there too early.

I have always seen drinks/treats inside the terminal in the YC area..

[sverigecruiser]

46 minutes ago, PTC DAWG said:

I have always seen drinks/treats inside the terminal in the YC area..

 

Me too but not in the tent.

[hamrag]

7 hours ago, sverigecruiser said:

 

I have not seen anything to eat or drink in the tent but maybe we have been there too early.

Same for us, but the YC seating area inside has always been very well stocked with such!

[Cloudyrain]

On 4/19/2023 at 4:28 PM, sverigecruiser said:

 

I have not seen anything to eat or drink in the tent but maybe we have been there too early.

There was at Southampton last year but not the previous year during the Covid-cruises (due to Covid probably).

[lovetravel1114]

I was in YC last October with assigned embarkation time around 3:00 sailing from Southhampton. I asked here and was told to go anytime as in YC which I did around 11:00 . I am sailing again in YC this July and will try to get on board even earlier. For me, white tent was indiciation for where to queue for YC check in. I was escorted to the dedicated space in the terminal where you can sit down for drinks/snacks while your check in is actually taking place. 

[insidecabin]

On 4/24/2023 at 7:40 PM, lovetravel1114 said:

I was in YC last October with assigned embarkation time around 3:00 sailing from Southhampton. I asked here and was told to go anytime as in YC which I did around 11:00 . I am sailing again in YC this July and will try to get on board even earlier. For me, white tent was indiciation for where to queue for YC check in. I was escorted to the dedicated space in the terminal where you can sit down for drinks/snacks while your check in is actually taking place. 

 

10am has been the earliest Southampton.

The ones we have done have not been busy just a short line of early arrivers waiting for security to open.

 

Keep an eye on the reports over the next few weeks to see if it changes.

YC gets priority but have seen weeks where people were queued to get out of the carpark.

[Georgia_Peaches]

On 4/19/2023 at 6:41 PM, hamrag said:

but the YC seating area inside has always been very well stocked with such!

Have had to wait in the YC holding area twice and have never been served or seen offered, prosecco.  I have seen snacks and water/sodas available.  Were you offered prosecco?  My experiences were in Port Canaveral and Maimi.

[hamrag]

11 minutes ago, Georgia_Peaches said:

Have had to wait in the YC holding area twice and have never been served or seen offered, prosecco.  I have seen snacks and water/sodas available.  Were you offered prosecco?  My experiences were in Port Canaveral and Maimi.

Never sailed MSC in the USofA, always the Med or Caribbean Antilles. We never accept prosecco in YC, and always ask for champagne which is usually (but not always) available in the holding areas pre-boarding.

[sverigecruiser]

19 hours ago, Georgia_Peaches said:

Have had to wait in the YC holding area twice and have never been served or seen offered, prosecco.  I have seen snacks and water/sodas available.  Were you offered prosecco?  My experiences were in Port Canaveral and Maimi.

 

We were offered Prosecco when we cruised from Miami.

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

No matter what is offered, it's probably "single digit" bottle stuff!

 

Tom

[Georgia_Peaches]

3 hours ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

No matter what is offered, it's probably "single digit" bottle stuff!

 

Tom

LOL...no doubt!