edocs & VIP check-in

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We had a strange thing happen when we arrived at the cruise terminal. The top of our edocs read "procede to VIP checkin upon arrival at the terminal". All of our edocs have said this in the past but this time when we showed our paperwork to the 1st stop at the terminal we were handed an Express check-in pass. Anyone else have this happen? We had a regular balcony cabin and won't be platinum until our Jan 18 cruise. It didn't make much difference in this case because there were no lines, no waiting and everyone got on the ship right away.

[sharonh1885]

lucky you.. I have our nineth Carnival cruise coming in less than two weeks and my edocs say nothing about VIP check-in and we also have a balcony cabin.

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lucky you.. I have our nineth Carnival cruise coming in less than two weeks and my edocs say nothing about VIP check-in and we also have a balcony cabin.

 

That's weird because our edocs have always said "proceed to VIP checkin" but this was the first time anyone noticed it....

[sharonh1885]

Then you know I am going home tonight and look thoroughly at those e-docs for any mention of vip :)

[Captain Funtime]

12/10 will be my 12th and my docs. make no mention of VIP anything !

 

 

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12/10 will be my 12th and my docs. make no mention of VIP anything !

 

 

 

That's odd....must be an arbitrary kind of thing. I've noticed it on my eDocs since they 1st came out with the eDocs.....

[sharonh1885]

reread the docs last night and sadly there is no mention of proceeding to vip anywhere. :( Oh well, I will be happy to be aboard the ship no matter how long the line is to get aboard.

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reread the docs last night and sadly there is no mention of proceeding to vip anywhere. :( Oh well, I will be happy to be aboard the ship no matter how long the line is to get aboard.

 

Are yours edocs or regular mailed docs? I've only seen it on my edocs

[sharonh1885]

They are edocs

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They are edocs

 

Hmmmmmm....guess I'm just "special" LOL :D

[tggs726]

I also have a regular cabin on my upcoming cruise and this is only my 5th Carnival cruise and i also have "please procede to VIP check in" on my edocs. I cant find any ryhme or reason as to why this happens. Popsec, you're not a travel agent by any chance are you?

[msolberg]

Hmmmmmm....guess I'm just "special" LOL :D

 

LOL - I was just going to say that. You must be a VIP for sure. :D

 

Diane

[Yoli=)]

In what page on the Edoc would I find this...

-Yoli

[nowendy]

Now that you mention it. The last cruise we went on (our 9th) we waited in line meet with the check in lady. After we were all finished she went get our s&s cards and they had a VIP tag. She took us to the VIP lounge and we were escorted to the front of the line for our pictures. We couldn't figure it out, but who was to question our good faith. We were VIP.

The bubble didn't last too long though because that was the only VIP treatment we got. Oh well, in 3 weeks we go on our 10Th and will take advantage of all the perks.

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I also have a regular cabin on my upcoming cruise and this is only my 5th Carnival cruise and i also have "please procede to VIP check in" on my edocs. I cant find any ryhme or reason as to why this happens. Popsec, you're not a travel agent by any chance are you?

 

No, I'm not a travel agent (though my DH says I should be since I'm always checking prices and getting us OBC's and gifts). We cruise in 4 days and I think this time I'll just go the the VIP checkin like the edocs say to do and see what happens...

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In what page on the Edoc would I find this...

-Yoli

 

It's on the first page, middle section at the top

[tggs726]

No, I'm not a travel agent (though my DH says I should be since I'm always checking prices and getting us OBC's and gifts). We cruise in 4 days and I think this time I'll just go the the VIP checkin like the edocs say to do and see what happens...

 

ok well that cancels out that reasoning....let me know how it goes, because if it says to i think im gonna go ahead and do it.

[GoinCruisin]

I had this happen on my last cruise... I'm not platinum and had a standard balcony cabin, but had VIP check-in... I was the GL of over 100 people so at first I thought that was it, but several other non-platinum people in our group had it as well, and many didn't... didn't seem to be a rhyme or reason, but someone mentioned it was a glitch in the system.

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I had this happen on my last cruise... I'm not platinum and had a standard balcony cabin, but had VIP check-in... I was the GL of over 100 people so at first I thought that was it, but several other non-platinum people in our group had it as well, and many didn't... didn't seem to be a rhyme or reason, but someone mentioned it was a glitch in the system.

 

It's quite a glitch since it's been happening to me for the past 8 months or so....

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ok well that cancels out that reasoning....let me know how it goes, because if it says to i think im gonna go ahead and do it.

 

I'll try to remember to come back on and let you know if we get to be VIP or not on the 1st cruise

[tggs726]

I'll try to remember to come back on and let you know if we get to be VIP or not on the 1st cruise

 

So what ended up happening?

[hawks066]

I'm trying to figure out what is on these EDocs? I login to my reservations and I click on my documents but there isn't a whole lot I can do there except make sure my Fun Pass is complete. Am I looking in the wrong direction?

[big_duck]

E-docs are only available after final payment.

 

They also only work in Internet Explorer.

 

Click here: https://mydocuments.carnival.com/

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So what ended up happening?

 

There were no lines at all so we just went to the regular counter and got right on the ship

[familyof4cruising]

Well, lucky you. We received our documents last week for our 2/16 Freedom cruise- It does say Proceed to the VIP line. This is our 10th Carnival Cruise so we are Platinum , but I really never noticed it until you told me to go look.