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This will be our first RCCL cruise and hopefully not our last. What is the earliest boarding time? With two little kids waiting on line is excrutiating, so we want to be early, but not too early when they are not boarding yet. We have a JS on the Jewel, is there priority boarding out of Miami for JS?

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Boarding often starts sometimes between 11:00am-11:30am, but if there were any delays with the prior sailing being cleared boarding can be delayed. Earlier this month I arrived at 11:00am. There was a small delay in boarding due to some problems with the gangplank, but we were on by a little after noon. There is a good chance boarding will commence shortly after 11am and that it will go rather quick, but it is no guarantee.

 

Have a nice cruise. :)

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we are diamond memebers and have sailed out of ft lauderdale miami and san juan and soon out of los anegles...11am is the time to be there...usually it is right around that time that they will start the embarkation process...of our 13 sailings with rccl we have always been in the windjammer no later then 12:15 for lunch and pool side by 1pm...in the room by 2ish and back to the pool by 3ish...ENJOY THE VACATION OF A LIFE TIME...

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Usually cabins open at 1 but perkyblue is correct about hauling around your carry ons. Pack only what you don't mind carrying around the ship for a little while.

 

Yes- we have learned this from other cruises and I carry a small carryon with the bathing suits so the boys can be in the pool by noon :)

 

Thanks everyone! I have been told that RCCL is fantastic!

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This will be our first RCCL cruise and hopefully not our last. What is the earliest boarding time? With two little kids waiting on line is excrutiating, so we want to be early, but not too early when they are not boarding yet. We have a JS on the Jewel, is there priority boarding out of Miami for JS?

We've cruised out of Miami 3 times on RCI ships. We typically like to get there around 11-11:15. That usually means were up in the Windjammer before 12:30:).

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