Back 2 Back ?

[neverthought]

Let me start with "sorry if this has been answered before" but I did a search on several threads and found nothing. We are planning a back to back out of Fla, after the first week when the ship comes back to Fla. is it necessary that we disembark if we are on the same ship/same room for the following week? Any info will be helpful. Thanks,

Neverthought

[paul929207]

That is up to US immigration. We have not done a b2b out of a US port. The foriegn ports have not made us get off. The cruise line will give you all the info before the end of the first leg.

[Mary Ellen]

I've also never done one with U.S. turn-around point, but from what I've read, it is usual that one needs to disembark (briefly) for the ship to 'clear' all passengers for the Immigration officials.

[okgirl]

On my B2B on the Glory last year we were told to come to the lobby at a certain time (like 9am) we were escorted off the ship through customs then given our new S&S cards then escorted back onto the ship after about a 1/2 hour wait in the terminal.

 

We were probably back on the ship by about 10 or so. Passengers were still debarking. It was nice having the ship almost all to ourselves for a couple of hours.

 

We told our cabin steward not to bother with our cabin on that day since he had so many others to get ready.

[LHT28]

We have done 2 B2B out of US ports & yes we had to disembark and go through immigration but you could go back aboard after about 1 hr.

we went exploring then came back for lunch.

[Krazy Kruizers]

We have done quite a few back-to-back cruises in various ports. Most of them have been out of Ft Lauderdale.

On all but one of them we had to get off the ship to go through immigration. There were nearly 280 of on our recent Noordam cruises staying on for a second cruise and since the terminal couldn't hold that many people, the immigration people agreed to come on board. All we had to do was report to the show lounge when we were called -- showed our passports -- and that was it.

But on all our other cruises, we had to get off the ship and wait in the cruise terminal until the ship had zero count.

[Traveler353]

On the Holiday last month my next door cabin neighbors were on the second of three B2B2B trips. They were staying in the same cabin for each and only had to get off the ship and get back on. They were escorted by a Carnival employee who speeded them off, thru customs and back to the ship. They received new cards for each leg.

[neverthought]

Thank you all for taking the time to answer and your info. Now at least I have some idea what to expect.

Neverthought

[John&LaLa]

policies vary by line also. my wife has done 2 B2B2B's in the past few years. in each case i met up with her for the 3rd leg. Carnival allowed her to meet me at the check in line and we were the first passengers on board that day. RCCL did not allow me on early, but i did get to enter via the suite line. she was paged and i met up with her in the promenade by the pursers desk.

[Alexis]

Let me start with "sorry if this has been answered before" but I did a search on several threads and found nothing. We are planning a back to back out of Fla, after the first week when the ship comes back to Fla. is it necessary that we disembark if we are on the same ship/same room for the following week? Any info will be helpful. Thanks,

Neverthought

 

I have also done many a B2B on different cruise lines including RCCL.

On the day of turn around, (the day one cruise ends and the other cruise starts.) You are given information in your cabin during the first week and told where to meet on the ship for an officer to come and escort you off. You are usually escorted off the ship by an officer and returned to it within minutes. This is done around the time the last passenger gets off. (Lately, it has been done while they are still disembarking) If you go with the officer, and come back on with him, you will not have to get back on a line to re board. If you choose to leave the ship on your own after the officer takes you through, without being escorted back on by the officer, you will not be able to re board unless you get back on a line at a later time with the other new passengers. This will depend on the port you are in. They do not do the same procedure in all of them. Sometimes they just hand you the new Sea Pass card at the pursers desk.

I hope this explains some of the questions anyone might ask. ;)

 

The dining room menu has enough variety that you can eat a different meal every night for the two weeks. I do not find the food to be boring on a B2B. You do not normally stay at the same table the second week, nor have the same wait staff. It can be requested if you would like to stay with your waiter.

We did request this on one of our B2B's at a large table and it could not be honored. All the tables had already been arranged a long time before. We did get a great window table and wonderful table mates.

On our last B2B, it was honored as we had a table for two.

 

The entertainment as far as the main shows are usually the same for the two weeks. The comics or other show people sometimes change by the second week. If not, check out another thing on the ship you missed the first week.

 

There is nothing better than cruising for 2 cruises in a row.

[cruiserbryce]

I am not sure there's a sure answer for this...on our recent b2b we did have to get off between trips. Customs processed us an pax in transit and we had to disembark briefly

[paul929207]

I am not sure there's a sure answer for this...on our recent b2b we did have to get off between trips. Customs processed us an pax in transit and we had to disembark briefly

This seems to vary with the turnaround port/country. The US seems to make all passengers disembark and go thru immigration. Other countries (including Chile, Mexico and Brazil) did not.

[Grannycb]

We had a turn around in Alaska on Princess a couple weeks ago. We needed to punch out using our old cards. Our pictures were taken with the new cards that had been left in our cabin the day before. It was all very easy.