Boarding Time for Veendam in Seward

[seatrial]

I got my documents and they say that boarding in Seward is at 4pm. I am going to arrive in Seward via the Alaska railroad at 11:30pm. Do you think that passengers are allowed to board earlier in Seward?

Thanks

[Krazy Kruizers]

:)

HAL's new boarding allows passengers to begin boarding at about 11:30 AM.

You said 11:30 PM - don't think anyone has arrived at that time since the ships aren't at the dock at that time.

:)

[capeboy96]

Good luck trying to get an answer from HAL to your question. No one seemed to know the answer.

I sailed on the Statendam in June on the Southbound cruise out of Seward. Did the same thing you did taking the train into Seward at 11:30am. We took the trolley over to the ship right away and were let on. It was awkward though as htey were still disembarking passengers from the last cruise while we were settling in. We grabbed lunch in the Lido and spent the afternoon toruing Seward. Got back to the ship around 6. Major disaster. The cruise chartered train had arrived and it took us 1.5 hours to go through security to reboard the ship. The first time took 10 minutes. We were ticked. If you go off to explore Seward on your own get back before 5 or be one of the last to board at 7. Have an awesome trip.

[Krazy Kruizers]

:)

Agree with above porster. Get back to the ship before 5.

One time we took the train from Anchorage to Seward and didn't get to the pier until 6:45. The train doesn't seem to always arrive at the same time.

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[seatrial]

Thanks so much for the information. I will try to board at noon or so, eat lunch get back off the ship and reboard before 5pm.