korky1

Why do you post provocative comments to deliberately get a reaction? I thought the whole point of this platform was for us to chat to each other and gain knowledge from each other's experiences. Thankfully most people on here seem to come on with that in mind.

We really enjoy cruising on Carnival, same as we enjoy our cruises on P&O, . Princess, Royal Caribbean and Celebrity . Find pros and cons on all cruise lines. This will be cruise number 45 for us. Next one booked is P&O in July , then Royal Caribbean in January. Variety is the spice of life!

Why is your boarding time so late? Were all the earlier timeslots taken when you went online to check-in?

Thank you sooooo much aussielozzie for that info. I had no idea Carnival were finally allowing us to bring a bottle of wine each. Hubbie and I will definitely both bring a bottle each, his white and my red. Now all we need to do is convince P&O to let us do the same!

Why be so nasty Hogbay? I have no intention of "pushing in". More and more nowadays the cruiselines seem to allow boarding to start ahead of scheduled time if the disembarkation process has run smoothly that morning. I think post covid theory is to let anyone who is there get on board before the terminal gets crowded with people. We always arrive at CQ about 11am as we have no other choice due to the limited train options from where we live. We are happy with our 12 o'clock timeslot but it's nice if boarding starts a wee bit early.

We are going on Splendour on Monday and have a 12 noon boarding time. We can quite often board Princess from 11am, as they start thr boarding process earlier than scheduled. Can't remember if Carnival do the same, even though we were on Splendour in November. Ah, the joys of getting old!

Going to Vila as part of our Carnival cruise leaving on 28th May. Is Vils allowing ships in again after the cyclones? If so, can the dock as usual or do you have to get a tender in?

Finally received email from Carnival today, telling us about our Platinum perks on-board and that we will have access to online checkin 2 days earlier than standard 14 days, so 16 days priory to sail date. Considering that the cruise is now only 12 days away it is a bit late. We definitely did not have access until 14 days prior to sail date, so perhaps somehow there was a glitch that didn't link our booking to our status until today. No big deal, as I managed to get 12 noon time slot which is only half an hour later than the first time slot of 11.30 which was unavailable at 14 days. Any other Platinum members ever denied access to online check-in at 16 days before sail date? For our November cruise, we received a similar email well before the cruise sail date and had no problem completing check-in at 16 days before sail date. This cruise is the first time we have had a problem.

Happy cr Hi R, Firstly enjoy your cruise and please post any tips you have for me for my cruise on 28th when you return home. I went on at midnight and finally could do online checkin. The earliest available was 12 -12.30, group B04, which makes me think other platinum and diamond members have had the previous 2 days to go in and book out the 11.30 - 12 time slot. No big deal, just annoying why we couldn't have the earlier access to the site, when we are entitled to it. Have a great cruise!

Carnival used to let you do online checkin a lot sooner than they do now. I usually can go on line 16 days before cruise to complete checkin, select boarding time and print tickets. Two days earlier than most, being Platinum. Says this time online checkin available 14th May, so no 2 days head start for platinum? I will go online at midnight tonight as I never go to bed before then anyway. Will let you know tomorrow how I go.

How do you get your checkin time if you can't get into online checkin?

This is weird. I wonder why it is now 14 days for us? My profile shows I am platinum with 114 sail days so we should have 16 days too. Are you platinum also?