As promised, Vancouver check-in process on 4/27/24 Impressions.
The Convenntion Center hallway doors were open at 10:30 AM as change for this cruise. I estimated 25 passengers walking down the hallway heading to the HAL doorway. My most memorable obdrvation was that a second luggage dropoff point was available inside the actual HAL check-in area in addition to the underground curbside drop-off point. A second observation was that nobody was checked for Deck priority number to enter the HAL doorway entrance which served both HAL ships in port.
When I entered the HAL entrance at 11:00 AM and then the Priority lane, there were approximately 50 people snaking through the facial recognition process to the many terminals in operation. Upon ariving downstairs agsin for the Security and US Immigration screening, there were about 200 passengers snaking through the bsggage screening and then US Immigration queus. Much to my very pleasant surprise, the passengers from both ships rejoined their own queues with the Koningsdam passengers walking directly to the ship's gangway. I boarded at 11:24 AM. This was indeed the Vancouver terminals and HAL employees finest performance in many cruises I have experienced departing this port.