Assigned arrival times?

Going on the Vista in April out of Miami. I've been reading through various reviews that there is now an assigned arrival time to the port?

If this is the case, are all ports doing this or just certain ones? When do you get assigned your arrival time?

I don't mean to sound dumb on this as I've always just arrived at the port around 10am and went right in, checked in, then sat in the lobby/waiting area until our boarding number or group was called. There was no assigned time on Allure last year either.

Look online in your cruise manager. There will be a place to pick an arrival time slot. If you come early to the terminal, they will not let you in to sit and wait.

If it is not a problem for you, just show up around 1:00 and you will get right in.

They are strict with the times, if you arrive early you will stand outside until your time.

When you login to your cruise manager you select a check-in time from there, when you're doing your online check-in. Go ahead and do it now so you can get the time-slot you want. Although your cruise isn't far away so times could possibly be taken this late in the game.

If we have a suite (priority boarding) with an arrival time of 11:30 to 12, can we board early or do we have to wait until our scheduled arrival time?

If we have a suite (priority boarding) with an arrival time of 11:30 to 12, can we board early or do we have to wait until our scheduled arrival time?

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Best to show up in the arrival time window. It's okay to be a late also but you don't want to get there early. If you do you will have to wait if it's crowded till your arrival time windows begins. They MIGHT let you if early if the lines are short and it's not very busy.

Your arrival time will open up about 6 mos out from your cruise, you don't need to be paid in full either.

if you have "Faster to the Fun" do you have to wait till your assigned time, or can you enter whenever?

if you have "Faster to the Fun" do you have to wait till your assigned time, or can you enter whenever?

We were able to pick arrival times at exactly 200 days out.

This will be the first cruise that we've had assigned times too so very good information.

On another topic - where do you get the Countdown Clocks in your signature?

This will be the first cruise that we've had assigned times too so very good information.

 

On another topic - where do you get the Countdown Clocks in your signature?

On the tab up above, click on "More" and then "Countdown Clocks"

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Thank you!

I see you found it :)

 

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We were able to pick arrival times at exactly 200 days out.

im 206 days out and still no link to pick a time.

where exactly will i be looking

I was on the Vista in January. They were very strict with the boarding time. The arrival time I chose was 11:30 to 12:00. By the time I got off of the shuttle, gave my bags to the porter, and got to the line it was 12:05. I could not go into the "on time" line.

There were three lines. The line to the left was for priority and FTTF. The two lines to the right were for on time arrivals (people arriving within their appointment time) and early/late arrivals (people arriving earlier or later than their appointment times). Since I got to the line 5 minutes after my appointment time, I had to stand in the early/late arrival line. Thankfully, the lines weren't that long and I was on the ship at 12:35.

When I was first able to pick my appointment time, the earliest time available for me was 12:00 to 12:30, so that's what I chose. When it got closer to my cruise date, I was able to change my appointment time to 11:30 to 12:00.

Has anybody chosen a later time? my plan was to drop our luggage with the porter then take my DD to lunch in N.O. she has never been there. We should probably get to the ship about 2ish? is the line any shorter at that time?

In Miami they had two lines that I saw- one for those on time and one for late and early arrivals. We arrived early so that is the line we chose and we were taken right into the terminal as there was no line in any case. We were onboard with a drink in our hand 5 minutes after our assigned arrival time.

We live in Fort Lauderdale so we'll be driving to the port. We got the 11:30-12:30 arrival time which is perf.

im 206 days out and still no link to pick a time.

 

where exactly will i be looking

When you do the online check in and print off your cruise docs and everything it'll let you pick the time there. It's one of the first screens.

I can't believe I was so relaxed about my planning for this cruise (Dream, leaves in 3 days) and so when I went online today to print our boarding passes, I was dismayed to find out that the only boarding time left was 2-2:30. So do I have any recourse at all???? The only time I ever (in 27 cruises) arrived that late for a cruise was once when we almost missed the ship!

I waited to check in until just a few days before my cruise and all the early slots were taken, I was given the 1:30-2 slot. We ended up getting there early and entering the line for people who are early/ late and we were onboard about 1:20, idk if we got lucky or what

If you want to guarantee an early slot either get FTTF or make sure to check in early!

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I can't believe I was so relaxed about my planning for this cruise (Dream, leaves in 3 days) and so when I went online today to print our boarding passes, I was dismayed to find out that the only boarding time left was 2-2:30. So do I have any recourse at all???? The only time I ever (in 27 cruises) arrived that late for a cruise was once when we almost missed the ship!

You can take a chance and arrive earlier and stand in the "late/early" line, you might get in earlier.

Thanks for the info! I think we've learned our lesson and will definitely do this part of the online check in much sooner! For now, we are going to maybe do something in the French quarter during the middle of the day and accept that we won't have lunch on the ship, oh well, live and learn.:(