Carnival Magic / Port Canaveral

Do you not get to pick your boarding times? Is it still k to arrive earlier and wait inside? What time does the port open daily? What is the current deli menu like on the magic? The don’t have calzones anymore on carnival pizza restaurants anymore do they?

You have never been able to pick your boarding time. You pick your CHECK-IN time for the terminal. You can pick this 90 days prior to your sailing. You can arrive as early as you want, but you'll be standing in the early/late line until your time comes. They did not have calzones, no.

Do you not get to pick your boarding times? Is it still k to arrive earlier and wait inside? What time does the port open daily? What is the current deli menu like on the magic? The don’t have calzones anymore on carnival pizza restaurants anymore do they?

Where have you been ? you never pick a boarding time:o:o:o

Do you not get to pick your boarding times? Is it still k to arrive earlier and wait inside? What time does the port open daily? What is the current deli menu like on the magic? The don’t have calzones anymore on carnival pizza restaurants anymore do they?

Correct in that you pick a check in time. The time that they actually open the doors varies depending on how quickly the arrival/customs clearance takes but it is normally well ahead of the earliest check in time slot. We tend to get there early and rarely have to wait outside very long if at all. We have found that if the lines are not very long and are moving smoothly they will pass you on through regardless of your appointment time but that is not guaranteed. If you feel like chancing it and don't mind the possibility of waiting to check in then go for it. This will anger some of the more rule bound folks but if the cruise line wants to get the ship boarded and the lines moving so they enforce the check in times at their discretion. Royal Caribbean does not have this check in time policy even on their much larger ships and they manage really well without it.