Why check in so early?

We're 89 days out from our cruise, according to my account. Check in opened yesterday. Are there pros and cons to doing it now? I'm sure we will check in online before going, but is there any benefit to doing it at 89 days as opposed to say, 10 days?

No difference, except you never know when Royal might mess up the website even more, so I'd do the online check-in whenever it's possible.

As far as I know, there are no pros or cons. I do remember however, that I waited until the day before one of our cruises to print out the luggage tags and boarding passes. UGH....printer did not work! Had to run around the neighborhood looking for someone with a printer.

No difference, except you never know when Royal might mess up the website even more, so I'd do the online check-in whenever it's possible.

That is an extremely good point.

No difference, except you never know when Royal might mess up the website even more, so I'd do the online check-in whenever it's possible.

Whenever you want to is fine.

We're 89 days out from our cruise, according to my account. Check in opened yesterday. Are there pros and cons to doing it now? I'm sure we will check in online before going, but is there any benefit to doing it at 89 days as opposed to say, 10 days?

I tend to be very compulsive and I want to check in as soon as it is available.

Enjoy your cruise

Exactly.. plus we like to make MTD reservations asap.

IS MTD not available until you check-in?

One last thing to do as the cruise gets closer and things get more hectic (and hence one last thing to worry about). Bob's point is also a valid one.

As far as I know, there are no pros or cons. I do remember however, that I waited until the day before one of our cruises to print out the luggage tags and boarding passes. UGH....printer did not work! Had to run around the neighborhood looking for someone with a printer.

I can sympathize with this one. It is the main reason I dumped inkjet printers instead of a laser. In our case, I found our public library had a computer with printer at 5 cents per page.

IS MTD not available until you check-in?

No, reservation opening for MTD is independent of online check-in.

Personally, I like to get things done sooner than later. Never know what obstacles might come up.

Earlier means more time to correct unexpected problems. Passport expiration, for example.

Thank you all. I think we'll go ahead and take care of it.

No, reservation opening for MTD is independent of online check-in.

You can sometimes do my time dinning over 200 days before a trip. I would do MTD ASAP because the good times can fill up.

I also would not wait until the last minute to do check in because there are still issues with the web site having intermittent problems.

No, reservation opening for MTD is independent of online check-in.

and is normally in cruise planner before then.

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IS MTD not available until you check-in?

Already made MTD reservations for Harmony cruise in September but cannot check in yet.

I tend to be very compulsive and I want to check in as soon as it is available.

 

Enjoy your cruise

Me too!

While they are not enforced, checking in earlier lets you choose an early arrival time. So far they have not been enforced, but you never know if they might start.

We leave in 57 days! Our TA asked for all our passport info and said she will be doing this for us. One less thing for my "to do" list is a win no matter how I slice it!

Online checkin also closes within 3 days of departure. I made that mistake once trying to check in the night before and print the set sail pass the day of. While you can still get on the ship, it really was quite a hassle to do so.

Learned my lesson!

Totally off topic (sort of) but we have MTD and I went into cruise planner & selected 6:30 for each night. But my order shows 6:30-8:30 no matter how much i play with it. Is that typical?

Totally off topic (sort of) but we have MTD and I went into cruise planner & selected 6:30 for each night. But my order shows 6:30-8:30 no matter how much i play with it. Is that typical?

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I did online check in for my July 1st sailing and printed set sail pass but didn't see any mention of luggage tags. Is that something I should search for to print ?

I did online check in for my July 1st sailing and printed set sail pass but didn't see any mention of luggage tags. Is that something I should search for to print ?

Luggage tags usually don't become available until about 7 weeks before the cruise.