Yehootu Posted September 25, 2016 #1 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Searched the port threads and couldn't find any info. Been a few years since we've cruised out of SP. Any info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skynight Posted September 25, 2016 #2 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Arrive at the pier around 11am. Once checked in you will be shown to a waiting area. It appears that your Captain's Circle status is Platinum. You will be shown to the Platinum waiting section. Around noon boarding begins with priority boarders. Platinum is kind of 4th in line in the priority status. Once boarding begins it goes quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wineglass Posted September 25, 2016 #3 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Princess should send you an email a week or so before departure stating the boarding times. We sail next Friday and they will board by decks, starting around 11:30 with elite and platinum first within the boarding times. Sometimes they enforce it and sometimes not. Think it depends on how crowded it becomes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yehootu Posted September 25, 2016 Author #4 Share Posted September 25, 2016 That's what I thought I remembered. We also travel with my Mom who's an Elite member. I get to push her transport chair. Mahalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpeabody Posted September 25, 2016 #5 Share Posted September 25, 2016 My experience at San Pedro has been that as long as the ship has been cleared and zero'd out, it begins at approximately 11:30 am typically with Wedding Party, In-Transit, Travel Agents (If there is a group that day), BVE Participants, Elite, Platinum and then the rest. It is pretty close to that order I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L11 Posted September 25, 2016 #6 Share Posted September 25, 2016 This is our first time on Princess and we are in a full suite. Is there any boarding preference for a suite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseclan Posted September 25, 2016 #7 Share Posted September 25, 2016 The time we have been in suites we were one of the first on the ship. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF - retired RRT Posted September 25, 2016 #8 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Princess should send you an email a week or so before departure stating the boarding times. We sail next Friday and they will board by decks, starting around 11:30 with elite and platinum first within the boarding times. Sometimes they enforce it and sometimes not. Think it depends on how crowded it becomes Never seen progressive boarding enforced in San Pedro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF - retired RRT Posted September 25, 2016 #9 Share Posted September 25, 2016 My experience at San Pedro has been that as long as the ship has been cleared and zero'd out, it begins at approximately 11:30 am typically with Wedding Party, In-Transit, Travel Agents (If there is a group that day), BVE Participants, Elite, Platinum and then the rest. It is pretty close to that order I think. Yup...that's it. We were there yesterday for a BVE. :D Told everyone, "we just came for lunch". We left at around 2 and the hall was EMPTY. If you really want a stress-free boarding...get there after 1. NO lines!! But you might miss lunch in the MDR.:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moki'smommy Posted September 25, 2016 #10 Share Posted September 25, 2016 That's what I thought I remembered. We also travel with my Mom who's an Elite member. I get to push her transport chair. Mahalo. Princess will be happy to provide a crew member to push the chair if you wish. Sometimes the ramps are steep and difficult, other times not bad at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted September 25, 2016 #11 Share Posted September 25, 2016 We have (so far) only boarded in San Pedro once. Every time we boarded in San Francisco everything has gone smoothly and we boarded with almost no wait time no matter when we arrived. The one time in San Pedro we waited about an hour and a half. Nobody was boarding. It was stupid. I "think" it was due to the immigration people not being ready. Sailing and muster were delayed by more than an hour. When we sailed out of SF but the first port stop was SP people were waiting an hour and a half - two hours in line to disembark. Again, it was immigration. We got into port in the morning but people who had arranged to meet family and friends for LUNCH in port missed out as they couldn't get off the ship. People in the port were extremely late boarding. We had planned to go ashore and have lunch at a brewpub nearby but gave up and left the line. People who had managed to disembark immediately upon docking were hung up for a looooooooooooong time trying to get back on the ship. Two times at the SP port and both were the absolute worst experiences we have had with boarding and disembarkation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shredie Posted September 25, 2016 #12 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Late sailings out of San Pedro are not uncommon. They do "enforce" staggered boarding in name only. They will announce who is up for boarding, but they don't do much checking on whether you're eligible or not. Now, there are a couple of "by the book" people there, but most are pretty casual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satxdiver Posted September 26, 2016 #13 Share Posted September 26, 2016 This is our first time on Princess and we are in a full suite. Is there any boarding preference for a suite? Full suite pax wait in the elite lounge with the elite members. The board after the BVE and physically impaired. Our several times embarking out of SP I have never seen Princess enforce the boarding schedule which is not any different than in the other ports we have embarked from. I have read a few times where it was enforced but that maybe was 2 or 3 times total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiser411 Posted September 26, 2016 #14 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I dropped my friend off in San Pedro today at 11:30am and he was in his cabin before noon... he's Elite, but said that boarding had started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timtrek Posted September 26, 2016 #15 Share Posted September 26, 2016 We are sailing tomorrow out of SP. We usually get to the port at 10:45 or so and the line is very short at that time to get checked in. In the past boarding has always began between 11:45 and 12:00. Sometimes parking is an issue but since Ruby is the only cruise ship in port tomorrow, should be a breeze if you are driving and parking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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