FLL/PE boarding times are a joke.

[gmkgks]

I was worried that we’d be early but we were right on time.  They don’t board by time at all.  Our “group” was “11, 11:30, 12, 12:30”. Everyone together.  They’d already closed 10:30 so we got stuck with everyone with check ins up to 1pm.  Now we sit and wait. Massive crowds. No covid spacing.  So very different than Miami where we usually just walk on. On the bright side, if you have a later check-in time you can come back early because no one checks or cares.  

[firefly333]

Might not be the ports fault boarding delayed. Next sunday I hear liberty has some kind of delay while the coast guard does some review. Once the computer was not working and they couldnt upload the new manifest so we couldnt reboard on a b2b.

 

Galveston seats you are you arrive in order on the Ross of chairs .. and then boards you in that order by row if they run late. Blaming the port when you dont know makes no sense.

[davekathy]

7 minutes ago, gmkgks said:

I was worried that we’d be early but we were right on time.  They don’t board by time at all.  Our “group” was “11, 11:30, 12, 12:30”. Everyone together.  They’d already closed 10:30 so we got stuck with everyone with check ins up to 1pm.  Now we sit and wait. Massive crowds. No covid spacing.  So very different than Miami where we usually just walk on. On the bright side, if you have a later check-in time you can come back early because no one checks or cares.  

 

You never received boarding times. You selected a check in time. 

[TexasRon]

If you are assigning times, hold people to them.  People will do what you let them do.  Tell them you are going to use arrival times and that they will be enforced.  Or abandon them…

 

Covid spacing is not really a thing any more.  You can mask and avoid crowds the best you can if you want, but spacing is only enforced in a very few locations overall.  

Edited September 3, 2022 by TexasRon

[broadwaybaby123]

You're assigned check-in times, not boarding times.  I wish people understood the difference.  It says very clearly on the boarding pass what your check-in time is.  The check-in time is only when they're allowed to start processing you, not what time you'll be able to board the ship.  

 

It's like an airport.  A boarding time is when you're allowed to actually board the plane, not when you're allowed to check in.

[cruisegirl1]

No "covid" spacing anywhere, any more, anyplace.   Not just the cruise industry, but most other places as well.   Did you arrive to Florida by plane?  If you think the terminal is bad, come back and tell us your impression of  ship elevators. 

Have a great cruise.

M

[mo&fran]

1 hour ago, gmkgks said:

I was worried that we’d be early but we were right on time.  They don’t board by time at all.  Our “group” was “11, 11:30, 12, 12:30”. Everyone together.  They’d already closed 10:30 so we got stuck with everyone with check ins up to 1pm.  Now we sit and wait. Massive crowds. No covid spacing.  So very different than Miami where we usually just walk on. On the bright side, if you have a later check-in time you can come back early because no one checks or cares.  

That has not been our experience this year  at PE , 8 cruises.

This is not the normal experience.

[vacationut]

This was the line at 10:11 am. We had a 10:30am check in time. Had to get in the 11am-1pm check in line. 

[grandgeezer]

2 hours ago, cruisegirl1 said:

No "covid" spacing anywhere, any more, anyplace.   Not just the cruise industry, but most other places as well.   Did you arrive to Florida by plane?  If you think the terminal is bad, come back and tell us your impression of  ship elevators. 

Have a great cruise.

M

Guess again. My cardiologist, my urologist, had a colonoscopy, and my wife had cataract surgery in the last five weeks and Covid spacing was in affect. I think that falls into anywhere, anyplace, anymore.

[neverbeenhere]

Pick the latest time. 

[ihate2cruise]

57 minutes ago, grandgeezer said:

Guess again. My cardiologist, my urologist, had a colonoscopy, and my wife had cataract surgery in the last five weeks and Covid spacing was in affect. I think that falls into anywhere, anyplace, anymore.

Yes, in the Healthcare settings. Cruises and cruise terminals are not healthcare setting.

[rudeney]

1 hour ago, grandgeezer said:

Guess again. My cardiologist, my urologist, had a colonoscopy, and my wife had cataract surgery in the last five weeks and Covid spacing was in affect. I think that falls into anywhere, anyplace, anymore.

 

All of my docs (two different orthopedic practices, dentist, primary care, and podiatrist plus blood donation centers) have stopped all COVID protocols - no masking, no distancing, no temporary plexiglass panels.  Other than occasionally seeing a random person wearing a mask, all vestiges of COVID are gone around here.

 

BTW, my kid came down with a cold last week (sore throat, sniffles, headache).  I caught it and today I have a really bad sore throat.  We've both taken several COVID tests - all negative.  Not all respiratory illnesses are COVID.  Sometimes a cold is really a cold.

[Goodtimes57]

Was it the Schooner Bar or Boleros you got the colonoscopy? Asking for a friend.

[cruisegirl1]

1 hour ago, grandgeezer said:

Guess again. My cardiologist, my urologist, had a colonoscopy, and my wife had cataract surgery in the last five weeks and Covid spacing was in affect. I think that falls into anywhere, anyplace, anymore.

Seriously, Obviously hospitals are an exception. I did say “ most other places” not “all other places.”  
 

I was speaking generally and grouping the travel, hospitality, entertainment industry .   The initial comment was about a cruise ship waiting area not a surgery center. 
m

Edited September 3, 2022 by cruisegirl1

[not-enough-cruising]

1 hour ago, ihate2cruise said:

Yes, in the Healthcare settings. Cruises and cruise terminals are not healthcare setting.

Not even in the healthcare setting in my area.

[BirdTravels]

4 hours ago, TexasRon said:

If you are assigning times, hold people to them.  People will do what you let them do.  Tell them you are going to use arrival times and that they will be enforced.  Or abandon them…

 

Covid spacing is not really a thing any more.  You can mask and avoid crowds the best you can if you want, but spacing is only enforced in a very few locations overall.  

Why hold people to the times and just move the crowds outside to the point where noone will get in. That would be a totally unworkable approach.
 

You are on a full cruise ship. You will be shoulder to shoulder everywhere, elevators, dining, lines, theater, bars, casinos. Not sure what “spacing” you would expect today. 
 

Do you remember when a “full” theater looked like the photo below (chairs with white caps were blocked for distancing) and when you could only go out dancing if you stayed in one of the lighted dots, not too close to anyone else. Social distancing like this has been gone for over a year and a half. 
 

Edited September 3, 2022 by BirdTravels

[TexasRon]

1 hour ago, BirdTravels said:

Why hold people to the times and just move the crowds outside to the point where noone will get in. That would be a totally unworkable approach.
 

You are on a full cruise ship. You will be shoulder to shoulder everywhere, elevators, dining, lines, theater, bars, casinos. Not sure what “spacing” you would expect today. 
 

Do you remember when a “full” theater looked like the photo below (chairs with white caps were blocked for distancing) and when you could only go out dancing if you stayed in one of the lighted dots, not too close to anyone else. Social distancing like this has been gone for over a year and a half. 
 

You missed the point.  If you have a rule, enforce it.  If you are not going to enforce a rule, get rid of it.

 

Simple enough.  If you decide to enforce it, people can decide where they want to wait.  
 

The rest of your post was in agreement with what I posted about spacing.

[trajan]

2 hours ago, neverbeenhere said:

Pick the latest time. 

Does that actually help? For our Nov 5 cruise I am not eager to get on board that day; hanging out at Cocoa Beach is nice. Especially if it means boarding would be smoother.

[tarheel3559]

2 hours ago, Goodtimes57 said:

Was it the Schooner Bar or Boleros you got the colonoscopy? Asking for a friend.

Free with every Deluxe Beverage Package purchase. Careful getting it at Boleros...they put salt on the rim!

[Diver2014]

 There were never very many restrictions any where in Florida other than the obvious.  We cruised out of Pt Canaveral two months ago. Only the crew and people who spoke with a New York accent wore masks.  Don't expect any social distancing.  There isn't any.

Broadwaybaby12 is right.  There were only check in times to go into the terminal to present your passport and papers, not to board the ship.  We were an hour early but no one checked our 'check in' time.  Means nothing.

[soremekun]

4 hours ago, Goodtimes57 said:

Was it the Schooner Bar or Boleros you got the colonoscopy? Asking for a friend.

Mammograms, pelvic exams, dental check-up, prostate check, etc..... follow the upside down pineapple.

[Itchy&Scratchy]

4 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

Do you remember when a “full” theater looked like the photo below (chairs with white caps were blocked for distancing)

on our November 2021 cruise.

[Itchy&Scratchy]

9 hours ago, gmkgks said:

They don’t board by time at all.  Our “group” was “11, 11:30, 12, 12:30”. Everyone together.  They’d already closed 10:30 so we got stuck with everyone with check ins up to 1pm.

it wasn't like that for us at all two months ago at PE. We boarded by time, and we had 11 am.

[nhraformula00]

This is what happens when everyone shows up early and thinks they can all get on in 20 min. More than likely the ship was not cleared by customs because everyone was not of by a certain time. We choose a later time to avoid this. Last cruise we were on the Allure in 20 min.

[blueslily]

Oh my. Royal staff set the check in times, but they are not the people that are out there checking in the folks in the port terminals. Sorry that there was an issue that caused a bottleneck and delayed boarding. I've experienced issues when traveling before as well. I'm thrilled when they are short term problems, and that I can eventually carry on with my vacation. 

 

Also, socisl distancing, if we want it, is something we enforce ourselves. Not many places have folks out there enforcing that for us now.  In the context of cruising right now, I dont really expect any social distancing protocols to be in place. 

 

Side Note - Man, folks have pics of them posted all over the internet without even knowing that other people are plastering pics of them on the internet.