21 day check in date

[daltonsmom1]

Leaving on the NCL Getaway on 3/26/23. When exactly does the 21 day check in begin?

[Flatbush Flyer]

1 hour ago, daltonsmom1 said:

Leaving on the NCL Getaway on 3/26/23. When exactly does the 21 day check in begin?

🤔🤔🤔   AHA!!!   21 calendar days based on Eastern Time.

[Host Kat]

On 2/4/2023 at 8:13 AM, daltonsmom1 said:

Leaving on the NCL Getaway on 3/26/23. When exactly does the 21 day check in begin?

 

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[BirdTravels]

On 2/4/2023 at 7:37 AM, Flatbush Flyer said:

🤔🤔🤔   AHA!!!   21 calendar days based on Eastern Time.

12 midnight eastern time. Your app and MyNCL account count down clock changes days then. 
 

Wr always check in at midnight to secure the checkin time at the port we want. And now, you may also be able to book your entertainment on big ships at the stoke of midnight. 

[Longstockingpippi1]

Stayed up to check in at 12:01, checked in but didn’t ask me to select a check in time at the pier. Odd, maybe something specific to Colon, Panama. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️
Yes, I checked, I am fully checked in and waiting for edocs to be uploaded. 

[Flatbush Flyer]

7 hours ago, Longstockingpippi1 said:

Stayed up to check in at 12:01, checked in but didn’t ask me to select a check in time at the pier. Odd, maybe something specific to Colon, Panama. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️
Yes, I checked, I am fully checked in and waiting for edocs to be uploaded. 

And when you were “fully checked in,” did you then receive a followup email with your boarding passes?

FWIW: The “boarding passes” are different than the also emailed “final docs” that include your “cruise vacation summary.”

[sailorusvi]

1 minute ago, Flatbush Flyer said:

And when you were “fully checked in,” did you then receive a followup email with your boarding passes?

FWIW: The “boarding passes” are different than the also emailed “final docs” that include your “cruise vacation summary.”

 

I never received a follow-up email.  Later that day I noticed I could download the edocs on the app.

[Longstockingpippi1]

5 minutes ago, Flatbush Flyer said:

And when you were “fully checked in,” did you then receive a followup email with your boarding passes?

FWIW: The “boarding passes” are different than the also emailed “final docs” that include your “cruise vacation summary.”

No I haven’t received an email.

[GeriatricNurse]

2 hours ago, Flatbush Flyer said:

And when you were “fully checked in,” did you then receive a followup email with your boarding passes?

FWIW: The “boarding passes” are different than the also emailed “final docs” that include your “cruise vacation summary.”

The 'Cruise Documents' that are emailed within a few hours after you have submitted your completed 'Check-In' ALSO is your 'BOARDING PASS', as indicated at the top of the (first page)!  There is ALSO a 'BAR CODE' at the TOP RIGHT-HAND SIDE of the first page of the 'Cruise Documents'! 😉

[Flatbush Flyer]

2 hours ago, GeriatricNurse said:

The 'Cruise Documents' that are emailed within a few hours after you have submitted your completed 'Check-In' ALSO is your 'BOARDING PASS', as indicated at the top of the (first page)!  There is ALSO a 'BAR CODE' at the TOP RIGHT-HAND SIDE of the first page of the 'Cruise Documents'! 😉

pardon me. I confused two different NCL Holding check-in processes. Oceania (and I trust Regent) sends two different emails - one with the Cruise Vacation Summary (the practice for many years) and, since the relatively recent restart, a separate Boarding Pass sent after completion of the also new online check-in process w/i 21 days of embarkation.

[BirdTravels]

13 hours ago, Longstockingpippi1 said:

Stayed up to check in at 12:01, checked in but didn’t ask me to select a check in time at the pier. Odd, maybe something specific to Colon, Panama. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️
Yes, I checked, I am fully checked in and waiting for edocs to be uploaded. 

Keep checking to make sure your reservation stays at 100% checked in. If it slips back to 85%, check the Health and Safety tab and you may find a check in time option. If you get your edocs the next morning, you should be golden. 

[Noworkforme23]

I have a question. Our last NCL cruise was in 2018, I remember several months before the cruise you could go online and click the check in button and enter your passport information, your onboard payment preferences, and some other stuff. Now when I try to do that, our cruise is not until December 2023, it will not let me do that and says I have to wait until the 21 day mark, why did that change? Just curious.  This is our first cruise back since 2018.  

Edited February 12, 2023 by Noworkforme23

[Flatbush Flyer]

4 hours ago, Noworkforme23 said:

I have a question. Our last NCL cruise was in 2018, I remember several months before the cruise you could go online and click the check in button and enter your passport information, your onboard payment preferences, and some other stuff. Now when I try to do that, our cruise is not until December 2023, it will not let me do that and says I have to wait until the 21 day mark, why did that change? Just curious.  This is our first cruise back since 2018.  

Covid.

Covid vax/test requirements were the catalyst for introduction of close in dates (the 21 days item). And even though many cruise lines have loosened their Covid requirements, many governments have not. In fact, we’ll board Oceania Regatta in Sydney tomorrow and just did the “w/i 24 hr” pre-board Covid test required by New South Wales.

 

And, if it ain’t Covid, it’ll be something new threatening travel next month or year or ?.

So, having/maintaining a close-in check-in window means the cruise line doesn’t have to “gear up” for ever-changing requirements (their own or others’). They can just add/subtract items from the check-in list.

[Noworkforme23]

Thank you for the information, that makes sense.  

[RocketMan275]

Just finished checkin for our next cruise on day 21.

didn't stay up till midnight.

Started about 830 this morning.

Plenty of checkin slots at the pier still available including the much coveted 0900 slots.

Only issue was the size of the photographs.  Width and height have to be at least 640.

Had to edit both photographs.

Selected 1100 checkin times.

 

[sailorusvi]

6 minutes ago, RocketMan275 said:

Just finished checkin for our next cruise on day 21.

didn't stay up till midnight.

Started about 830 this morning.

Plenty of checkin slots at the pier still available including the much coveted 0900 slots.

Only issue was the size of the photographs.  Width and height have to be at least 640.

Had to edit both photographs.

Selected 1100 checkin times.

 

 

Our 21 day out was 2 weeks ago. We didn't check in until 9:30 am and all slots were available.  We choose 11-11:30.   I didn't see a need to wait around for the sake of waiting around.  (we live 50 minutes to 2.5 hours drive away 😛 ).

[Mark635]

15 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

Keep checking to make sure your reservation stays at 100% checked in. If it slips back to 85%, check the Health and Safety tab and you may find a check in time option. If you get your edocs the next morning, you should be golden. 

 

We had an odd occurrence at check in last night.  All of our individual information was complete, but our vacation summary showed we were at 85% and missing the Health and Safety section.  When I edited our check in info, everything was showing complete including the Health and Safety tab with the arrival time we picked.  This morning, we are still at 85% and our eDocs are available!  Weird.  Looks like there might be a call to customer service in my future just to make sure everything is okay.

[RocketMan275]

24 minutes ago, sailorusvi said:

 

Our 21 day out was 2 weeks ago. We didn't check in until 9:30 am and all slots were available.  We choose 11-11:30.   I didn't see a need to wait around for the sake of waiting around.  (we live 50 minutes to 2.5 hours drive away 😛 ).

Exactly our rationale.  

Checkin times are not boarding times.

Checkin at 0900 and  you might board at 1130

Checkin at 1100 and your probably will board around 1200.

We just don't think the boarding time difference is worth  2 1/2 hours of standing in lines and, if your lucky, sitting in a hard plastic chair.  

We'd rather spend that time at the hotel.  

 

 

[RocketMan275]

Typically, how long until your edocs are available for download?

[RocketMan275]

47 minutes ago, Mark635 said:

 

We had an odd occurrence at check in last night.  All of our individual information was complete, but our vacation summary showed we were at 85% and missing the Health and Safety section.  When I edited our check in info, everything was showing complete including the Health and Safety tab with the arrival time we picked.  This morning, we are still at 85% and our eDocs are available!  Weird.  Looks like there might be a call to customer service in my future just to make sure everything is okay.

I did check in this morning.  All the topics have checkmarks.  The banner for both of us say our checkin is complete.  Despite that, our checkins are showing 86% complete.  Our edocs are not ready for downloading.

One wonders if you must download the edocs to get to 100%?

[faphy8]

What is this photo we have to do now for check in? Have not been since 2018 .Thanks

[RocketMan275]

12 minutes ago, faphy8 said:

What is this photo we have to do now for check in? Have not been since 2018 .Thanks

Need a color photograph which you upload to NCL during the echeckin process.  I can't remember all the requirements but some are has to be similar to a passport photo in size, no glasses, no others in the photo graph.  Everyone wonders why because NCL takes another photograph when you checkin at the pier.

[RocketMan275]

2 hours ago, RocketMan275 said:

Just finished checkin for our next cruise on day 21.

didn't stay up till midnight.

Started about 830 this morning.

Plenty of checkin slots at the pier still available including the much coveted 0900 slots.

Only issue was the size of the photographs.  Width and height have to be at least 640.

Had to edit both photographs.

Selected 1100 checkin times.

 

Now I see where NCL has changed our checkin time to 1130-1200.

[v3cruiser]

We checked in not too long after it was available and its still showing 85%. We were able to print out our edocs and luggage tags but still no email from NCL. Its been awhile since our last cruise and we are not familiar with some of these matters.