Rare Windsurfboy Posted May 19 #1 Share Posted May 19 What is the current expereience of boarding time for QG Southampton. My 12.45 seems later than pre covid. Shall I just turn up at 12.00 as normal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballroom-cruisers Posted May 19 #2 Share Posted May 19 Perhaps it takes a little longer to clean and prepare the vacating staterooms at the moment with possibly a few less cabin stewards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MylesS Posted May 22 #3 Share Posted May 22 On 5/19/2023 at 6:04 PM, Windsurfboy said: What is the current expereience of boarding time for QG Southampton. My 12.45 seems later than pre covid. Shall I just turn up at 12.00 as normal As a Platinum, now Diamond member I have still shown up at 12:00 with no issues, so I assume it would be the same for Grills' guests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted May 22 #4 Share Posted May 22 (edited) On 5/19/2023 at 5:04 PM, Windsurfboy said: What is the current expereience of boarding time for QG Southampton. My 12.45 seems later than pre covid. Shall I just turn up at 12.00 as normal Check in 12.45 or boarding time? Our check in time has got later and boarding last August was 1pm. Maybe it depends on ship and itinerary. Edited May 22 by Victoria2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Windsurfboy Posted May 22 Author #5 Share Posted May 22 Check in time 12.45, QM2 Mediterranean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted May 22 #6 Share Posted May 22 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Windsurfboy said: Check in time 12.45, QM2 Mediterranean We would turn up at noon for a 12.30 check in time. Edited May 22 by Victoria2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Germancruiser Posted May 23 #7 Share Posted May 23 Mine for the June 9th voyage says 2.30- I will leave the hotel in London at about 11 and see how it works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LadyL1 Posted May 23 #8 Share Posted May 23 On 5/19/2023 at 5:04 PM, Windsurfboy said: What is the current expereience of boarding time for QG Southampton. My 12.45 seems later than pre covid. Shall I just turn up at 12.00 as normal Our last Cunard trip was November 22 (QG) and boarding was 12.45: quite surprised when initially saw the time. I am fairly sure we did not board any earlier, but certainly in time for a nice lunch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 23 #9 Share Posted May 23 10 hours ago, Victoria2 said: We would turn up at noon for a 12.30 check in time. Same here, and I hope it works this time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted May 23 #10 Share Posted May 23 13 minutes ago, LadyL1 said: Our last Cunard trip was November 22 (QG) and boarding was 12.45: quite surprised when initially saw the time. I am fairly sure we did not board any earlier, but certainly in time for a nice lunch! Boarding or check in? Our boarding passes have check in time, but no time of boarding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 23 #11 Share Posted May 23 1 minute ago, Victoria2 said: Boarding or check in? Our boarding passes have check in time, but no time of boarding. I think boarding time is in the lap of the ship preparation gods. Obviously it depends how many people have to get off, whether the previous cruise was full, and if they are all leaving. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted May 23 #12 Share Posted May 23 12 minutes ago, exlondoner said: I think boarding time is in the lap of the ship preparation gods. Obviously it depends how many people have to get off, whether the previous cruise was full, and if they are all leaving. Which is why boarding passes have check in times and not the actual boarding time. There is a difference which is why I asked in #10. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 23 #13 Share Posted May 23 16 minutes ago, Victoria2 said: Which is why boarding passes have check in times and not the actual boarding time. There is a difference which is why I asked in #10. And of course there is the mystery of security. This is strangely weather dependent, because people have so many more layers to remove when it is colder. There is also the depressing number of men (I’m afraid it is always men, in my experience) who have to be told yet again that they can’t leave their change in their trouser or shorts pockets. Anyway this all makes security times a bit unpredictable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMac1953 Posted May 23 #14 Share Posted May 23 Last November we were kept in the QG holding area until 1:00pm. They blamed the Port Authority. Our check in time was 12:30pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Victoria2 Posted May 23 #15 Share Posted May 23 7 minutes ago, BigMac1953 said: Last November we were kept in the QG holding area until 1:00pm. They blamed the Port Authority. Our check in time was 12:30pm. Same for us last August and the embarkation lounge [Mayflower] got very stuffy and unpleasantly overcrowded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camgirl Posted May 23 #16 Share Posted May 23 We have a time of 3.30 for our next cruise. We have been diamond for a long time. This is about the third time this has happened since covid. We were always given times around 12.30 pre covid. We risked going early at about 1.30, the first time this happened, and were sent straight through, with virtually no-one else going through the priority lane by that time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 23 #17 Share Posted May 23 7 minutes ago, Camgirl said: We have a time of 3.30 for our next cruise. We have been diamond for a long time. This is about the third time this has happened since covid. We were always given times around 12.30 pre covid. We risked going early at about 1.30, the first time this happened, and were sent straight through, with virtually no-one else going through the priority lane by that time. Have you spoken to them about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sogne Posted May 23 #18 Share Posted May 23 Check in times are by deck with IT taking no account of loyalty status. Last year on our 3 QM2 cruises our time was 3.30 each time. We turned up at just after midday and were processed immediately as priority 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Windsurfboy Posted May 23 Author #19 Share Posted May 23 (edited) 2 hours ago, BigMac1953 said: Last November we were kept in the QG holding area until 1:00pm. They blamed the Port Authority. Our check in time was 12:30pm. Been lucky and never had to wait except in security queue once. Are there any facilities in holding area , presumably toilets , what about tea/coffee Edited May 23 by Windsurfboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 23 #20 Share Posted May 23 3 minutes ago, Windsurfboy said: Been lucky and never had to wait except in security queue once. Are there any facilities in holding area , presumably toilets , what about tea/coffee The Mayflower Terminal has a small café. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMac1953 Posted May 23 #21 Share Posted May 23 Ocean Terminal has a small shop with teas, coffees and drinks but it was closed last November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chart Room Princess Posted May 23 #22 Share Posted May 23 For June 6 cruise we have 3:30. All members are platinum. Additionally we are arriving at Heathrow at 8:20 am and taking the Cunard transfer from the airport to the pier. We will be there way before 3:30. Seems to me Cunard needs to work on its assignment of check in times to be a little more flexible when scheduling transfers from the airport. We also had 3:30 check in time on our last cruise as well. We were onboard by 1:00 pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camgirl Posted May 23 #23 Share Posted May 23 3 hours ago, sogne said: Check in times are by deck with IT taking no account of loyalty status. Last year on our 3 QM2 cruises our time was 3.30 each time. We turned up at just after midday and were processed immediately as priority That doesn't explain our 3.30 time. First time we were on deck 4, then deck 6, this time we are deck 8 on QV. All with 3.30 as a boarding time. Exlondoner - no, I haven't spoken to them. Maybe I will give that a try. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted May 23 #24 Share Posted May 23 I have just looked at our boarding passes, which I printed out a while ago. As well us telling us to turn up at 12.30, they each say ‘priority embarkation’. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Windsurfboy Posted May 23 Author #25 Share Posted May 23 21 minutes ago, exlondoner said: I have just looked at our boarding passes, which I printed out a while ago. As well us telling us to turn up at 12.30, they each say ‘priority embarkation’. I was puzzled about 12.45 arrival time, as everyone on this board in QG seems to have been given 12. 30 as an arrival time. I don't know what we've done to annoy Cunard , however shall take everyone's advice and turn up at 12.00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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