Boarding Time

[teh3505]

We are 44 days out before we cruise and have no boarding time.  When do they assign your time?

[CruiserBruce]

Under 2 weeks, occasionally earlier. Discussed here frequently.

[Gigi1977]

3 hours ago, CruiserBruce said:

Under 2 weeks, occasionally earlier. Discussed here frequently.

And I will add - they sometimes change it several times before your cruise….  

[cruisingrob21]

A dumb question, but if I have a early time (1040am) for a clearly undersold coastal cruise, is there any point to showing up at that time?  Not likely my cabin will be ready and there are some breweries in the embarkation port that don't open up until noon 🍺

[CruiserBruce]

10:40 is your check in time, not boarding. I have not heard of anyone having an issue being later than your check in time.

 

"Clearly undersold". How can you tell that? When is your cruise.

[cruisingrob21]

Oct 24th Koningsdam (K373), plenty of available cabins and categories (which may be misleading), but more importantly, pricing has dropped to 99 per person for a 4 day cruise (flash fare), and even the standard "advantage" fares have dropped twice since final payment.  And this voyage is sold as part of a longer one so I'm sure there is some cabins held back for the 11 day voyage (coastal+mexico) as well. I've had 2 upsell emails

 

The voyage was originally supposed to stop in Avalon (where HAL seems to but putting a lot more emphasis on than in years past) but it was switched a few months back to Astoria.

Edited October 11, 2023 by cruisingrob21

[CruiserBruce]

"Available cabins" is misleading, because you don't know how many guarantee bookings there are.

[cruisingrob21]

1 hour ago, CruiserBruce said:

"Available cabins" is misleading, because you don't know how many guarantee bookings there are.

right, but given the prices it seems like its not selling well.

[Toofarfromthesea]

Just be sure you board before the last boarding time.

[terrydtx]

We sail on the Koingsdam in 3 weeks and do not have a boarding time, but we have CO so I assume we can board anytime with CO priority boarding.

Edited October 13, 2023 by terrydtx

[Toofarfromthesea]

5 hours ago, terrydtx said:

We sail on the Koingsdam in 3 weeks and do not have a boarding time, but we have CO so I assume we can board anytime with CO priority boarding.

 

I haven't been through the boarding process with CO yet, but the benefit sheet says we get priority check-in, not boarding, so who knows?

[terrydtx]

6 minutes ago, Toofarfromthesea said:

 

I haven't been through the boarding process with CO yet, but the benefit sheet says we get priority check-in, not boarding, so who knows?

Get both, check in and boarding are basically the same thing. Once checked in you board when boarding begins.

Edited October 13, 2023 by terrydtx

[rass2008]

Confirming there is no need to arrive 2-3 hours ahead of your boarding time? HAL agent told family to arrive 2 hours ahead of boarding time (11:40 for Vancouver departure), seems odd???

[CruiserBruce]

No, there is no need to arrive 2 hours ahead of your boarding time. However, the time you get on your boarding pass is a check in time, not a boarding time.

[CHOPPERTESTER]

5 hours ago, rass2008 said:

Confirming there is no need to arrive 2-3 hours ahead of your boarding time? HAL agent told family to arrive 2 hours ahead of boarding time (11:40 for Vancouver departure), seems odd???

For Vancouver, no, two hours makes sense as the time to get through US customs & then check in will eat that up in no time. We did a S2S between RCCL ships in Vancouver in May this year and even being escorted (wheelchair passenger) it took 90 minutes.

[Haljo1935]

9 hours ago, rass2008 said:

Confirming there is no need to arrive 2-3 hours ahead of your boarding time? HAL agent told family to arrive 2 hours ahead of boarding time (11:40 for Vancouver departure), seems odd???

For other ports, 2 hours is not necessary, but as @CHOPPERTESTER said, you'll need that time in Vancouver. Numerous posts on here about the worse than frustrating times for Vancouver. 

Ugh on Vancouver but congrats on what will likely be a fabulous cruise!

Safe travels - enjoy your cruise!