brillohead

I just picked an October date at random:

If you don't need to be on the road early, I'd just have a leisurely breakfast and then find a deck chair or some quiet place to read/relax and wait for the final call. Unless you actually enjoy standing in line and looking at a bunch of grumpy faces all morning! LOL

I've heard that Terminal G is scheduled for renovations next year, so they probably are just waiting until then to put in Facial Recognition. But they REALLY need to do it ASAP!

Honestly, it's "luck of the draw". For Terminal A, I walked right on at 11am. For Terminal G, I was there by 10am because I just came down the street from Terminal A, and I was on the ship by 10:45 (no line outside at all). The next week was the week they only had two CBP agents and B2B cruisers didn't get off and back on again until almost noon. It has nothing to do with checking documents, and everything to do with getting the first passengers off the ship so the second group of passengers can get on.

No, because you'd have to be in the same place at the same time, and that's only if your phone allows you to share a wifi connection -- most phones share internet via the phone's data plan.

Heck, they don't even care if you don't even KNOW the other people. I've often purchased a 4-device plan, then sold off the extra three devices to people in my roll call thread. We'd meet on the first day, and they'd pay me cash or PayPal for 1/4 of the total price, and I'd give them the log-on information. Worked great, and everyone got a much cheaper price!

Why aren't there threads about how unreasonable the costs are for a day pass to an all-inclusive resort on a port day? Those are often in the $100 range, and that's usually only for 7-8 hours, not the entire day and night. If the DBP is too expensive for your consumption level, then DON'T GET IT. It's not rocket science, folks. Sheesh.

Have you looked at the available options for breakfast and lunch in the MDR?

One person gets a three-device plan, and you all use it.

I did a B3B on Explorer, and two of the three I was on had HUGE delays in getting people off the ship mainly b/c of problems with Customs and Border Patrol. The morning that was the worst, they didn't even clear the ship to start debarking passengers until just before 8am, and then the lines just CRAWLED along. When they finally let off the consecutive cruisers, we found out why the lines were so slow -- Terminal G doesn't have the facial recognition, and CBP had a grand total of TWO agents working that morning. Yes, that's two whole agents for almost 3,000 passengers.... no wonder it was so slow! The consecutive cruisers didn't get through customs and back onto the ship until just before noon that day, when they were supposed to be already boarding the first two batches of oncoming passengers. That meant that the check-in area was full, the lines weren't moving, and the lines went out the door and down the sidewalk -- it was all kinds of messed up. I really don't understand why they can't hook up a few tablets for the Facial Recognition System in Terminal G.... they have it down the block in Terminal A, and they have it retrofitted into the old Terminal 18 in Port Everglades, so why can't they do it in Terminal G?

I think the main reason I've seen for people doing no-shows is because they are three people in a room, and removing the third person would cause them to get relocated to a double-occupancy room that isn't in their desired location. I think certain hump and aft rooms on certain ships are only available for triple/quad occupancy. In that case, because that specific room is what is desired, rather than cost savings, they continue to pay for the third person as a no-show in order to remain eligible for that particular room. I've also heard of people booking a fake third person into the room at the time of the original booking, just to be able to have their desired room location with only two people in the room.

Pool is allowed on Coco Cay, just not on the ship outside of the little kiddie splash area (separate from the regular kid zone). Feel free to bring a small inflatable pool and put some water in it with a bucket!

Try the virgin peach daiquiri... YUM!

You don't have to check her in at all. Just do your part of the online check-in, and that's it. It won't affect your boarding at all, other than there will be an extra key for her on the door when you get to the room. I also think you can remove her from the booking without repricing it, and keep all your current benefits (double points, OBC, etc.). @Ourusualbeach would be able to confirm it. but I see no reason why removing her would change your pricing, b/c you're still going on the same cruise in the same room.

I'm pushing 400 points and yet to get a single block. Might stop by the Loyalty Desk on the way to dinner tonight...

How in the heck is the validation process related to "the risk of traveling"????? You totally lost me on that one.

Nobody knows, and it doesn't matter anyway. You still have to show the card (or whatever proof of vaccination you have) upon boarding.

Or you can cash it out in the Casino using the slot machine "trick".