Tantei

Thanks everyone for sharing your recent post-Covid disembarkation experiences. I’ve done both classic disembarkation and self disembarkation. I hate packing early and later looking for my bag in a sea of suitcases in the terminal. My idea of packing for a cruise is to take public transportation to and from the house to the cruise terminal. You bet I would walk off the ship with no luggage assistance given the option. But it sounds like the disembarkation process has not changed much between now and pre-Covid. The Princess website does say the Princess app (Medallion app) will tell me when it’s time for my group to disembark, but the day 1 boarding process using the app was a bust, so my trust in relying on the app is limited. Seeing how Princess’s idea of staying on schedule is extremely approximate, I know to expect self disembarkation to start way earlier than 8:30am. In fact, last time in 2018, Google Timeline tells me I was on the F-line headed towards Embarcadero BART station by 8:22am. But I did remember to get one last breakfast on Lido deck, so there was no such thing as sleeping in that morning. Hmm, just one snag of a 30% chance of rain in the morning of arrival in San Francisco.

Hi, I’m currently on the Royal Princess doing San Francisco - Hawaii (Dec 22, 2022 - Jan 6, 2023). My last cruise was in the very pre-Covid times of 2018. I’ve noticed things have changed, starting with the non-existent muster drill. It was good you have to proactively go to the muster station to tag in, but pretending to watch a safety video in the cabin was not the same as commiserating through 15 minutes of drudgery in the Princess Theater. I’m wondering how disembarkation is done in post-Covid (haha, not really) 2022/2023. Do we still gather in Princess Theater with carryon for our disembarkation turn, or do we wait in our cabins now? It’s just detail, but it’s killing me not knowing what to expect. It’s day 11 today. I’m pretty sure I’m not imagining that I’m hearing more passengers coughing now than on embarkation day. I’ve overheard as much while checking in for dinner at Allegro someone casually small talking, “My roommate has Covid, it’s just me tonight.” It’s good to know most everyone gets it light these days, but it’s definitely going around on this ship. My masking does not seem to offend non-maskers so I’m good.