bzv143 Posted February 14, 2012 #1 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Going on AOS out of San Juan this Sunday. Saw awful reports of embarkation process earlier. Has it improved? If not, will arriving at, say, 2:30pm help to alleviate the "pain"? Thanks! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olesiabr Posted February 15, 2012 #2 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I would definitely arrive after 2:30. We tried early and arrived at 11:15...there were still people getting off and the line to drop off checked luggage was horrendous. The porter/luggage service did not start until 12 noon and by then there was HUGE line. You have to drag all your bags, hand them to the porters (with a tip, no less!) and then go wait again in another line to board. It took us 2 hours (Jan 29th cruise) We left the ship at 2:45 to go explore the forts and the situation was much improved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeannegirl326 Posted February 15, 2012 #3 Share Posted February 15, 2012 We are heading out on AOS on 3/4. Would like to hear how it goes with your embarkation. Have a great trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danp Posted February 15, 2012 #4 Share Posted February 15, 2012 It all depends on when the ship is cleared by customs.We just got off of the Seranade,which is the same dock[PanAm]and had no trouble.We arrived about 12 noon and was on our ship by 1225. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffettphan1 Posted February 15, 2012 #5 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Going on AOS out of San Juan this Sunday. Saw awful reports of embarkation process earlier. Has it improved? If not, will arriving at, say, 2:30pm help to alleviate the "pain"? Thanks! :eek: I would also like to hear how you make out with boarding, and how the ship is! Im sure it is awesome. We are doing the T/A in April and so looking forward to the ship. I think we are going to stow our luggage at the hotel and board later in the day, 4ish, if that is a practical thing to do Have a great time and post some pictures too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty58 Posted February 15, 2012 #6 Share Posted February 15, 2012 My girlfriend and I were on the AOS Jan 22-29th yes the embarkation lines are long but when we left the cab we saw porters in the back where luggage was being loaded and gave it to them before we entered the line... We arrived around 2 and got to our cabin around 3 ish would have been earlier but the 2 people in front of us hadn't filled out the proper paperwork so we just had to wait. :cool: BTW if you ever have the chance to request a cabin we had 7388 very back of ship huge balcony with great views.. Had breakfast on balcony and pre dinner snacks almost every night while enjoying the sunsets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbur Posted February 15, 2012 #7 Share Posted February 15, 2012 We boarded Jan 22 for a B2B and found if you have the cab driver drop you off at the very end of the line and load your bags there with the porter, then you walk right up to the check in line and are not having to do 2 lines. We arrived about 12:45 and it may have taken 45minutes before we were onboard. Also, when you disembark you will see that they have disembarkation times posted right up to 11:30am, so you know the ship can't clear before then. It is the latest I have ever seen times posted for leaving the ship - it's usually around 10 - 10:30 they want everyone off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace1zoe2 Posted February 15, 2012 #8 Share Posted February 15, 2012 BTW if you ever have the chance to request a cabin we had 7388 very back of ship huge balcony with great views.. Had breakfast on balcony and pre dinner snacks almost every night while enjoying the sunsets. Glad to hear that you loved this corner aft balcony. We will have this cabin on 3/4/12 & are very excited it will be our first corner aft. Could you tell me if you had loungers on the balcony or just chairs? Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace1zoe2 Posted February 15, 2012 #9 Share Posted February 15, 2012 We are heading out on AOS on 3/4. Would like to hear how it goes with your embarkation. Have a great trip! Jeannegirl, We'll be on this same cruise also. If you haven't already done so please join our roll call! We have lots of things planned (a cabin crawl, a poker run & several group tours thru private vendors on the different islands. Some people who are arriving early are meeting for dinner the night before in San Juan). We'd live to have you join us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyride21 Posted February 16, 2012 #10 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Glad to hear that you loved this corner aft balcony. We will have this cabin on 3/4/12 & are very excited it will be our first corner aft. Could you tell me if you had loungers on the balcony or just chairs? Thanks so much! We were in 7388 in November. It had two regular chairs, one chair with attached foot rest, and one lounge chair. Also one very small table. I requested another lounge chair and a larger table, but never got either (despite requests to our stateroom attendant, head of housekeeping and guest services :rolleyes: ). I thought about just liberating another lounger from the pool deck but never got around to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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