ardt64 Posted December 16, 2012 #1 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I have always done the online check in before, but it seems that they ask all the same questions when I get to the ship. We are travelling with a number of people so I will need to gather a lot of passport numbers etc this time. Does it really save time to do it in advance? Lisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CTCruisers Posted December 16, 2012 #2 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I think so. With our last 2 cruises, the check-in process went smoothly and quickly. The only thing we had to do was show our boarding pass and passports. Then we had to sign a form that we were not sick. Other than that, they just gave us our keycards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susie8862 Posted December 16, 2012 #3 Share Posted December 16, 2012 By doing it on-line...you eliminate all of the paper work. Meaning, that if you do NOT do it on-line, the people behind you at the cruise port-check-in are waiting and waiting ....very inconsiderate. Please do it on-line. This is what causes a major back up when people do not do it. HAVE A GREAT TIME..:o:o:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chigirlcruzin Posted December 16, 2012 #4 Share Posted December 16, 2012 You don't need to gather everybody's info. Have them do it themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveRRT Posted December 16, 2012 #5 Share Posted December 16, 2012 you have to be checked in and hr or 2 before sailing, dont remember how long, or you dont get on the ship, so do it online just in case somthing happens on the way to the ship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardt64 Posted December 16, 2012 Author #6 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I remember in the past it seemed like they retyped everything I had already done at home. But of course if it does save me, and everyone behind me time, I will do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdk Posted December 16, 2012 #7 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Why would you not do it online....you want the start of your vacation to be as easy and seamless as possible. Like somebody else said have the ones old enough and able do their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiel53 Posted December 16, 2012 #8 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Last month when we were on Carnival Dream, all we did was show our passports and we then got our room key. So simple, that I can't imagine not doing it online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yng.cruzan.cple Posted December 16, 2012 #9 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I'm new to this, where do I go to check in and when should I do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdk Posted December 16, 2012 #10 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I'm new to this, where do I go to check in and when should I do it? Carnival. Com then go to manage my cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor's Momma Posted December 16, 2012 #11 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I'm new to this, where do I go to check in and when should I do it? Go to carnival.com and login. Click manage my account. Click your upcoming cruise name. Click things to do before you go (I believe). I would double check, but their website is running really slow. :-/ It will prompt you though a series of questions. I believe that you can do it at anytime. I did mine weeks ago. We leave the first week of January. I have done it numerous months before. It is easy.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbohbbneedacruise Posted December 16, 2012 #12 Share Posted December 16, 2012 At POM all we did was scan our credit card and passport at the Kiosk and then went and picked up our S&S cards. Easy peasy. In fact we did not even have a line to wait in. The lines were at the regular counter where paperwork was flying here and there, LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFunInTheSun Posted December 16, 2012 #13 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Yes. Only thing you need to produce to them is your passport. Or birth certificate and picture id if you do online check in. Goes pretty smooth, they no longer need cc as that information was placed online with check in. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk. Please excuse any typographical errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudyard Posted December 16, 2012 #14 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I think so. With our last 2 cruises, the check-in process went smoothly and quickly. The only thing we had to do was show our boarding pass and passports. Then we had to sign a form that we were not sick. Other than that, they just gave us our keycards. This. Combined with getting to the port early, it literally took us twenty minutes to go from the parking lot to the Lido deck when we cruised Triumph last month :) Online is the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texymouse Posted December 16, 2012 #15 Share Posted December 16, 2012 you have to be checked in and hr or 2 before sailing, dont remember how long, or you dont get on the ship, so do it online just in case somthing happens on the way to the ship Only if you have not done the online check in. I have been dead last getting on the ship right before the ship left once when I booked the day of a hurricane cruise that left that day. I also checked in after 3 pm for a ship departing at 4 pm... and there were still maybe a hundred or two hundred checking in when I went to board after checking in. No one seemed concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SadieN Posted December 16, 2012 #16 Share Posted December 16, 2012 At POM all we did was scan our credit card and passport at the Kiosk and then went and picked up our S&S cards. Easy peasy. In fact we did not even have a line to wait in.The lines were at the regular counter where paperwork was flying here and there, LOL :)Another reason to get a passport.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccruisequeen Posted December 16, 2012 #17 Share Posted December 16, 2012 We traveled with two other couples. I sent them their booking numbers and a link to the website and they did their own check in. I did my own cash SS account and applied that on board at the ATM. Very smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zqvol Posted December 16, 2012 #18 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I have always done the online check in before, but it seems that they ask all the same questions when I get to the ship. We are travelling with a number of people so I will need to gather a lot of passport numbers etc this time. Does it really save time to do it in advance?Lisa There is no advantage or disadvantage in doing it. They still scan your passports, and grab your CC info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted December 16, 2012 #19 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Always, we do it in advance! It does save time! ~~~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDfromTN Posted December 17, 2012 #20 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I may be wrong... BUT I dont think you can print your boarding pass until you do the online check in. As stated, Have others do their own check ins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonnys Posted December 17, 2012 #21 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Do it online...that is one less thing to do at the port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alliezona09 Posted December 17, 2012 #22 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Also some ports ask to see your boarding pass which you wouldn't have unless you check in online~before they allow you to enter the building, so there's a good enough reason for me to do it online~ They've asked to see my boarding pass at Galveston, Long Beach & San Pedro~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chigirlcruzin Posted December 17, 2012 #23 Share Posted December 17, 2012 There is no advantage or disadvantage in doing it. They still scan your passports, and grab your CC info. They actually no longer run your CC if you enter the info at online check-in. My last Carnival check in took less than 2 minutes...passport verification verification, hand over the sail and sign, and we were ready to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMacy Posted December 17, 2012 #24 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Go to carnival.com and login. Click manage my account. Click your upcoming cruise name. Click things to do before you go (I believe). I would double check' date=' but their website is running really slow. :-/ It will prompt you though a series of questions. I believe that you can do it at anytime. I did mine weeks ago. We leave the first week of January. I have done it numerous months before. It is easy.:D[/quote'] I did it yesterday, it's a piece of cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosefloater Posted December 17, 2012 #25 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Then we had to sign a form that we were not sick. No more forms to sign. It is done verbally now. Goes pretty smooth, they no longer need cc as that information was placed online with check in. I was surprised they didn't ask to see the credit card for confirmation when we checked in 2 weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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