gator582 Posted April 28, 2014 #1 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Just got off the Ruby yesterday. Because of the great recommendations here, we used the EZ check. It was WONDERFUL! The easiest debarking ever. Had baggage tags and boarding passes brought to our room. We put our luggage outside our cabin the night before. We didn't see our bags until we got to our home airport. The best part is that we never had to drag our bags to the airport or check in at the airline desk. We went straight to security. What a breeze. We flew Southwest Airlines, BTW. Thank you all VERY much for this info and lots and lots of other info. Helped make our cruise much better. It was awesome!!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenValleyDogWalker Posted April 28, 2014 #2 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Just got off the Ruby yesterday. Because of the great recommendations here, we used the EZ check. It was WONDERFUL! The easiest debarking ever. Had baggage tags and boarding passes brought to our room. We put our luggage outside our cabin the night before. We didn't see our bags until we got to our home airport. The best part is that we never had to drag our bags to the airport or check in at the airline desk. We went straight to security. What a breeze. We flew Southwest Airlines, BTW. Thank you all VERY much for this info and lots and lots of other info. Helped make our cruise much better. It was awesome!!:D Which cruise-port ? THANKS ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier-Cruiser Posted April 28, 2014 #3 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Ruby was in Fort Lauderdale yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PescadoAmarillo Posted April 28, 2014 #4 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Did you purchase Early Bird check in? Did you check in yourselves online? We did EZ Check with SWA last month. We did not purchase Early Bird but did check in online. Less than 2 hours later, we received our packet with luggage tags and boarding passes. We had excellent boarding positions (but 5 positions apart, which makes me suspect we secured them when we checked in online and that EZ Check didn't get the boarding positions for us) and even got randomly selected (on our boarding passes) to go through rapid security screening at FLL (leave shoes on and laptop in carry on). I wonder how much was circumstantial and what was do to the EZ Check process. Either way, we've used EZ Check twice (once with Early Bird and once without) and had the best experience both times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyanne Posted April 28, 2014 #5 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Does your flight have to be after 12 noon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Lew- Posted April 28, 2014 #6 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Does your flight have to be after 12 noon? 11:30... Lew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted April 28, 2014 #7 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Yes it works great. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyanne Posted April 28, 2014 #8 Share Posted April 28, 2014 11:30... Lew Thanks. We are living dangerously and flying out at 11 AM.:o We'll probably ask for self disembarkation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoghornLeghorn Posted April 28, 2014 #9 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Anyone know if EZ check is available out of Seattle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browneyedwoman Posted April 28, 2014 #10 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Thanks for the info. We'll have to check this out. Do they have it in Fort Lauderdale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smilz Posted April 28, 2014 #11 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Did EZ check in Ft Lauderdale 2 weeks ago and loved it! Couldn't be easier. I have seen it periodically in other ports but have never been in Seattle. We did EZ check with American Airlines in San Juan about 13 years ago and then didn't see it offered again until a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator582 Posted April 28, 2014 Author #12 Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) Our port was in Ft. Lauderdale. We did Southwest Early Bird check in and I did not check in online. We had A39 and A40. Usually, when I check in online I have had better numbers. When I got to our SW gate, I asked about how they determine your number and if checking in early online mattered. She said it doesn't matter, that you are assigned your number when you purchase your ticket. The people who purchased the higher priced tickets, like business class, are assigned seats first. The above makes me wonder since PescadoAmarillo got different seat assignments online than the boarding passes that were produced by Princess. I know our EZ check happened later in the day so it seems to make sense we had higher numbers. Wasn't a problem, though. We had an 11:40 flight time. Thankfully it was after 11:30. :) Very easy disembarking. Took us maybe a total of 15 minutes to wait in line and go through Customs. We left the ship at 8:30. I had to laugh when I reread my original post: debarking instead of disembarking. Debarking sounds like a procedure a vet would give a dog to stop it from barking. Ha,ha. Sorry................... Edited April 28, 2014 by gator582 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxerMomNC Posted April 28, 2014 #13 Share Posted April 28, 2014 That's great! We left Ruby last week and while we didn't do EZ we did have them take our luggage out the night before. We picked them up at the terminal and took to the airport ourselves. Only did that because we saw there was an earlier flight and hoped that we might be able to get on it. (Can't do that with baggage that is already checked.) Good thing we did as our disembarkation was speedy and we got to the airport in time to get on the earlier flight home. We landed in our home airport before we were originally scheduled to leave FLL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickEk Posted April 28, 2014 #14 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Anyone know if EZ check is available out of Seattle? Yes they do... but not on Southwest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoghornLeghorn Posted April 29, 2014 #15 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Thanks, Rick I don't fly SW, but some friends do and was hoping for their Seattle cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted April 29, 2014 #16 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Thanks. We are living dangerously and flying out at 11 AM.:o We'll probably ask for self disembarkation. In Ft Lauderdale? :eek: Dangerously?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyanne Posted April 29, 2014 #17 Share Posted April 29, 2014 In Ft Lauderdale? :eek:Dangerously?? My comment was meant to be humerous so not sure what your comment means? Three ships in port that morning so I'm not too concerned. I would be if we were talking the height of the season...but we're not. Sent from my GT-P3113 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted April 29, 2014 #18 Share Posted April 29, 2014 My comment was meant to be humerous so not sure what your comment means? Three ships in port that morning so I'm not too concerned. I would be if we were talking the height of the season...but we're not. Sent from my GT-P3113 using Forums mobile app Didnt get the humor. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynda90 Posted April 29, 2014 #19 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Yes they do... but not on Southwest... Interesting that they do it out of Seattle but stopped doing it to LAX. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatPrayCruise Posted April 29, 2014 #20 Share Posted April 29, 2014 We are on the Crown right now in San Francisco. We disembark in San Pedro/L.A. and are flying United. Can anyone tell me if they offer E-Z check out of San Pedro for United flights? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynda90 Posted April 29, 2014 #21 Share Posted April 29, 2014 We are on the Crown right now in San Francisco. We disembark in San Pedro/L.A. and are flying United. Can anyone tell me if they offer E-Z check out of San Pedro for United flights? Thanks in advance. No, they don't do it anymore to LAX. See my prior post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldsc Posted April 29, 2014 #22 Share Posted April 29, 2014 EZ Check is one of the few cruise ship services which is worth the money. DON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EatPrayCruise Posted April 29, 2014 #23 Share Posted April 29, 2014 No, they don't do it anymore to LAX. See my prior post. Thanks, it looks like we were posting near the same time and I missed your first post. Drats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2cruise Posted April 29, 2014 #24 Share Posted April 29, 2014 EZ Check is one of the few cruise ship services which is worth the money. DON Definitely worth the money:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator582 Posted April 30, 2014 Author #25 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Oh, yes, DEFINITELY!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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