caribill Posted October 22, 2016 #26 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Isn't the lounge at FFL just for Elites and Suites ?? It was the last time I sailed from there , has it change to now include Platinums too ?? The lounge on the 2nd floor at Terminal 2 is only for elite and suites. There is a separate seating area on the second floor for platinum. Basic seating. No amenities. Here are two photos of the elite/suite lounge at Terminal 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
san diego sue Posted October 22, 2016 #27 Share Posted October 22, 2016 That Elite Suite lounge, once boarding avoids the on board photo. However last time a photographer announced anyone coming out with him and take photo would board right away. My husband and I followed him. Set up was near where Platinums were sitting. Took our photo and then he said we had to go back into Elite lounge. He "lied" just to get Elites to take photo. We had a good laugh and so did the other waiting elites when we came back to the waiting room. P.S. Good photo, we bought it later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrysalis Posted October 22, 2016 #28 Share Posted October 22, 2016 The lounge on the 2nd floor at Terminal 2 is only for elite and suites. There is a separate seating area on the second floor for platinum. Basic seating. No amenities. Here are two photos of the elite/suite lounge at Terminal 2. This was not the Elite/Suite Lounge in March of this year since the Terminal 2 renos took place.....it was the "rabbit warren" that Pam described above with a number of small rooms located right at the base of the gangway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chloe45 Posted October 22, 2016 Author #29 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Thanks for all the great responses! It was very helpful. Does anyone know what time they open the doors and let you in? If we got there around 11:30 do you think they will be open by then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metairiegal Posted October 22, 2016 #30 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Same for us on our January cruise out of FLL. When you're Elite/Suite they direct you to an elevator to go to the area upstairs. Last time we boarded in Fort Lauderdale, we got there early - as usual. We are platinum and were just about the 1st platinums in that boarding area. Eventually, there were so many platinums that they started letting them go up the escalator and they wound up boarding before all of us that got there early and were patiently waiting the "platinum" boarding area. That was really bad planning and totally unfair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framer Posted October 22, 2016 #31 Share Posted October 22, 2016 (edited) Last Christmas we left on the Emerald from FLL. I would call the Elite/Suite area a rat maze. I went wondering through small rooms and found the coffee for the wife. Then I had to find my way back. I should have attached a string to the wife to find my way back:D. Just kidding, it really was not that bad but was a real strange room. We were sitting in the 1st small room and were the 1st to board. The only port I ever had issues with was Vancouver OMG that place was just sick:eek:. framer Edited October 22, 2016 by framer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floridalover5623 Posted October 22, 2016 #32 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Last Christmas we left on the Emerald from FLL. I would call the Elite/Suite area a rat maze. I went wondering through small rooms and found the coffee for the wife. Then I had to find my way back. I should have attached a string to the wife to find my way back:D. Just kidding, it really was not that bad but was a real strange room. We were sitting in the 1st small room and were the 1st to board. The only port I ever had issues with was Vancouver OMG that place was just sick:eek:. framer That room is sometimes used for the Elite only. They call them before the Platinum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfuzzy Posted October 22, 2016 #33 Share Posted October 22, 2016 So, basically boarding for Suites/Elites, Platinum is a crap shot in Ft Lauderdale. Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floridalover5623 Posted October 22, 2016 #34 Share Posted October 22, 2016 So, basically boarding for Suites/Elites, Platinum is a crap shot in Ft Lauderdale. Thanks for the heads up. Not necessarily, you'll probably still board earlier than the rest of the crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IECalCruiser Posted October 22, 2016 #35 Share Posted October 22, 2016 (edited) So, basically boarding for Suites/Elites, Platinum is a crap shot in Ft Lauderdale. Thanks for the heads up.I guess I can add that to the reasons we don't sail out of FLL. Caribbean ports do nothing for us. The only two cruises we took out of FLL were to the Panama Canal. Of course we do live in Southern California. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Edited October 22, 2016 by IECalCruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo222 Posted October 23, 2016 #36 Share Posted October 23, 2016 The pastries, juice, coffee and milk... I always assumed they brought those off the ship and into the waiting room. Haven't they read cruise critic to learn that you can't take food ashore? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd320 Posted October 23, 2016 #37 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Anyway, this is our first time sailing FLL since we became platinum, always NYC, so this information is useful to us. We just might hang out at the hotel till 11 ish to leave for the pier. Always New York... We are going on our first cruise out of Brooklyn on the Regal 27 Oct. Any tips would be appreciated. Any differences from FLL. We plan to arrive early at the pier and we are elite. Thank You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfuzzy Posted October 23, 2016 #38 Share Posted October 23, 2016 (edited) Always New York... We are going on our first cruise out of Brooklyn on the Regal 27 Oct.Any tips would be appreciated. Any differences from FLL. We plan to arrive early at the pier and we are elite. Thank You Awsom, you are going on the Regal, this cruise I have done for the past 5 years. Have you or are you on the Roll Call? Great Group of people...Are you flying in, to what airport, how are you getting to the port, staying in Brooklyn? You can private e mail me at myfuzzy716 at aol dot com Only have a few days left!!! Just put Cruise Critic in the subject line Thanks! Edited October 23, 2016 by myfuzzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted October 24, 2016 #39 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Always New York... We are going on our first cruise out of Brooklyn on the Regal 27 Oct.Any tips would be appreciated. Any differences from FLL. We plan to arrive early at the pier and we are elite. Thank You There is only one pier and one terminal at the Brooklyn site, so it is much less hectic than Port Everglades. If you will be arriving there by taxi, make sure you know how to get there (use Google maps (for example) before you leave home) as many cab drivers have no idea where to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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