How seriously do they take the "consecutive cruiser" thing?

[Royal2464]

You should plan to be off the ship by 9:30 - 9:45 at the latest. It's not all about you. Those people that hide and have to be paged or looked for adversely affect thousands of others simply for their own self indulgent whims.

[BNBR]

Pretty simple question, so many tough answers!

 

The person is basically asking if there is a reasonable way to be on of the last to disembark without being a nuissance. Seems like out of the cabin by 8AM and off the ship by 9:30 - 10 if you want to try and relax a bit.

[spookwife]

I could be wrong (my memory isn't what it used to be), but I could swear that I heard on both Liberty and Majesty of the seas that if you're still on board after 9am the last day you're considered a consecutive cruiser.

 

Surely that's an exaggeration, no? I mean there are people who checked luggage who aren't even ALLOWED TO GET IN LINE until 9:45, 10:00, 10:15!

 

If I don't have any checked luggage and don't have a plane to catch, if I sleep in the last morning (i.e. 9, 9:15), take a leisurely shower, sit on the deck and drink a couple cups of coffee before saundering off the ship between, say, 10:30 and 10:45 are they really going to give me trouble?

 

Hope this made sense

DTXCF

 

you need to be out of your room before 9 and off the ship before 10. they cannot begin processing the next batch of passengers( to include the REAL back to backers) until everyone else is gone.

 

on Liberty out of Galveston they are wanting to start letting people board by 11.

 

so sleeping in until 9 is beyond rude and creates a HUGE problem for the turnover schedule/staff. as in yes they WILL be knocking on your cabin door at 8.

[Rassa]

I finished my cruise on Vision last Saturday and one could pay $30 (in advance of course) to stay on the ship for lunch on embarkation day and I think $70 to stay until 3 pm. It was indicated on the ship that Marco Polo Venice Airport is a small airport and travellers are not allowed to be earlier than 3 hours before their flight. I was there just about 3 hours before my flight and their was no-one policing it.

[happyiam]

Recently we were on the Freedom. We had a late flight which we put on the form where this information was requested. We received one of the last numbers to disembark ay 9:45 am. We were out of the room by 08 which is the time our room attendant suggested when we asked. We had gone to the Windjammer around 7 am for breakfast. We then waited in the Star Lounge, that was for all Crown and Anchor members. They had coffee, tea, water, juice and danishes available for us. You need to be waiting in certain places to hear your number be called, as it was not a ship wide announcement. Our number was called early, around 9:20 am. We left but encountered a long line waiting to clear customs. It moved quickly though as they had several agents on duty. We thought the disembarking process was well orchestrated.:)

[CruisingChick]

Sorry if my post didn't make sense. All I'm really asking is how seriously they take hurrying people off the ship as early as possible on the last day.

 

OK, it makes sense that they would want me out of my room before 9 am if not WELL before 9am.

 

What about being off the SHIP? If I'm out of my room by 9 am will they get upset if I make my way up to the deck and drink coffee for awhile (i.e. an hour to an hour and a half) before heading out the door?

 

Hope that made a little MORE sense.

 

They take it pretty seriously that you are out of your cabin. I thought they wanted everyone out by 8 AM? You don't have to leave the ship at 8 but they will want you off by 10 AM.

[matj2000]

If you don't have to be off the ship anytime soon.

 

You can enjoy playing a game with the crew.

 

Try hiding somewhere obscure and see how long it takes for them too find you.

 

You can give everyone a laugh and will probably be able to stay on until at least 2PM.....

Edited November 8, 2016 by matj2000

[gerif]

I finished my cruise on Vision last Saturday and one could pay $30 (in advance of course) to stay on the ship for lunch on embarkation day and I think $70 to stay until 3 pm. It was indicated on the ship that Marco Polo Venice Airport is a small airport and travellers are not allowed to be earlier than 3 hours before their flight. I was there just about 3 hours before my flight and their was no-one policing it.

 

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[CruisingChick]

If you don't have to be off the ship anytime soon.

 

You can enjoy playing a game with the crew.

 

Try hiding somewhere obscure and see how long it takes for them too find you.

 

You can give everyone a laugh and will probably be able to stay on until at least 2PM.....

 

They will start paging your name over the PA system well before 2PM to disembark the ship.

[homeschoolmama]

I do b2b on a regular basis. Out of room at 8 unless you are a consecutive cruiser. It frankly makes it very difficult for the room attendants who literally have 5 hours from that time to ready every room for new cruisers. The primary reason is that the ship must be at zero count before customs will allow embarkation. How angry would you be if you were embarking and it was 12 noon, but couldn't get on because there were two people still on the ship leisurely drinking coffee. You would be flipping mad and demanding a cruise credit for future cruise and OBC. As consecutive cruisers we have waited until after 11 because two people selfishly wanted to sit around and drink coffee. The unhappy faces of the crew referenced above is because they all have extra work to do on turnaround day which can't be done if they are searching the ship for stragglers....and then get in trouble for not getting their work done. Yes two people who decide to do it their way can affect the whole crew, the embarking passengers and customs. Enjoy your cruise, enjoy your last morning but please respect the times provided so hundreds of others aren't negatively impacted.

[Biker19]

You can give everyone a laugh and will probably be able to stay on until at least 2PM.....

 

...after which you will be escorted directly to a waiting police cruiser.

[kerryincork]

Generally we pick one of the later disembark time. This is so the first rush is gone off of the ship. I've seen long snake like queues of people waiting to get off the ship, no fun. I like for the majority of people off first before I attempt it.

 

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[2tall]

They can't begin boarding the next trip until the previous count is zero. Be considerate of people waiting to start their vacation:):)

 

This. We've been delayed in our boarding a time or two as the ship searched for people who had not yet gotten off of the ship.

[nivrag4511]

I agree with Ocean Boy. I want you off, so I can get on.

[Desert Cruizers]

Our first cruise back in 2002, they were paging around 8 people which finally came down to 1 around 10 AM. We couldn't get off the ship until that last person checked in with immigration ( Mex Riviera Cruise ). We could tell by the final page, they were very upset this one lady had not checked into immigration. She made it and we heard this applause and Wahoo from the Centrum.

[Charger2008]

This. We've been delayed in our boarding a time or two as the ship searched for people who had not yet gotten off of the ship.

 

This happened to us on one of our recent cruises also. We were all sitting there until well after noon wondering what was going on and then I see some chick just strolling off the ship like she had all the time in the world. Someone found out they were trying to get the last person off the ship, grrrrrrrrr :mad:

[legaljen1969]

One cruise we tried to be one of the last off the ship without holding anyone up. We had a 2pm flight out of Miami and we arranged to have one of the last luggage tag groups, it was set for a time around 10am, so we sat on the pool deck, it was November and we were headed back north so we soaked up sun until then. At 9:55 we walked off the ship and the security guy said, "we were just about to page you ;) I don't know if we made the count 0 or not, but it was close.

 

You loiterer!! LOL :D

[mollyeilis]

We were in Vancouver once, hanging out at Canada Place (they have a very cool War of 1812 museum/display thing). I cannot recall the ship, but the ship was boarding; you could see people on it being excited for embarkation day.

 

Then suddenly this man, hair all messy, clothes in disarray like he had just been woken up, was escorted off of the ship, with someone carrying his bags, by security. :eek: I will never know the full story and it will haunt me. :)

[OCruisers]

Consecutive cruisers (B2B ... In Transit) are given instructions on where/when to meet and what to do/bring with you.

Those instructions are to be followed. :)

[Ashland]

OP make no mistake...you will never just be "considered" a consecutive cruiser if you're not.....they know who they are.

[nealstuber]

Disembarkation is one of the worst things about cruising. On the morning of that last day, the cruise line is done with you. They've gotten everything out of you at that point. Their goal is to effectively get you off the ship. In my experience, gone is the WOW customer experience.

 

 

 

It feels like you are on a completely different ship, even though you've just sailed on it for the last week (give or take)

 

 

 

The crews happy faces are gone but come back on around noon when the new guests start arriving.

 

 

 

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE cruising, but that last morning is always a reality shock.

 

 

 

Dan

 

 

Yup, it's kind of like hanging out for breakfast after a one night stand.

 

 

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[DalTXColtsFan]

Thanks for all the responses everyone.

 

On all 3 of my cruises circumstances dictated my waking up before 7am. One time the disembarkation was a bit stressful (long story). I won't go as far as to say that it completely defeats the purpose of being on vacation when you're tired and stressed the last morning of it - that's silly. But, especially when my car is in the parking lot and I can basically drive off whenever I want, I'd like the end of my vacation to be as relaxing as the beginning so I can go back to my working life fully recharged.

[Cruisegroover]

One cruise I did on VOS in Australia everyone had to be off by 0900! I heard a story re QOS in Singapore 300 people refused to get off which caused huge delays for the next lot of passengers

[travelbuddies]

The last day of your cruise is the day prior to disembarkation day.

[nealstuber]

Thanks for all the responses everyone.

 

 

 

On all 3 of my cruises circumstances dictated my waking up before 7am. One time the disembarkation was a bit stressful (long story). I won't go as far as to say that it completely defeats the purpose of being on vacation when you're tired and stressed the last morning of it - that's silly. But, especially when my car is in the parking lot and I can basically drive off whenever I want, I'd like the end of my vacation to be as relaxing as the beginning so I can go back to my working life fully recharged.

 

 

Part of reason your vacation starts off relaxing is that you likely were able to board by noon. To accommodate a later departure in debark days, embark would have to increased by the same interval. I for one would note vote for that. We get up early on some port days for excursions and if we were not ready for our vacation to end on debark day we could do an excursion or if our car is at the port, do pretty much anything we want.

 

 

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