Jump to content
Cruise Critic Community

Bringing Someone On Board

Ned11

By Ned11,
in Royal Caribbean International

 Share

Recommended Posts

Ned11

Ned11

Posted
Posted

I'm meeting my sister, as a surprise to my parents, in Majorca on my Symphony cruise. Can I get a request for my sister and my brother in law to come on to the ship for a couple of hours? I've heard this can happen but not sure if that was many years ago.

 

Thanks in advance. :cool:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Paulxyz2004

Paulxyz2004

Posted
Posted

You won´t get a final answer here, you would need to call the cruiseline.

 

Having said this, I highly doubt you will get clearance for this. In this day and age they don´t allow any visitors onboard aside from official groups like TA´s or press they are showing the ship to. Wedding guests are also allowed, but as I said I highly doubt you´ll get some individual clearance here.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Clarea

Clarea

Posted
Posted
I'm meeting my sister, as a surprise to my parents, in Majorca on my Symphony cruise. Can I get a request for my sister and my brother in law to come on to the ship for a couple of hours? I've heard this can happen but not sure if that was many years ago.

 

Thanks in advance. :cool:

To my knowledge, RC no longer allows this for "regular" folks. They do allow it for travel agents, vendors, local law enforcement, etc.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Ourusualbeach

Ourusualbeach

Posted
Posted
You won´t get a final answer here, you would need to call the cruiseline.

 

Having said this, I highly doubt you will get clearance for this. In this day and age they don´t allow any visitors onboard aside from official groups like TA´s or press they are showing the ship to. Wedding guests are also allowed, but as I said I highly doubt you´ll get some individual clearance here.

Has nothing to do with this day and age. It's the cruise line. Other cruise lines offer this service.

 

Sent from my STH100-1 using Forums mobile app

Link to comment
Share on other sites
danp

danp

Posted
Posted
You won´t get a final answer here, you would need to call the cruiseline.

 

Having said this, I highly doubt you will get clearance for this. In this day and age they don´t allow any visitors onboard aside from official groups like TA´s or press they are showing the ship to. Wedding guests are also allowed, but as I said I highly doubt you´ll get some individual clearance here.

is there a reason that your parents cant go off of the ship?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Clarea

Clarea

Posted
Posted
Has nothing to do with this day and age. It's the cruise line. Other cruise lines offer this service.

Yes, I believe Princess still has a program to get in the ship for a few hours in embarkation day.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
coops

coops

Posted
Posted
Like I said, other cruise lines still allow it. Royal chooses not to but they could.

. I know Princess and Carnival do not do this either.

Princess does offer a person to come on with a guest for a charge for a few hours. But not free. And only a certain amount are allowed.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
chengkp75

chengkp75

Posted
Posted
Correct. They charge a small fee however you receive that as a FCC towards a future cruise.

 

And they only allow it at turn-around ports, and only selected turn-around ports, and only selected days. And you must provide ID for vetting when booking.

 

And, it is all about today. It is the requirements of the ISPS Code (International Ship and Port Security), pushed to the IMO by the USCG in response to 9-11, that sets the requirements for visitors to not only the ship, but the port area as well. Even if the sister and brother in law were granted permission to board, they would have to be escorted by a crew member 100% of the time. And, even if the cruise line allowed them to board, the port authority has their own ISPS Code, and they may not allow visitors. Many places where a cruise ship docks at ports of call are commercial or cargo docks, and these have stricter requirements for people entering than the terminal areas and controlled walkways of a passenger terminal.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Clarea

Clarea

Posted
Posted
. I know Princess and Carnival do not do this either.

Princess does offer a person to come on with a guest for a charge for a few hours. But not free. And only a certain amount are allowed.

I believe Princess does have this program. They call it the Bon Voyage Experience.

 

See more here: https://www.princess.com/learn/faq_answer/pre_cruise/prepare.jsp

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Ourusualbeach

Ourusualbeach

Posted
Posted
And they only allow it at turn-around ports, and only selected turn-around ports, and only selected days. And you must provide ID for vetting when booking.

 

And, it is all about today. It is the requirements of the ISPS Code (International Ship and Port Security), pushed to the IMO by the USCG in response to 9-11, that sets the requirements for visitors to not only the ship, but the port area as well. Even if the sister and brother in law were granted permission to board, they would have to be escorted by a crew member 100% of the time. And, even if the cruise line allowed them to board, the port authority has their own ISPS Code, and they may not allow visitors. Many places where a cruise ship docks at ports of call are commercial or cargo docks, and these have stricter requirements for people entering than the terminal areas and controlled walkways of a passenger terminal.

 

Thanks for the detailed information. The point of my original post was that it can still be done. Yes there are a lot more restrictions than there were in the past however it is up to the cruise line to decide if they will allow it and not something that is not allowed across the entire industry which is how I interpreted the original post.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
coops

coops

Posted
Posted
I believe Princess does have this program. They call it the Bon Voyage Experience.

 

See more here: https://www.princess.com/learn/faq_answer/pre_cruise/prepare.jsp

Yes that is correct but it costs and there is a limit . I thought that person was talking about just letting them board and walk around to see the ship. Thanks for the link.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
travelplus

travelplus

Posted
Posted

As far as I know this won't work. Travel Agents who do ship tours are pre-approved as a group and must be put on the Master Manifest as visitors and cleared with local and Government Authorities no later than 72 hours before boarding and must register their Government ID or Passport and bring it with them to board. In turn for their ID they are given a Visitors Pass that works like a Sea Pass Card but without charging privileges that activates when you board and deactivates when you disembark. They also go through security like regular passengers do.

 

I work in Tourism and did ship t ours and this is how it works. And there may be a chance the ship may not even make it to Majorica. For Travel Agents doing a ship tour they ask for the cellphone# of each participant to contact them if there is a change of itinerary or port where to board. Also this is usually done on overnights when the ship overnights in a certain city like San Francisco.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
travelplus

travelplus

Posted
Posted
Yes, I believe Princess still has a program to get in the ship for a few hours in embarkation day.

 

But there is a charge for it which can be applied to a Future Cruise Credit as far as I recall and it has to be pre approved. You can eat lunch on the ship and then are asked to leave 45 minutes to an hour before the ship leaves.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Please sign in to comment

You will be able to leave a comment after signing in



Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
  • Forum Jump
    • Categories
      • Welcome to Cruise Critic
      • New Cruisers
      • Cruise Lines “A – O”
      • Cruise Lines “P – Z”
      • River Cruising
      • ROLL CALLS
      • Cruise Critic News & Features
      • Digital Photography & Cruise Technology
      • Special Interest Cruising
      • Cruise Discussion Topics
      • UK Cruising
      • Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
      • Canadian Cruisers
      • North American Homeports
      • Ports of Call
      • Cruise Conversations
×
×
  • Create New...