pinacoladasatpianobar Posted December 12, 2018 #1 Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) Sailing on Carnival and my cruise leaves at 9pm. It’s too early to check in,but I was wondering what time boarding starts? My previous cruised have left at 4pm and I was able to get on the ship at 11:30. Edited December 12, 2018 by Danca4eva1994 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcdancerkc Posted December 12, 2018 #2 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Where is your ship leaving from? Puerto Rico has a late start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerman2 Posted December 12, 2018 #3 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Even with 9:00 p.m. Sailings , boarding usually is normal time (around noon). NCL in 2016 did 9:00 p.m. Sailing on the Escape in the fall from Miami. We were on board having drinks by 11:45. Some ports will/do charge tax on drinks while in port. Miami was 6.5% , not sure what it is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bostwick girl Posted December 12, 2018 #4 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Hard to say without knowing where you're sailing from! Beerman2, all the ships in ports in Florida have to charge sales tax while in port. The current sales tax in Florida is 7%. Some counties may have an additional half percent as well, maybe 1%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Wind Posted December 13, 2018 #5 Share Posted December 13, 2018 9 pm is way too late. Can you get a refund? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coevan Posted December 13, 2018 #6 Share Posted December 13, 2018 most San Juan flights leave in the evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleYiaYia Posted December 13, 2018 #7 Share Posted December 13, 2018 If you are sailing on the Fascination from San Juan the earliest check-in time is 1:00-1:30 unless you have priority. This last February we got to the port a little after noon. With priority we were checked in and having a drink on lido by 12:15. The line for regular boarding was quite long outside (they were not allowing anyone to enter the terminal). Without priority I would try and board sometime after 1:PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcuchio24 Posted December 13, 2018 #8 Share Posted December 13, 2018 I assume its SJ....check in normal time, get off and enjoy your day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerman2 Posted December 13, 2018 #9 Share Posted December 13, 2018 On 12/12/2018 at 2:14 PM, Bostwick girl said: Hard to say without knowing where you're sailing from! Beerman2, all the ships in ports in Florida have to charge sales tax while in port. The current sales tax in Florida is 7%. Some counties may have an additional half percent as well, maybe 1%. Yep it was 6.5% in 2016 and said I wasn't sure about now. Thanks for the update to 7% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampbabe Posted December 14, 2018 #10 Share Posted December 14, 2018 1 hour ago, beerman2 said: Yep it was 6.5% in 2016 and said I wasn't sure about now. Thanks for the update to 7% Sales tax in Florida is 6% with local options up to 2% more. Here in Brevard County it is 7%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinacoladasatpianobar Posted January 30, 2019 Author #11 Share Posted January 30, 2019 We’re actually leaving from Fort Lauderdale. The itinerary online says we leave at 9pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinacoladasatpianobar Posted January 30, 2019 Author #12 Share Posted January 30, 2019 On 12/13/2018 at 4:39 PM, elcuchio24 said: I assume its SJ....check in normal time, get off and enjoy your day We’re actually leaving from Fort Lauderdale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinacoladasatpianobar Posted January 30, 2019 Author #13 Share Posted January 30, 2019 On 12/13/2018 at 4:28 PM, LittleYiaYia said: If you are sailing on the Fascination from San Juan the earliest check-in time is 1:00-1:30 unless you have priority. This last February we got to the port a little after noon. With priority we were checked in and having a drink on lido by 12:15. The line for regular boarding was quite long outside (they were not allowing anyone to enter the terminal). Without priority I would try and board sometime after 1:PM. We’re actually leaving from Fort Lauderdale. The itinerary online says we leave at 9pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinacoladasatpianobar Posted January 30, 2019 Author #14 Share Posted January 30, 2019 On 12/12/2018 at 3:23 AM, kcdancerkc said: Where is your ship leaving from? Puerto Rico has a late start. We’re actually leaving from Fort Lauderdale. The itinerary online says we leave at 9pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankswin43 Posted January 30, 2019 #15 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I'm guessing it's the may 5th sailing on the magic? The ship is repositioning from Miami that morning I believe. Therefore she will be dropping passengers off in Miami and then sailing to Port Everglades for the May 5th sailing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinacoladasatpianobar Posted January 30, 2019 Author #16 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Yes, that’s the one! So, will that affect the time we can board the ship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinacoladasatpianobar Posted January 30, 2019 Author #17 Share Posted January 30, 2019 13 minutes ago, yankswin43 said: I'm guessing it's the may 5th sailing on the magic? The ship is repositioning from Miami that morning I believe. Therefore she will be dropping passengers off in Miami and then sailing to Port Everglades for the May 5th sailing Yes, that’s the one! So, will that affect the time we can board the ship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankswin43 Posted January 30, 2019 #18 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I'm guessing it probably will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinacoladasatpianobar Posted January 30, 2019 Author #19 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, yankswin43 said: I'm guessing it probably will I check in next week, so I guess I’ll find out then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinacoladasatpianobar Posted January 31, 2019 Author #20 Share Posted January 31, 2019 On 12/13/2018 at 2:45 PM, Salt Wind said: 9 pm is way too late. Can you get a refund? Who would want a refund because a cruise departs late? LOL! More time in Florida for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatour Posted January 31, 2019 #21 Share Posted January 31, 2019 I am guessing it will. It is about 30 miles as the ship sails port to port. So that is about an 1 1/2 hours transit time. Figuring the last passenger will be getting off the ship 9.00-9:30. Also, need to take in account the docking time at each end. I would guess around 1pm boarding time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinacoladasatpianobar Posted February 5, 2019 Author #22 Share Posted February 5, 2019 FYI, the earliest we were able to check-in was for 4:00pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserTeri Posted February 5, 2019 #23 Share Posted February 5, 2019 How were you able to get a check in time? I am wondering if I am doing something wrong. I checked in for everyone in our party and can print the boarding passes but it says arrival appointment and it’s blank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserTeri Posted February 5, 2019 #24 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Never mind. I figured it out. I can figure out how to delete my post Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyFan33579 Posted February 5, 2019 #25 Share Posted February 5, 2019 On 12/13/2018 at 2:45 PM, Salt Wind said: 9 pm is way too late. Can you get a refund? Why is 9 PM too late and why would someone ask for a refund? As others have pointed out in this thread, it wasn’t a big secret this cruise was leaving later than usual due to Magic changing her home port. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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