Embarkation Time on Meraviglia?

[bzv143]

1st Timer here on MSC. We were given an embarkation time of 4:15pm on our upcoming cruise on Mareviglia out of Miami. We are in Yacht Club. This seems awfully late. The ship leaves at 7, and we need time to explore. Do they allow earlier embarkation times?  Thanx.

[capriccio]

We were in the YC on Meraviglia on the January 12th cruise. We ignored the 'assigned' embarkation time.  We arrived at the port around 11 am, parked our car (the luggage drop off area was a zoo of disembarking and embarking passengers so we parked and walked to the terminal with our luggage), found the YC tent and checked our luggage and then waited for a butler to escort us through security and to the YC waiting area.  That process from the YC check-in to the waiting room took about 15 minutes.  In the waiting room, each passenger group was called up separately to receive the wristbands.  While waiting there were snacks of paninis, pastries, prosecco, etc.  Then around 12:15 or so groups of about a dozen were called in the order they arrived to accompany a butler onto the ship.  We were taken to the Top Sail Lounge to await an escort to our cabin.  More snacks and drinks were available.  We waited maybe 5 minutes.  We were in our cabin by 1 pm if not sooner.  It was a very painless, well organized process.

Edited January 24, 2020 by capriccio

[bzv143]

@capriccio Thanks for the quick response! YEA...We can get onboard sooner! We are Ubering from Ft. Lauderdale so did not want to sit around the Miami terminal forever.