Fogfog Posted October 13, 2021 #1 Share Posted October 13, 2021 As it says in the title Looking for B2B experiences US port of embark/debark Very happy we are all sailing again TYIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexddd Posted October 14, 2021 #2 Share Posted October 14, 2021 13 hours ago, Fogfog said: As it says in the title Looking for B2B experiences US port of embark/debark Very happy we are all sailing again TYIA Which ship and port? For Mera we were told slightly different versions. One by a guest doing third leg and another by head butler. There is a report or two for Mera buried here somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markanddonna Posted October 14, 2021 #3 Share Posted October 14, 2021 I'd like to know the procedures for COVID testing in between the B2B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surmy555 Posted October 14, 2021 #4 Share Posted October 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Markanddonna said: I'd like to know the procedures for COVID testing in between the B2B. We leave Saturday for a B2B on the Meraviglia. My TA contacted MSC and they indicated they will test us for free before the second leg. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fogfog Posted October 14, 2021 Author #5 Share Posted October 14, 2021 2 hours ago, surmy555 said: We leave Saturday for a B2B on the Meraviglia. My TA contacted MSC and they indicated they will test us for free before the second leg. TY. Exactly what we needed to know. Have a great vacation. She is a lovely trip Please drop in and let us know how they do the B2B movement. On another line our small group went to a restaurant for breakfast, did all the electronic papers and was escorted off to a holding place, handed our new keys while the ship Zero'd out--and we were back on in 25 min. With MSc it was a massive group--herded down into the terminal where we stood in line-- only to pass by the immigration while holding our passports -- the paperwork had been electronically filed. We are sailing YC and the embarkation is very smooth... BUT the B2B was a mess. I'd be inclined to leave the ship- go to the YC tent and "start over" each leg which is likely faster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet&Carl Posted October 15, 2021 #6 Share Posted October 15, 2021 I have had several b2b on MSC pre covid - there was never a problem just treated the change over day as a port day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexddd Posted October 15, 2021 #7 Share Posted October 15, 2021 19 hours ago, Fogfog said: TY. Exactly what we needed to know. Have a great vacation. She is a lovely trip Please drop in and let us know how they do the B2B movement. On another line our small group went to a restaurant for breakfast, did all the electronic papers and was escorted off to a holding place, handed our new keys while the ship Zero'd out--and we were back on in 25 min. With MSc it was a massive group--herded down into the terminal where we stood in line-- only to pass by the immigration while holding our passports -- the paperwork had been electronically filed. We are sailing YC and the embarkation is very smooth... BUT the B2B was a mess. I'd be inclined to leave the ship- go to the YC tent and "start over" each leg which is likely faster! One of the reports was show up 9 am at the Olive restaurant. YC guests go to front. Get test, go out, biometric scan, back on ship. Butler had slightly different account but I don't recall details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fogfog Posted October 15, 2021 Author #8 Share Posted October 15, 2021 18 minutes ago, dexddd said: One of the reports was show up 9 am at the Olive restaurant. YC guests go to front. Get test, go out, biometric scan, back on ship. Butler had slightly different account but I don't recall details. TY When we sailed YC last time--the Butler said we were to be escorted through and so on--the Butlers cannot get off the ship into the terminal. There was no YC line/access and it took a while. This much older french couple (mid/late 80s) kept up with us and the pace...and standing there in the huge group. I felt terrible as my hs and college french has long since departed --and I wasn't able to be useful to them. This B2B experience and the disembarkation are the two "holes" in the YC experience. To be fair--MSC doesn't control immigration. In the past the Miami terminal for MSC did not have the facial recog/scannning and no US citizens line verses green card or visa holders. 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fogfog Posted December 7, 2021 Author #9 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Any recent B2Bs out of Fl ports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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