Embarkation Times

[Alushar]

Very excited to try out Virgin Voyages Valiant Lady on the 3 day MerMaiden voyage on March 18th.

 

Can’t see anything about Boarding times etc on the App or web when do they usually release these? 
 

Thanks 

[mbfrenc0586]

It's an amazing ship, you will have an great time.

 

When you do your check in on the mobile app you will choose your arrival time.  The earliest arrival time I have seen is about 1pm.  You show up, get a covid test and then board. 

Edited February 5, 2022 by mbfrenc0586

[dcgrumpy]

15 hours ago, mbfrenc0586 said:

It's an amazing ship, you will have an great time.

 

When you do your check in on the mobile app you will choose your arrival time.  The earliest arrival time I have seen is about 1pm.  You show up, get a covid test and then board. 

When I sailed 2 weeks ago on Scarlet Lady they had times as early as 11am. But they don't board until 2pm. Maybe if they were sailing at capacity an early time would be needed. We sailed at 18% capacity. No need to get there early. LOL. I had picked 11:30am, but then changed to 1pm the week before. 

 

I was able to pick my time in the app months before I sailed. Originally the earliest was 2pm, but then it changed a couple of months ago. 

Edited February 6, 2022 by dcgrumpy

[Alushar]

Thanks all. Check in is greyed out at moment so I’ll keep an eye on that. Very excited 

[johnnylikely]

On 2/6/2022 at 5:26 AM, Alushar said:

Thanks all. Check in is greyed out at moment so I’ll keep an eye on that. Very excited 

I've completed my check in and the only embarkation times it was showing me was 2-3pm

3pm I did!

[Alushar]

It appears there’s a fault on the App that they are trying to fix. Eventually we uninstalled the App then reinstalled it went to the “Me” section and managed to check in through there and select an embarkation time.

 

The section is still greyed out on the home page but has a tick and we’ve had confirmation emails.

[SF]

Is there a way to check if  any earlier embarkation times became available without losing the time you already have?

[LibratPDX]

No matter when you check in, from everything I'm reading, boarding doesn't start until 2pm (1:45 at the earliest for Rock Stars/Mega Rock Stars).

[CruzinMermaid]

I suspect the reason for nothing before 2p is because they've got people disembarking as late as 10:45 and still need to clean, disinfect before the new sailors board.

[Tippyton]

Doe this timetable generally apply to 10:00 PM departures?

[LibratPDX]

On 2/12/2022 at 5:29 PM, Tippyton said:

Doe this timetable generally apply to 10:00 PM departures?

10pm?  No idea, I am only familiar with the Scarlet Lady, as far as I know she generally sails around 7pm.

[demodawn]

No one is allowed in the building until 12ish. We were coming from a Royal cruise and had email we could enter anytime so thought we could. Got to port and it was a cool 41 degrees and we stood outside on sidewalk till 12p. We were first in right after rock stars. Things inside moved very smoothly( we were at old terminal) but then we’re sent to holding area until a bit past 2. If I ever go again which is doubtful I won’t go until afternoon. 

[Fogcityca13]

4 hours ago, demodawn said:

No one is allowed in the building until 12ish. We were coming from a Royal cruise and had email we could enter anytime so thought we could. Got to port and it was a cool 41 degrees and we stood outside on sidewalk till 12p. We were first in right after rock stars. Things inside moved very smoothly( we were at old terminal) but then we’re sent to holding area until a bit past 2. If I ever go again which is doubtful I won’t go until afternoon. 

Was this at the new Terminal V? 

[demodawn]

On 2/18/2022 at 1:32 PM, Fogcityca13 said:

Was this at the new Terminal V? 

 

[demodawn]

No, but understand that’s their policy

[Fogcityca13]

2 hours ago, demodawn said:

No, but understand that’s their policy

Understand. We’re not sailing until November so who knows. It looks like terminal V has lots of lounge areas. Luckily we are staying in Brickell the night before the cruise, so we can head over whenever.