Oasis - Boarding Time

[Daisy0214]

What is the earliest time you can pick for boarding Oasis? We live in Bayonne and saw the line to board. We were thinking earlier may be better for us. 

[luckyinpa]

may 1 we were held up by marine traffic. even though i was in a suite i didnt board till 1242. so you just never know week to week what will happen regardless of time

 

i believe 1030 was earliest u could pick

Edited May 11, 2022 by luckyinpa

[Mr. Green]

I got 11am for my Cruise out of NJ in June. I checked in right after Midnight so I assume 10:30 or 11am is the earliest.

[leaveitallbehind]

11:00 is the earliest.  But the lines make no difference as they are set by boarding time and each time moves through completely before the next group commences.  You can only join in the line that forms for your boarding time.  And the process is pretty quick.  With our April Anthem cruise we arrived at the terminal at 12:10, dropped our luggage off and parked the car and were in line at 12:30 for our boarding time and on the ship in our stateroom at 1:10.

 

Also no need to check in at midnight.  As posted on other threads, it isn't like checking in with Southwest Airlines were you are racing to get a boarding queue.  There are plenty of times and each slot holds hundreds of people.  Many people for numerous reasons select a later time to begin with. It takes a while for all of the earliest slots to fill up.

 

On our last 4 cruises (2 from Bayonne) since the restart we have checked in as early as the first day it opened (which is 45 days prior to sailing) and as late as a week prior to sailing, with our typical check in within the first few days.  The latest time we ever had was 2:00, and that was the time we checked in the week prior.  Every other time we have been between 11:30 and 12:30. 

 

So don't race to do it. The staterooms aren't open until 1:00 anyway.

Edited May 11, 2022 by leaveitallbehind