Rare LadyL1 Posted November 9, 2022 #1 Share Posted November 9, 2022 I was surprised at my given boarding time for later this month. Is it that boarding is starting a little later at present (perhaps for deep cleaning)? In October pax were not going through security until at least 12.30-12.45. Interested to what others think who have travelled very recently or to do so in near future. I dislike being in the terminal when it is very crowded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbtablet Posted November 9, 2022 #2 Share Posted November 9, 2022 1 hour ago, LadyL1 said: I was surprised at my given boarding time for later this month. What is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted November 9, 2022 #3 Share Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, LadyL1 said: I was surprised at my given boarding time for later this month. Is it that boarding is starting a little later at present (perhaps for deep cleaning)? In October pax were not going through security until at least 12.30-12.45. Interested to what others think who have travelled very recently or to do so in near future. I dislike being in the terminal when it is very crowded. On our last cruise, check in was pretty rapid, then we had to wait about half an hour until the ship was ready. We were still on board by 1, though. If you really want to avoid crowds, the best thing to do is turn up as late as possible, but that is unnerving, and you miss lunch. Edited November 9, 2022 by exlondoner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LadyL1 Posted November 9, 2022 Author #4 Share Posted November 9, 2022 In QG, and given time is 12.45. I cannot remember ever being this late to board. In the past, has i think it was usually 12.15, But maybe I am mistaken. With these times, it certainly puts the other categories back somewhat. Hence why I can imagine a very full terminal. Providing I am in time for lunch I will be happy!😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si_boy Posted November 9, 2022 #5 Share Posted November 9, 2022 A week ago at Southampton it was chaotic to get on QV and the only time I have experienced it like this. No one was allowed to board before 1pm which seemed unusual and caused subsequent delay. It got worse when they started to call passengers to board, QG and PG first followed by pax that arrived at the terminal earliest. It was only when a Diamond pax asked what was going on did they adjust to Diamond and Platinum next but by that time it was too late and pax were just joining a queue. Port staff blamed pax arriving earlier than their allocated arrival time but we saw boarding passes with 12:45 and this was at 1:30. Hoping it is better for you @LadyL1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExArkie Posted November 10, 2022 #6 Share Posted November 10, 2022 16 hours ago, LadyL1 said: In QG, and given time is 12.45. I cannot remember ever being this late to board. In the past, has i think it was usually 12.15, But maybe I am mistaken. With these times, it certainly puts the other categories back somewhat. Hence why I can imagine a very full terminal. Providing I am in time for lunch I will be happy!😊 In 2017, we were upgraded from PG to QG. The e-ticket I saved on my hard drive gives our QG boarding time as 12:30. However, the PG boarding time for 2018 (we used QM2 as our return trip from teaching assignments in the UK and Ireland for a few years in a row) was also 12:30, so the previous one may have been based on our original PG booking such that QG would have been earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted November 10, 2022 #7 Share Posted November 10, 2022 We’ve often had a 12.30 time for QG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonky Posted November 10, 2022 #8 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Boarding QV tomorrow and have 1230 on boarding pass but when I looked online it says 1315🤔. Will report back tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunkrest Posted November 10, 2022 #9 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Boarding next week printed off boarding pass says 1300. Online has now changed to 1545…needless to say I’ll stick with the 1300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LadyL1 Posted November 11, 2022 Author #10 Share Posted November 11, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, Wonky said: Boarding QV tomorrow and have 1230 on boarding pass but when I looked online it says 1315🤔. Will report back tomorrow. Wonky. It would be interesting to know what is going, when you board today. By these posts it seems there is a prospect of more chaos. Very early in October, when we arrived at the terminal (at least in warm sunshine), we had to queue outside and be admitted in groups: no priority at this stage. It seemed to be a late start to boarding, and the wait area was heaving! I do wish they could enhance this process, but with so many early arrivals, I am not sure what can be done. In winter, waiting outside for one’s boarding time is not an option. I will find out later this month how things are. Edited November 11, 2022 by LadyL1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si_boy Posted November 11, 2022 #11 Share Posted November 11, 2022 22 hours ago, Wonky said: Boarding QV tomorrow and have 1230 on boarding pass but when I looked online it says 1315🤔. Will report back tomorrow. Just off QV this morning and had a wonderful time down to the Canaries. Speaking with other passengers, apparently there are quite a few doing a B2B and staying on for Amsterdam and Bruges. Hope all goes well and you are onboard smoothly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted November 11, 2022 #12 Share Posted November 11, 2022 1 hour ago, LadyL1 said: Wonky. It would be interesting to know what is going, when you board today. By these posts it seems there is a prospect of more chaos. Very early in October, when we arrived at the terminal (at least in warm sunshine), we had to queue outside and be admitted in groups: no priority at this stage. It seemed to be a late start to boarding, and the wait area was heaving! I do wish they could enhance this process, but with so many early arrivals, I am not sure what can be done. In winter, waiting outside for one’s boarding time is not an option. I will find out later this month how things are. There have been quite a number of recent reports of straightforward embarkation at Southampton. So it may well be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Ray Posted November 11, 2022 #13 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Mrs Red Ray and a friend boarded QV today for the short European cruise. Their boarding time was 1.30 and they actually boarded at 1.15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonky Posted November 11, 2022 #14 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Absolute breeze! In fact beat our record. Left home at 1204, in room on QV 1256! When we arrived at Ocean terminal they had just started to board grills and then by the time we had checked in they had started to board other priority groups. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangoqueen Posted November 12, 2022 #15 Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 11:14 PM, si_boy said: A week ago at Southampton it was chaotic to get on QV and the only time I have experienced it like this. No one was allowed to board before 1pm which seemed unusual and caused subsequent delay. It got worse when they started to call passengers to board, QG and PG first followed by pax that arrived at the terminal earliest. It was only when a Diamond pax asked what was going on did they adjust to Diamond and Platinum next but by that time it was too late and pax were just joining a queue. Port staff blamed pax arriving earlier than their allocated arrival time but we saw boarding passes with 12:45 and this was at 1:30. Hoping it is better for you @LadyL1 Yes our experience was exactly the same, as diamond we were asked to sit to the side but would get called once grills etc were boarded. They then sat new arriving people in the former grills seats and then started to board those seats first, it was very frustrating and for a little while they did appear to lose control. We were told by one lady as diamond to move forward only to be literally chased after by another lady asking what we were doing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Windsurfboy Posted November 12, 2022 #16 Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 5:58 PM, LadyL1 said: In QG, and given time is 12.45. I cannot remember ever being this late to board. In the past, has i think it was usually 12.15, But maybe I am mistaken. With these times, it certainly puts the other categories back somewhat. Hence why I can imagine a very full terminal. Providing I am in time for lunch I will be happy!😊 I was given this time once in QG , turned up at 12.35 ie 10 minutes early, to find all QG boarded ages ago and stuck at back of huge queue for security. No priority security lane. Ignore it and get there at just before 12.00 noon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz48 Posted November 12, 2022 #17 Share Posted November 12, 2022 Those of us on a thread for our next Tuesday cruise on QV have all just had our boarding times changed to later. No reason given. A fellow cruiser had theirs changed from 1pm to 3.45! We are arriving by coach(for the first time) so arriving later anyway and expected to just arrive, check in and board straight away, but it seems the terminal might still be full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majortom10 Posted November 12, 2022 #18 Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 11:14 PM, si_boy said: A week ago at Southampton it was chaotic to get on QV and the only time I have experienced it like this. No one was allowed to board before 1pm which seemed unusual and caused subsequent delay. It got worse when they started to call passengers to board, QG and PG first followed by pax that arrived at the terminal earliest. It was only when a Diamond pax asked what was going on did they adjust to Diamond and Platinum next but by that time it was too late and pax were just joining a queue. Port staff blamed pax arriving earlier than their allocated arrival time but we saw boarding passes with 12:45 and this was at 1:30. Hoping it is better for you @LadyL1 Our boarding pass had a time of 1215 and we arrived handed our car over and then deposited our suitcases at appropriate "hole in the wall" and then had to queue as nobody was allowed into terminal at about 12pm. Never experienced having to queue outside terminal before. We were then allowed to enter after only a short wait and then after check in was directed to PG seating area. There was a delay in boarding and QG started boarding at 1245 and we started boarding at 1300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedMeerkat Posted November 15, 2022 #19 Share Posted November 15, 2022 On 11/12/2022 at 8:28 PM, maz48 said: Those of us on a thread for our next Tuesday cruise on QV have all just had our boarding times changed to later. No reason given. A fellow cruiser had theirs changed from 1pm to 3.45! We are arriving by coach(for the first time) so arriving later anyway and expected to just arrive, check in and board straight away, but it seems the terminal might still be full. I’m on QV on the cruise after you and I’ve also got 3.45pm. How did it turn out for you and anyone whose time was that late? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell Boy Posted November 15, 2022 #20 Share Posted November 15, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 2:05 PM, LadyL1 said: I was surprised at my given boarding time for later this month. Is it that boarding is starting a little later at present (perhaps for deep cleaning)? In October pax were not going through security until at least 12.30-12.45. Interested to what others think who have travelled very recently or to do so in near future. I dislike being in the terminal when it is very crowded. Clarification : In this present climate (post pandemic) Embarkation will not often take place any earlier than 13.00 (my past three cruises - or can often be later ) This past week Q.Vic the 'first call' was 13.00 The reason; All staterooms/suites & public venues undergo a good sanitisation including a fogging procedure. We are just going to have to get use to it whatever category we have booked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlondoner Posted November 15, 2022 #21 Share Posted November 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, Bell Boy said: Clarification : In this present climate (post pandemic) Embarkation will not often take place any earlier than 13.00 (my past three cruises - or can often be later ) This past week Q.Vic the 'first call' was 13.00 The reason; All staterooms/suites & public venues undergo a good sanitisation including a fogging procedure. We are just going to have to get use to it whatever category we have booked. I imagine this is not helped by passengers waiting in their cabins to disembark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMac1953 Posted November 15, 2022 #22 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Last month, our boarding time was 12:15. We were slightly early but already there was a couple of dozen pax ahead in the QG pen. We had to sit until 1:00pm, and when we asked why there was such a delay, we were told it's a new rule from the Port Authority. Not sure if that's true or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonky Posted November 16, 2022 #23 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Well if it is then they broke it on Friday, was in cabin by 1256! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretworld Posted November 16, 2022 #24 Share Posted November 16, 2022 We are are also going on QV later this month (Britannia class) and have an arrival time of 15:30 with last boarding at 16:00 which seems rather tight. Also seems very late - no chance to get afternoon tea on arrival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LadyL1 Posted November 16, 2022 Author #25 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Just now, Ferretworld said: We are are also going on QV later this month (Britannia class) and have an arrival time of 15:30 with last boarding at 16:00 which seems rather tight. Also seems very late - no chance to get afternoon tea on arrival. No afternoon tea in the Queens Room on boarding day, so don’t worry! From posts on here it does seem later times are becoming the norm. Yesterday, I heard from friends joining QV, that boarding started at 12.40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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