14 day vs B2B and reboarding

[karmamule]

Back a few years ago we booked 14 days on Meraviglia as two 7 day cruises B2B. On day 8 in Miami we had to disembark then immediately board again.

 

Next year we have 14 days on Seascape but it was listed and booked as a single 14 day cruise. Will we still have to disembark and reboard on day 8 or is it different because it was booked as a 14 day cruise?

 

 Not a big deal either way, I was just wondering while idly daydreaming about the cruise ☺️

[Até]

On US based sailings the ship must "zero out" and all passengers must minimally do an immigration check off the ship regardless if they booked as two 7 day or one 14 day cruise. 

[phissy]

We had 15 day cruise. Booking had 1 number.

It ended up being a B2B. Sold in Europe as such. We still had to do the off and on dance.

Funny, we ended up getting voyager points for only  7 days on this cruise. After repeated emails , no answer or additional points posted to account.

[CruisingFox27]

No difference for a 14 night or two 7 night cruises, you'll need to disembark for the customs and immigration zero count.

[IsanTom]

7 hours ago, Até said:

On US based sailings the ship must "zero out" and all passengers must minimally do an immigration check off the ship regardless if they booked as two 7 day or one 14 day cruise. 

Interesting!

[karmamule]

Thanks for the replies! That's what I suspected, but good to know for sure. I always find it helps to set expectations properly before the cruise to avoid feeling annoyed during it.

[Brighton Line]

Even the Staten Island Ferry has to zero out at each terminal on each trip. No one can board until the Mate reports to the wheelhouse that all passengers have gone ashore and a Captain (there are two both are in the Wheelhouse during docking/undocking) gives permission to board. 

[DCGuy64]

5 hours ago, karmamule said:

Thanks for the replies! That's what I suspected, but good to know for sure. I always find it helps to set expectations properly before the cruise to avoid feeling annoyed during it.

Well said! Better to know ahead of time.

[twangster]

On 5/8/2023 at 8:51 AM, Brighton Line said:

Even the Staten Island Ferry has to zero out at each terminal on each trip. No one can board until the Mate reports to the wheelhouse that all passengers have gone ashore and a Captain (there are two both are in the Wheelhouse during docking/undocking) gives permission to board. 

 

That company policy, not a CBP or federal requirement.

 

They could just as easily decide to allow riders to stay on board, but they choose to require that everyone get off.

 

 

[Brighton Line]

On 5/10/2023 at 6:34 AM, twangster said:

 

That company policy, not a CBP or federal requirement.

 

 

Actually since 9/11 a Coast Guard regulation, even the SI Ferry zeros out at each terminal part of MARSEC I believe

[cruisinggrandma57]

On 5/6/2023 at 9:46 PM, Até said:

On US based sailings the ship must "zero out" and all passengers must minimally do an immigration check off the ship regardless if they booked as two 7 day or one 14 day cruise. 

When you are on a 10 day cruise (3&7) when you get back on the ship do you have to put your credit card in again or is only once for the whole cruise?

 

[GPPhilly]

5 minutes ago, cruisinggrandma57 said:

When you are on a 10 day cruise (3&7) when you get back on the ship do you have to put your credit card in again or is only once for the whole cruise?

 

We did a 10 day like that in October and we only had to do it once.  

[karmamule]

17 hours ago, GPPhilly said:

We did a 10 day like that in October and we only had to do it once.  

 

Same for our prior back-to-back of two 7 days. Only had to register CC once.

[cruisinggrandma57]

On 5/11/2023 at 1:22 PM, GPPhilly said:

We did a 10 day like that in October and we only had to do it once.  

Thank you