[Default] Thus spake "John Sisker" :
>Chatty Cathy,
>
>Jean summed this up quite well, better than I could have said it myself.
>More and more cruise lines are encouraging this, which does indeed speed up
>the boarding process. On our (my wife and I) last cruise on Carnival, we
>filled out everything we could online, including the immigration forms. This
>was even encouraged in the packet itself we received in the mail from
>Carnival itself, which by the way, included our boarding passes and luggage
>tags. Arriving at the port of embarkment, all our information was then
>already in the computer. They needed to verify our identity, see our
>passports and swipe our credit card. Doing online what you can before hand,
>Jean is correct, it greatly speeds up the boarding process.
It does more that greatly speed up the boarding process. TSA wants
"immigration" information 72 hours prior to sailing. Mainly to catch
terrorists who are trying to sneak into the country by sneaking out.
If you don't pre-register, most of the lines are requiring you to show
up at least 1 1/2 hours prior to final boarding call, and won't even
guarantee that will be enough time. I've been told that 2 1/2 hours
is recommended, although all of my clients pre-reg.
>
>Happy sailing,
>John S.
>
>
>
>> Yes, I always do it as soon after the booking as I can.. it is very easy
>> to do online and does help speed up the process of boarding as they will
>> have all your information in the computer when you check in. I check in
>> online and print a "boarding pass" that they ask you to print out after
>> completion and bring with you. The documents that are send to you will
>> have the baggage tags in them. Don't forget your passport!
>>
>> --Jean |
