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- Dec 28, 2006
Has anyone booked multiple staterooms and had different check in times for each room? Is DCL accommindating enough to let both rooms board at the same time?
Has anyone booked multiple staterooms and had different check in times for each room? Is DCL accommindating enough to let both rooms board at the same time?
I recall another post where you mentioned that you are a Platinum CC member. As such, you do not have any assigned port arrival time and can board immediately after Concierge. If there is not a Concierge or Platinum member in the other cabin, they are not supposed to be allowed to board with you but you are free to wait until their assigned time and board with them.Has anyone booked multiple staterooms and had different check in times for each room? Is DCL accommindating enough to let both rooms board at the same time?
I recall another post where you mentioned that you are a Platinum CC member. As such, you do not have any assigned port arrival time and can board immediately after Concierge. If there is not a Concierge or Platinum member in the other cabin, they are not supposed to be allowed to board with you but you are free to wait until their assigned time and board with them.
Yeah I am Platnium, when I added the additional stateroom I just thought that it would all be one reservation and we would be able to board and dine together. Talked to DCL today and they said we would be in the same dining rotation but could not gaurentee that we would be at the same table. They suggested that we could see about changing that once on board. They also said that they would not gaurentee our rooms would be close to each other but it turns out they are conecting rooms! It seems over time that the knowledge level of the DCL Cast that answere the phones has diminished over previous years.
I'm not upset about it by any means, it is what it is and I accept that as the policy. There are far bigger things in this world to worry about! I'm spending 5nights on a boat with a good book, and a comfy deck chair, just steps away from a buffet!
I just called DCL today to add somethings to our reservation. We have two rooms booked (family of 6 with different last names). I asked what would happen if we got different boarding times. She said we go with the earliest time because we are one family.
Yes, but is that family of 6 one nuclear family (mom, dad and 4 kids)? Or is it extended family (mom, dad, aunt sue, cousin billy, grandad)?
If it's the nuclear family, they would view it as one family. The extended family is viewed as a group (separate families).
Yes, but is that family of 6 one nuclear family (mom, dad and 4 kids)? Or is it extended family (mom, dad, aunt sue, cousin billy, grandad)?
If it's the nuclear family, they would view it as one family. The extended family is viewed as a group (separate families).
Family is family!! .
But, see, I don't see the second group as "extended" at all. After all, Aunt Sue would be a sister, an immediate relation to either Mom or Dad. Cousin Billy would be the child of Aunt Sue, again a direct relation. And Grandpa, of course is the parent of either mom or dad and Aunt Sue.....PARENT....it does not get much more immediate family than that.
That would be like saying that my sister who was recently married is now "extended family" to me, which is ludicrous. She is my sister!
Exactly!
But, see, I don't see the second group as "extended" at all. After all, Aunt Sue would be a sister, an immediate relation to either Mom or Dad. Cousin Billy would be the child of Aunt Sue, again a direct relation. And Grandpa, of course is the parent of either mom or dad and Aunt Sue.....PARENT....it does not get much more immediate family than that.
That would be like saying that my sister who was recently married is now "extended family" to me, which is ludicrous. She is my sister!
Exactly!
That is the definition of an extended family in the dictionary and society, not just DCL. The nuclear family is parents and children. Blood relatives beyond that is extended.
If my parents are in one room, and my sister and I, as adults, are in another room, don't you think it would be fair to consider us a family and not a group? Or, what if there was a family of 4, and grandparents staying across the hall?