DLC Transport No Show?

[shoegal9]

Does anyone know what happens if I book my husband a one-way DCL transport from WDW to Port Canaveral but he doesn't actually get ON the bus? Can he keep that port arrival time of 11:30 or whatever it is? Here is my dilemma- my entire family, including my husband and I, are staying at WDW for the weekend before our Wish cruise in January. My husband and I live in SW Florida so we drive to WDW and post-cruise I will be going to the airport with my family to travel to Michigan and my husband will return to our home in Florida with our vehicle. It doesn't really make a lot of sense for him to return to WDW and drive an extra hour or 2 home.

Obviously, we will all have different port arrival times if my family takes DC transport and my husband and I drive. So, I was contemplating taking the DCL transport with my family and paying for my husband to have a one way DCL transport ticket, so we can all board the ship together if he gets to keep that PAT? When I called DCL to discuss the issue they said my family could wait for our [likely] later PAT, but that means making kids under 5 sit in the terminal. I really don't care what time I get on the ship since this is not our first DCL cruise, but missing seeing my niece and nephew board their first cruise ever makes me sad.

 

[Snowwhyt]

Not showing up was not a problem when I was in Texas. I walked up to some manager, explained the problems that I had and explained why I wasn’t willing to take their transportation. I did not get a refund, but I did get a cruise credit for the problems I had.

 

[lanejudy]

If he is simply a no-show and the rest of your party is on the bus, you can inform the CM when boarding that he won’t be on the bus so they aren’t looking for him and the headcount matches. Presumably at that late point his PAT won’t change.