Embarkation change DCL Treasure 10/18/25

[DCL58]

Just a heads up for people driving to the port to sail the Treasure. We had an 11:45 PAT on 10/18. They did not let us in the terminal until almost 12:00. Never been held past our PAT before. There were huge lines of people outside the terminal. It was chaos. The workers said the Treasure has requested people to be let into the terminal at a slower pace than normal. They want fewer people in the terminal. It was close to 1:00 before we were on the ship.

 

[DCLMP]

Sounds like another great DCL embarkation experience.

 

[CamColt]

That's interesting! I wonder why embarkation is so hard for DCL. We sailed RCCL this summer and walked on the ship at 10:14 am. Easy Peasy!

 

[happycamper47]

Could have been issues on the ship that needed to be fixed before everybody was allowed to board.

 

[peder]

This can happen with any line. Most often debarkation is slowed down significantly because of issues with customs/immigration, especially if the automated machines go down. Then you end up with a super long debark line onboard and the ship doesn't get its passenger count down to zero until really late.

Could be lots of reasons for this type of thing to happen though: medical debark that has to happen first delaying debark for everyone else, maintenance in the embarkation area, the aforementioned immigration issues, bad weather leading to a late docking, etc.

 

[DCL58]

Could have been issues on the ship that needed to be fixed before everybody was allowed to board.

Lady said it was a new policy for the Treasure. Keeping the terminal less crowded. Keeping the crowds in line outside. She said they preferred the old way. Didn’t seem like an outside issue.

 

[peder]

That just sounds like they're trying to stop so many people from showing up early and actually showing up on their port arrival time. DCL is notorious for people trying to get there early.