Embarkation change DCL Treasure 10/18/25

[Girl of the South]

Maybe RCCL is better at shooing people off the ship.

 

[rhit2004]

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.

So you got into the terminal less than 15 minutes after your scheduled time? Seems like a minor issue.

Having a Port Arrival Time (PAT) opposed to a Boarding Time does confuse people (not saying you are one of them). It is not uncommon that people think the PAT is the time you can expect to get onto the ship ---- when it is actually the time you are allowed to enter the terminal to start the check-in process.

 

[DCLMP]

Maybe RCCL is better at shooing people off the ship.

The last group disembarks at 915. I believe they give you a disembarking time. I don't think they have scheduled breakfast times so leaving the ship is a little more staggered.

 

[DCLMP]

So you got into the terminal less than 15 minutes after your scheduled time? Seems like a minor issue.

Having a Port Arrival Time (PAT) opposed to a Boarding Time does confuse people (not saying you are one of them). It is not uncommon that people think the PAT is the time you can expect to get onto the ship ---- when it is actually the time you are allowed to enter the terminal to start the check-in process.

On some cruise lines that is the time you check in and walk on the ship. I could see where that could be confusing if you are not used to the way Disney does it.

 

[DCL58]

So you got into the terminal less than 15 minutes after your scheduled time? Seems like a minor issue.

Having a Port Arrival Time (PAT) opposed to a Boarding Time does confuse people (not saying you are one of them). It is not uncommon that people think the PAT is the time you can expect to get onto the ship ---- when it is actually the time you are allowed to enter the terminal to start the check-in process.

About to become Pearl with DCL, so we are well aware of the difference in PAT and BG. We sail out of PC multiple times per year - 4 times so far this year for 29 nights.

Every other time we have sailed in the last 3 years, our PAT group has been allowed into the terminal before the actual time on our boarding pass. Most cruises, way before PAT. Until last Saturday. It was a drastic change from our other experiences. Even the port workers commented on the mob of people in lines outside the terminal.

Just a heads up to others - as this seems to be a change since our last cruises in July.

 

[DCLMP]

About to become Pearl with DCL, so we are well aware of the difference in PAT and BG. We sail out of PC multiple times per year - 4 times so far this year for 29 nights.

Every other time we have sailed in the last 3 years, our PAT group has been allowed into the terminal before the actual time on our boarding pass. Most cruises, way before PAT. Until last Saturday. It was a drastic change from our other experiences. Even the port workers commented on the mob of people in lines outside the terminal.

Just a heads up to others - as this seems to be a change since our last cruises in July.

I've been on 34 DCL cruises and I've had 5 or 6 really bad boarding experiences. All of them with the BG 1 or 2. I haven't cruised 34 times on another line to know if this is statistically normal or not. I wouldn't necessarily say it's a change. It's most likely just a one-off.