Help! Need Definitive Answer On Online Activities Booking

[Empress Room]

Is online booking for shore excursions, spa and Palo dining/brunch open at midnight eastern standard time or 3:00 a.m. eastern standard time on the 90th (or 105th or 75th) day prior to embarkation?

I seem to recall varying opinions on this. Do I need to set my alarm clock for really early or can I just go to bed somewhat later?

Thanks.

 

[CraftyMouse]

Is online booking for shore excursions, spa and Palo dining/brunch open at midnight eastern standard time or 3:00 a.m. eastern standard time on the 90th (or 105th or 75th) day prior to embarkation?

I seem to recall varying opinions on this. Do I need to set my alarm clock for really early or can I just go to bed somewhat later?

Thanks.

It is Midnight Eastern time and has been since at least September when I booked for our Dec. cruises. At one time it was 3am Eastern but that time was changed.

Much of the confusion has come from DCL reps who have provided the wrong time to callers. Sometimes info doesn't get around as quickly as it probably should and many reps were still giving out the 3am time several months after the change. Rest assured that the time is Midnight eastern!

 

[winotracy]

Is online booking for shore excursions, spa and Palo dining/brunch open at midnight eastern standard time or 3:00 a.m. eastern standard time on the 90th (or 105th or 75th) day prior to embarkation?

I seem to recall varying opinions on this. Do I need to set my alarm clock for really early or can I just go to bed somewhat later?

Thanks.

Used to be 3am but it is now Midnight Eastern time. I verified this with DCL just a couple weeks ago.

 

[LisaBi]

I booked mine at 11:00 pm central time -which would be midnight eastern. This was for the upcoming March 15 cruise.

 

[allears]

We booked ours at the 90 day mark for next week's cruise and it was 12 am eastern time. However, I couldn't complete on line check in until I tried the next morning. This was no big deal, as I was more interested in our Palo, spa and shore reservations.

Went smoothly and booked every thing the way we wanted it.

 

[patsal]

We booked ours at the 90 day mark for next week's cruise and it was 12 am eastern time. However, I couldn't complete on line check in until I tried the next morning. This was no big deal, as I was more interested in our Palo, spa and shore reservations.

Went smoothly and booked every thing the way we wanted it.

On Monday of last week I was able to book for APril 13th cruise. I had the same issue with not being able to complete the online check in--which was ok by me since I had to go to sleep anyway! I had an issue withthe suystem telling me I could not book because I was not paid in full. When I refreshed it changes to can't bok because bithdates are incorrect, then I refreshed again and by 12:12 I was able to get in and book everything that i wanted. I went in priority order for me that was 1. Palo, 2. excursions and 3. Spa. I ended up with everything I wanted just times were a bit off from what I had hoped for.

 

[MassDisLovers]

Just be careful - if you have the page open and are anxiously waiting for it to be midnight, sometimes the site "freezes" and you can't get in at the stroke of midnight. If this happens, log out and then log back on and you should be fine.