everything I’ve read said the pat is also your boarding. You arrive, no checkin, go through security, covid testing and other checks (no one knows about other protocol) and you go right onboard. no One knows yet if they will ask if you voluntarily can show your fax card yet, or other type of protocol from other cruise lines. Still waiting for those US guidelines.
according to the UK cruisers, there was no platinum boarding perk nor any platinum pat perk. (I’m platinum, so watching all this info as it unfolds and possibly changes). Btw, reading that there is no chocolate on your pillow at night. Oh the horror, I’ll have to bring my own! Folks should read the UK cruise thread to read some firsthand reports.
Yes, we got an email overnight saying our information was reviewed and verified and it gave the whole spiel about showing our information at the port. Which really, that is all we ever do at the port anyway. We never have a line at check in, maybe 5 minutes, then it takes about 3 minutes at the desk and we are done. The email made it sound like it's the same thing (minus the 7 seconds for the photos that took 12 hours to upload
). But if we need tests at the port, that is going to take longer. The email doesn't mention it, but who knows? We were given Boarding Group 3 so if that is the same as my PAT time of 1:00, there is no way I can arrive at the port at 1:00, park, go through security, show our documents, and board the ship at 1:00. Also, I watched a video from a girl on the UK sailings. if I heard her right she arrived at 12;30 and boarded at 3:00. UGH!
And yes, that is correct, there is no platinum boarding group 1 perk. Everyone but concierge has to choose a time. Concierge gets group 1.
No chocolate??? No I have an issue!
I’d like to know this as well. Do they want the whole passport page? Or just the photo?
We don’t sail until November, and I’m trying to not get too excited, but I watched an old episode of The Love Boat and honestly just the little snippet of video showing the hull slice through the waves just made me miss cruising again.
The passport page. And another photo of a headshot, not the passport photo. 2 photos per person.
I love the Love Boat! So cheezy!
How do you upload a picture??? I am computer illiterate old school
I'm not good at explaining that stuff...Im not good at doing it. DCL's site was not cooperating for any of us so that didn't help. Maybe someone can give you a better answer than me. Or you might want to go to the Tech Board here and ask. Someone who knows the right words may be able to explain it better.
so maybe you don't need to do this in advance? It say "to save time..."
Yes, that would be the thought, but you can't go on to PAT and Cruise Contract until the information section is done. Those 2 sections were "temporarily locked" until you finished the pictures. They don't make it easy! And trust me, it doesn't save time!