PAT and ground Transportation

[nikkistevej]

So I just did my online check in and we have ground transportation from the Poly already booked for my January cruise. It gave me a PAT time and boarding group- is that normal. I thought we wouldn't get a PAT time because we booked the DCL bus? Just want to make sure I did everything right or I need to call? Of course seems like site is down to look at it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[sponica]

It assigns a PAT and BG, so you don't have to pick one. My last cruise, we got there way before our assigned PAT and it didn't matter.

 

[nikkistevej]

Ok, perfect! Thanks so much- I was thinking I did something wrong. Appreciate your response.

It assigns a PAT and BG, so you don't have to pick one. My last cruise, we got there way before our assigned PAT and it didn't matter

 

[Mommb]

If you were assigned a Port Arrival Time automatically, the system recognized you would be on Disney transportation and assigned a time based on when your bus is expected to arrive at the terminal. You will probably be able to enter before that time if the bus runs early.

If you were asked to select a PAT, then you may want to make sure your ground transportation was properly booked.

 

[RedHead0186]

Yes, you technically still get a port arrival time, even with using DCL transport. It's mostly just a placeholder though (I think the system has to give you something), and it doesn't really matter. They'll let you in the terminal as soon as the bus arrives. The last two times we used DCL transportation our PAT was 12:15 pm, but we arrived much earlier than that (and IIRC we were actually just about boarding the ship at the time listed on our port arrival form).

You will adhere to your boarding group, though.

 

[dreamer17555]

It would awesome if you would want to share details of your check in here:
https://www.disboards.com/threads/pat-boarding-group-tracking-thread.3970226/