Ticketed M&G question

[rien713]

We sail on the Wonder on 11/13. I'm starting to get nervous that I won't be able to secure M&G tickets for my daughters to meet the Princesses and Frozen crew. Our PAT isn't until 2PM(!). Apart from embarkation day, are there any other opportunities to get tickets to these M&Gs? Only DISBoards would understand the level of anxiety this is causing me, lol.

 

[Weedy]

Typically they go to open boarding about 12:30. Meaning there is no longer a line and once people check in they can just board. So with that late of boarding time you should be able to board a little earlier than your PAT.

WARNING sometimes sailing out of Galveston the ship is late because of fog. If this happens and people waiting in the terminal get backed up you will not be able to enter the terminal until your assigned time. So check before you leave early. Most times it will be posted on these boards if the ship is running late.

Also it's unusual to have that late of PAT make sure when you picked your PAT that your flight arrival time is listed correctly. Sometimes people arriving the day before list the time as the day of and that messes up being able to pick an earlier PAT

Note: I have not sailed out of Galveston the port may go to open boarding a little later than 12:30ish, those who have please comment.

 

[rien713]

I'm in Houston and am well familiar with Galveston's fog, having been stuck on a CCL that couldn't dock for HOURS back in January! But thank you for the reminder to check boards for delays.

My late PAT is my own fault, as I thought I'd already completed online check-in and only realized about a week ago that it was still pending! By that time, 2PM was my earliest window. Bad, me. I did call embarkation guest services and, like you, they recommended trying to show up around noon-thirty for open boarding despite the later PAT.

I guess my concern is, worst case scenario and I can't get on until my scheduled time, if all M&Gs are taken by time I get there, will I have any other chances to redeem myself and still score some at a later time? This is all under the assumption that these tickets DO "sell out."

 

[scrappinginontario]

We were on the Wonder in February. I didn't get to Guest Services until after 3:00 but was still able to secure M&G for A&E without any problem.

Unfortunately, at least on our sailing, the only way to meet A&E was at a meet 'n greet. Hopefully if you head straight to GS when you board (and arrive earlier as suggested by others) you'll be able to book all that you want.

 

[Csstingray]

I'm going to attempt to link to another recent thread that I commented on that deals with the same concern:

http://www.disboards.com/posts/54659533/

(I think you'll be fine, regardless of your PAT!)

 

[rien713]

Wonderful, thank you!