Two different port arrival times

[FigmentSpark]

Well, it happened again. We have 2 staterooms and by the time I got through one check-in (complete with its problems) and then got through the other (which made me upload stuff 2 times for one pax), I got two different port arrival times.

We are all travelling in the same car together. Can we all arrive at the same time? The second one is 11am and the first is 10:45.

Also, is there a chance that I will be able to move the 11am to a 10:45 at a later date? Does that happen? It happened the last time we were travelling, but considering that was the first cruise DCL had to cancel for covid, I'm guessing I got an earlier time because so many people were cancelling. I don't know if we'll see those kinds of cancellations this time around.

 

[Disneyland_emily]

Definitely keep checking especially in the few days close as people cancel their times typically open up

 

[OKW Lover]

We are all travelling in the same car together. Can we all arrive at the same time? The second one is 11am and the first is 10:45.

Sure, just plan on arriving at 11 and you'll be fine.

 

[stkgator]

Since they are back-to-back PAT's I would not worry. We had the same situation this past December. I arrived at the earlier PAT and had no issues checking in. The only time where I noticed that they were strictly enforcing PATs was back in September.

 

[nikem3]

I booked a cruise two weeks prior to the cruise leaving and they only had 1:30 available. I checked a few times a day for the next week and was able to get it updated to 10:45. So it definitely happens. I don't think it will matter since you are back to back, but you can always check.

 

[Calantha]

We had a 10:45 PAT and by the time everything was situated it was 11AM anyway...I wouldn't worry. If it were 11 and 1, that might be different.

 

[kps7795]

I wanted a 10:45 PAT, but the earliest that we saw was at 11:00. Are you sailing Concierge? I wonder what would lead to the difference in available times unless the 10:45 was already filled up. My wife and I finished the selection process at around 12:25.

 

[nikem3]

I wanted a 10:45 PAT, but the earliest that we saw was at 11:00. Are you sailing Concierge? I wonder what would lead to the difference in available times unless the 10:45 was already filled up. My wife and I finished the selection process at around 12:25.

I am silver and got 10:45am. It equates to group 6. I believe Concierge just allows you to do it before everyone else, but if someone cancels or changes later on, its fair game.

 

[kps7795]

We're Platinum. My guess is that we were just too damn slow and it was filled up before we got to the end.

 

[lanejudy]

We're Platinum. My guess is that we were just too damn slow and it was filled up before we got to the end.

Platinum CC has not received priority boarding since the restart. Only concierge, B2B, and some booked for DCL transfers. Available times may change so check back if you want something different.

 

[FigmentSpark]

I wanted a 10:45 PAT, but the earliest that we saw was at 11:00. Are you sailing Concierge? I wonder what would lead to the difference in available times unless the 10:45 was already filled up. My wife and I finished the selection process at around 12:25.

We are not concierge. I think 10:45 must have filled. I finished the first one around 12:20ish and the second around 12:30. I had spiral circling issues (that blue circle) and I had issues with adding my son's data. Everything was fine, but it would give me a blank form when I pressed "save". Twice. So those things contributed to how much time it took to get to the screen.

I am silver and got 10:45am. It equates to group 6. I believe Concierge just allows you to do it before everyone else, but if someone cancels or changes later on, its fair game.

We got group 7 for our 10:45 and group 8 for our 11:00.

 

[Ladyfish77]

Are you driving or arriving by some other type of transportation? If using Disney transportation--you arrive when you arrive and they will send you to testing. We arrived last week by rental car shuttle around 10:20am for a 10:45am PAT. We were asked for our PAT but no one made us stand around--porters took our bags immediately and we were sent to testing tents. Had our test done around 10:35 (I forgot to check my watch) and results by 11:15am. So about an hour from port arrival to ready to board.

 

[FigmentSpark]

we’re driving and planning on parking at port.

 

[Freeman867]

We just did this last week. One stateroom had a PAT time 15 minutes after the first. We showed up at the first time and he couldn't have cared less when I pulled up. Same with the boarding group, they were about 4 apart. When I asked, the cast member said just use the first one, it's not a big deal. Now if your PATs were hours apart, there'd probably a problem, but 15 minutes, I wouldn't worry about being turned away.

 

[FigmentSpark]

Thanks.