Where to print flight boarding pass

[Kohara]

If you can't check in until 24 hours before flight where do you print boarding pass? Getting off Alaska cruise in Seattle, I think that I'm going straight to airport from the ship. Inexperienced cruiser and flier here...

 

[PrincessShmoo]

If you can't check in until 24 hours before flight where do you print boarding pass? Getting off Alaska cruise in Seattle, I think that I'm going straight to airport from the ship. Inexperienced cruiser and flier here...

You'll have to print it at the airport.

 

[MillauFr]

If you have a smart phone you can just display your boarding pass on your phone

 

[disneyfaninaz]

I always print them at the airport when I check my bags. Your boarding number (assume SWA) won't change because you didn't print your pass when you check in.

 

[diznymom]

We went on an Alaskan cruise last summer. That was the one time I was very disappointed with the Guest Services desk. I went and asked about our boarding passes (Delta through DCL) and was told I could buy some internet minutes to print our boarding passes. Really?!? I booked our flight through DCL so I wouldn't have to deal with all this.

We printed our boarding passes at the airport.

 

[jdb in AZ]

We went on an Alaskan cruise last summer. That was the one time I was very disappointed with the Guest Services desk. I went and asked about our boarding passes (Delta through DCL) and was told I could buy some internet minutes to print our boarding passes. Really?!? I booked our flight through DCL so I wouldn't have to deal with all this.

We printed our boarding passes at the airport.

Did you participate in the onboard airline check-in?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Did you participate in the onboard airline check-in?

Do they have onboard airline check in for the Alaska cruises? I know they have it for Port Canaveral/Orlando and Miami cruises.

 

[jdb in AZ]

Do they have onboard airline check in for the Alaska cruises? I know they have it for Port Canaveral/Orlando and Miami cruises.

Good point. They've had it out of Seattle in the past, but most Alaskan cruises disembark in Vancouver.

 

[mmouse37]

We went on an Alaskan cruise last summer. That was the one time I was very disappointed with the Guest Services desk. I went and asked about our boarding passes (Delta through DCL) and was told I could buy some internet minutes to print our boarding passes. Really?!? I booked our flight through DCL so I wouldn't have to deal with all this.

We printed our boarding passes at the airport.

Think about it logistically. You may think you are the one person that needs to print their boarding pass out but in reality everyone that flies needs to print out their boarding passes so if everyone asked Guest Services it would be overwhelming....so....they say no. I can totally understand it. The majority of the other cruisers had to pay for minutes to print out their passes and/or check in for their flight so why should guest services make an exception for just one person. Everyone is in the same boat so to speak!

Edited to add that I do agree if you book your air with DCL that they should print your boarding pass (I didn't read that part of your post until now).
Should be a perk of booking your air with DCL.
MJ

 

[MillauFr]

Most people I see at SeaTac are tapping their phones on the TSA scanners not using paper boarding passes.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

If flying SOuthwest pay for priority check-in when you book then print boarding passes at the airport. That way you don't need to worry with Internet or check-in. It's all done for you. That's what we always do & it works well.

 

[diznymom]

Did you participate in the onboard airline check-in?

Yes. We booked everything through DCL and had a "participating airline". When we cruise out of Port Canaveral, we always have our boarding passes printed by GS and delivered to our staterooms (using participating airlines).

 

[DisneyParkFan]

Yes. We booked everything through DCL and had a "participating airline". When we cruise out of Port Canaveral, we always have our boarding passes printed by GS and delivered to our staterooms (using participating airlines).

This might be different for the Alaskan cruise, but if I book "everything" through DCL is there a choice of participating airlines? I assume it might be somewhat limited flying into and out of Vancouver.

 

[tvguy]

Think about it logistically. You may think you are the one person that needs to print their boarding pass out but in reality everyone that flies needs to print out their boarding passes so if everyone asked Guest Services it would be overwhelming....so....they say no. I can totally understand it. The majority of the other cruisers had to pay for minutes to print out their passes and/or check in for their flight so why should guest services make an exception for just one person. Everyone is in the same boat so to speak!

Edited to add that I do agree if you book your air with DCL that they should print your boarding pass (I didn't read that part of your post until now).
Should be a perk of booking your air with DCL.
MJ

True, they may not be set up for it. We cruised HAL to Alaska 3 years ago and they offer a package where they check you in, print your boarding pass, and take your checked luggage from outside your stateroom the night before, and check it in at most airlines. I think they charge $20 for this. We did it, it was well worth the $20. Maybe Disney will consider it. It certainly would be a nice revenue booster for them.

 

[jdb in AZ]

True, they may not be set up for it. We cruised HAL to Alaska 3 years ago and they offer a package where they check you in, print your boarding pass, and take your checked luggage from outside your stateroom the night before, and check it in at most airlines. I think they charge $20 for this. We did it, it was well worth the $20. Maybe Disney will consider it. It certainly would be a nice revenue booster for them.

RCCL offers something similar. When we disembarked in Seward, we walked about 50 yards to a train with a glass-domed roof that took us to the airport in Anchorage. Our luggage was picked up outside our stateroom the last night of the cruise, and the next time we saw it was at the Phoenix airport. It wasn't cheap, but we would have paid double for the service.

 

[mmouse37]

True, they may not be set up for it. We cruised HAL to Alaska 3 years ago and they offer a package where they check you in, print your boarding pass, and take your checked luggage from outside your stateroom the night before, and check it in at most airlines. I think they charge $20 for this. We did it, it was well worth the $20. Maybe Disney will consider it. It certainly would be a nice revenue booster for them.

Disney does have the Onboard Airline check In program which DCL will check you in for your flight, print and deliver your boarding passes, deliver your airline luggage tags and take your bags from the hallway and deliver them directly to your home airport. You leave the ship with just your carry ons and board the bus to MCO but you must meet the criteria which is having a domestic flight that leaves no earlier then 11:30 am, be booked on one of the participating airlines and have booked either DCL transfers and/or booked your air through DCL. This service is a perk and does not cost anything extra.

MJ

 

[jdb in AZ]

Disney does have the Onboard Airline check In program which DCL will check you in for your flight, print and deliver your boarding passes, deliver your airline luggage tags and take your bags from the hallway and deliver them directly to your home airport. You leave the ship with just your carry ons and board the bus to MCO but you must meet the criteria which is having a domestic flight that leaves no earlier then 11:30 am, be booked on one of the participating airlines and have booked either DCL transfers and/or booked your air through DCL. This service is a perk and does not cost anything extra.

MJ

OP wants to know if DCL offers this service for their Alaskan cruises?

 

[mmouse37]

OP wants to know if DCL offers this service for their Alaskan cruises?

I was specifically responding to TVGuy. Does seem strange that Dizneymom could not get their boarding passes printed. They say they participated in Onboard Airline Check In so either DCL dropped the ball or the OP did not register for Onboard Airline Check In (it is not automatic) or they don't offer Onboard Airline Check In in Alaska and Disneymom thought they were signed up for it by using a participating airline.

MJ

 

[tvguy]

I was specifically responding to TVGuy. Does seem strange that Dizneymom could not get their boarding passes printed. They say they participated in Onboard Airline Check In so either DCL dropped the ball or the OP did not register for Onboard Airline Check In (it is not automatic) or they don't offer Onboard Airline Check In in Alaska and Disneymom thought they were signed up for it by using a participating airline.

MJ

Been a dozen years since I cruised Disney, but I recall them handling the bags from the pier on, but we had to claim our bags to take them ourselves through customs. And it had to be a participating airline. But no printing boarding passes then. Had to do that at the airport.

 

[mmouse37]

Been a dozen years since I cruised Disney, but I recall them handling the bags from the pier on, but we had to claim our bags to take them ourselves through customs. And it had to be a participating airline. But no printing boarding passes then. Had to do that at the airport.

Yeah, if you participate in the Onboard Airline check in program they will print your boarding passes and deliver them right to your cabin. They no longer have the airlines outside the terminal. They truck the luggage to the airport but you never see it after you put it out into the hall until your home airport. It is a great program but not sure if it is available in Alaska.

MJ