Re: Explorer of the Seas


"Bill" <billrubin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Out of curiosity, did you get to your first port late? If so,
then you know when they leave at 5 and don't have a lot of time
to pad the time in NJ.


No , we were able to make up the time .

Also, if I recall correctly, they tell you that boarding time is
2pm. And the RCI website says "Please do not plan on arriving at
the pier prior to the specified time as the ship will not be
ready to board guests".

I think , but am not positive , that we were supposed to begin boarding at
noon . In fact , now that I'm thinking about it , initially we were told at
the terminal that boarding would be DELAYED until 2:30 , so it must have
normally been earlier. Still , considering it takes time to check in , get
your photo taken , recieve your Sea Pass , ect . , We weren't that early .
However , we had little choice , as we came by a chartered bus (from
Connecticut) and thats the time the bus was available.



While it sucks to have had to wait until
6:30, you shouldn't have gotten there so early. Maybe they
should have called local passengers and told them not to arrive
early (maybe they did?).


Some people were called , but those calls only could have helped people that
had flexible travel arrangements. Anyone using airlines or other commercial
means of travel probably couldn't do anything about it. I never got a call ,
neither did my travel agent . The people that did said they only got the
calls late the night before or the same day we left.


Clearly the Cape Liberty terminal is not as nice as it should be
and it really sucks when there are long delays. But it's not
clear what they can do differently with the current layout.
Should they have bussed everyone to another location during the
waiting time? There's really no good solution.


Well, the terminal itself isn't really bad , it serves the purpose, and
would be fine it only served the size ships it was designed for . The root
of the problem was that there was no room for 3,000 people . The Explorer is
a huge ship , and before Royal Caribbean began sailing her from that
terminal , it pretty obvious that they should have made some
upgrades/improvements to the terminal first . Thats really the point I was
making to the original poster . Unexpected things can and will sometimes
happen , but if one happens with THAT ship in THAT port then the result is
much worse than you would expect.


.

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