MattABC

Thanks for everyone sharing their experiences / thoughts. Boarding earlier does seem to offer quite a few advantages, even without staterooms being ready. I also think it's a good thing that Royal Caribbean tries to work with time slots in order to distribute the number of waiting passengers a bit more evenly. Now, I was just wondering what would happen if, say, your ride to the airport was delayed and you missed your assigned time slot? Could it be that the cruise line then just assigns you to any time slot where the relative number of passengers is lower, and so you might wait for several hours? Has anyone experienced something like that?

Hi, I was wondering which time slot may be preferable (and for what reason) when selecting a time slot for health check during the online check-in process: the earliest at 11:30am-12:00pm, or more something like 2:00-2:30pm (where the last possible time slot is 4:30-5:00pm)? I read that some people like to choose the earliest possible time, but as a first-time cruiser, I don't really understand what advantages this would have (intuitively, I would rather have picked something around 2pm, as it allows for a later hotel checkout time). I also found some forum discussions revolving around check-in times, but none specifically about which time slots to choose. Any input / insight would be highly appreciated. Thanks, Matt