Brobbins246 Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 I've noticed that a lot of early morning shore excursions (the ones booked thru RC) have start times that are earlier than the port arrival time. For instance, my cruise in March arrives in Roatan at 8AM ship time, but there's about 10 excursions with a 7:30 AM start time that day. I'm confused what everyone does for 30 minutes before the ship docks. Maybe even longer for time to get the gangway down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 They gather people in the theater to be ready to disembark as soon as possible. If they try to gather people at the published arrival time some people are always late. By ‘starting’ an excursion before the publushed arrival time it better ensures everyone is there and they can stream groups off as soon as the ship is cleared without waiting for the inevitable stragglers In some cases where tenders are involved at some ports the ship might have an 8 am ‘published’ arrival time, excursion tenders can run before those open to other non-excursion guests. Brobbins246 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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