The Key

[VinceC]

Do you get Early Boarding with the Key?  And what would be considered early?

For a 4pm Ship Departure what is the earliest time that they would have you check-in at the port?

[AshleyDillo]

10 or 10:30 has been the earliest check-in I have seen that you can opt for.

The Key has a dedicated line at check-in. They board The Key after suites and Pinnacles.

[VinceC]

With the Key do you think we would have a checkin time between 10am and 12pm.

I am trying to arrange transportation to the cruise port for my family of 9 and I wanted to lock in the time for us to be picked up.

Also, at the end of the cruise, we plan on having breakfast before getting off the ship so I will assume we should be off by 930am, how long do you think it will take to get out of the terminal after immigration and customs?

[AshleyDillo]

I think it depends on which port you are sailing from with respect to The Key.

I know they were sending out in The Key details that you get priority boarding if you arrived before 11:30 but after that you got priority in your arrival time only. That was also when there were a lot more hoops to jump through which slowed down the boarding process.

You select your arrival time (check-in time) when you do the online check-in that opens 45 days before sailing. Having the The Key doesn't mean you don't have to do this check-in at 45 days out, but it just allows you to still get the priority boarding if you end up not being able to pick an early arrival/check-in time.   

Typically the ships start boarding around 11am.

[RCLblue10]

Does the key allow my time dinners to the front of the wait line?

[Ampurp85]

4 hours ago, RCLblue10 said:

Does the key allow my time dinners to the front of the wait line?

This depends, there is a key line for a lot of things including MTD. It doesn't mean you go the front for a wait but that there is a dedicated line. Since there will be less people with the Key, you will have a shorter line.