Welcome to the Royal Caribbean blog podcast, a weekly looking to the world of Royal Caribbean cruising.

I'm your host, Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number eight.

If I had to pick, I would say the most exciting day for any Royal Caribbean cruise would

have to be Embarcation Day.

And on this week's episode, that's all we're going to be talking about.

Let's explore the first day of your cruise, including arriving at the port, the check-in process, what to do when

you get on board, exploring the ship, and other fun things to do on your very first day on board.

So let's wipe away those tears of joy, and here we go.

So, ideally, you've arrived to the port at least a day or so before your cruise, just to avoid

any unforeseen delays, that is, especially if you're flying into the port. least a day or so before your cruise just to avoid any unforeseen delays.

That is, especially if you're flying into the port.

There's a whole debate about whether you should fly into your port the day before your cruise or the day of your cruise.

But we'll save that for another episode.

The bottom line is my recommendation is if you are flying into your port that you should try to get there at least the day before your cruise, if not more so.

That way, you're at the port you've slept in, and you can go to the pier right at the

perfect time.

Now, if you are driving to your cruise, perhaps you live close enough to the cruise port that

you don't have to fly, you can just drive, like perhaps you live in Florida and you can get

to your cruise port.

Well, that's great.

Then you don't have to worry about that at all. So generally speaking, the cruise ports will allow a new passengers to start checking in as early as 10 a.m.

Normally, there's no later than, say, 11 a.m., unless there's some sort of weird delay that's going on.

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