This article provides a step-by-step guide on completing the Disney Cruise Lines online check-in process. The process starts at 12:01 am Eastern Time and depends on your Castaway Club status. Pearl is 40 days before sailing, while Platinum is 38 days before. To secure an early boarding time, book activities and reservations online 75 days before the sail date, and the official online check-in 30 days before your cruise. The Disney Cruise Line Navigator app can be used to book activities, make payments, and check in online.
To access your Online Check-In information, log into the Disney Cruise Line website or Navigator app, select your sailing, and click on Begin Check-In. The Online Check-In button will appear within 30 days of your cruise, and you need to give permission for it. On the My Cruise Reservations page, scroll down to the Online Check-in heading under the Cruise Details tab and click the Check In link. Click Complete Check-In to return to the check-in website.
The components of the online check-in process include securing an early boarding time, booking activities and reservations, and using the app for Onboard Chat during your cruise.
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Thanks for posting this! This will be helpful for all the new cruisers out there who might not know the process! For the new tiered check in system I personally really like it because I feel like this was a clever way to help the Disney cruise line employees who would get hammered with waves of passport and guest photos to verify because now it won’t be as many coming in waves lol. I also think this will help the website from becoming overloaded because my mom experienced this the last time we sailed and everyone on the ship got to check in 30 days out. She went on to check in for us (I was out of town) and the website was glitchy and wasn’t working well at all! so I think with this new process it will help a lot! Pro tip for uploading photos: make sure the photos you upload are in the jpeg format. It’s my understanding the website won’t accept the HEIC format iPhones will take photos in so you will need to convert them beforehand!
I went on my first cruise on the Disney Wonder back in October. Your website and a couple of other websites gave our family so many tips and heads ups when it came to the online check-ins, doing Covid documents and what to expect when we got to the ship that even my nephew was answering other passengers’ questions. Thank you so much for your great informative articles!
Hi Theme Park Express! I am very shy about commenting on articles, but I just had to thank you for all the work you did making and posting this! Because of this awesome article, I knew exactly the information and photos I needed to have ahead of time. It made checking in a breeze. Thank you so much! Your articles are equal parts entertaining and informative- which is much appreciated!
I was thinking that the higher Castaway club members were always sooner because they always get the cabanas on Castaway Cay. So I think booking excursions and extras is on a different date, is that correct? Checking in gets you a sooner onboard time and royal meet and greet, is there any other advantages of earlier check in?