What Does Boarding Group Mean On Carnival Cruise?

The author is traveling with a party of seven, including their parents and older children, and checked in at the same time. Two rooms were assigned to the A01 boarding group and one to the A02. The author suggests that guests should arrive promptly within their Arrival Appointment to reduce wait time in line. At check-in, guests must present their boarding pass, picture ID, and citizenship. Open boarding is reached when there are few people coming up to go in. Carnival Cruise Line has further explained boarding procedures in Galveston and how priority access works differently than other homeports.

Guests can enter the terminal through the priority line, on time line, or the Carnival Priority Check-in service. Open boarding is reached when there are few people coming up to go in. This means that guests will be in the third group out of B zone to board, so they might not set foot on the ship until 11AM.

Guests should arrive promptly within their Arrival Appointment to reduce wait time in line. At check-in, guests must present their boarding pass, picture ID, and citizenship. The boarding zone is when you board the ship, starting with A01, which usually has a 10-10:30 boarding time. Carnival’s Priority Check-in is an exclusive service designed to afford VIFP Diamond, Platinum, and deluxe suite guests with special embarkation and debarkation privileges.