Carnival online "funpass" registration

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CARNIVAL ENHANCES ‘FUN PASS’ ON-LINE PRE-CRUISE REGISTRATION SYSTEM, FURTHER EXPEDITING EMBARKATION PROCESS

MIAMI (February 13, 2008) – Carnival Cruise Lines has enhanced its “Fun Pass†on-line embarkation portal to allow guests the ability to register for the line’s shipboard credit card system and to electronically accept the Terms and Conditions of Passage prior to their cruise, thus further expediting the embarkation process.

Through the enhanced system, guests sailing with Carnival are now able to submit credit card information for their on-board “Sail & Sign†accounts via a secure encryption method and review/acknowledge the line’s ticket contract, both of which previously had to be completed manually during the check-in process at the cruise terminal. Another new feature enables Carnival’s guests to designate a responsible party and pre-register up to three cabins at the same time in one session.

Carnival’s on-line embarkation portal, located at carnival.com/mycruise, was launched in 2003 to comply with the data-gathering requirements of U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). With “FunPass,†guests can register up to the day prior to sailing and are provided with a printable document allowing them to “fast track†through embarkation when they arrive at the cruise terminal.

“Currently, nearly 90 percent of all Carnival guests take advantage of the convenient on-line ‘Fun Pass’ system and these new enhancements will serve to further expedite the boarding process for embarking on their ‘Fun Ship’ cruise,†said Vicky Rey, Carnival’s vice president of reservations administration.

Carnival’s “FunPass†system is available in conjunction with departures on all 22 of the line’s ships which operate three- to 18-day voyages to the Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Hawaii, the Panama Canal, Canada, New England, Bermuda, Europe, and South America.
 
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mickeyboy7

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I wish all this pre-registration stuff really meant something like improving the embarkation process. My experience ( 3 Carnival trips in the last 4 years) has me disappointed with their boarding techniques. It seems that Royal Carib knows how to get you off those long lines and onto the ship to start your dream vacation much quicker than Carnival.
 
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MoJo2Rusty

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This past December we arrived at the Miami terminal and were probably on the ship within 45 min after entering the terminal. The boarding went much faster than my 3 previous experiences.
 
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steve4031

Guest
I just started working on this for my July 14, 2008 cruise on the inspiration. My understanding is that if I complete all of this information before hand, than whatever I print out will be my "cruise documents". If I am correct, than I am pretty happy because I never like to wait for things to be mailed to me. Since in the past documents were not mailed until a few weeks prior to the cruise, it gave less time to work out problems if documents did not arrive in a timely manner. This process seems to eliminate having to wait for paper documents.
 
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ski49

Guest
I've tried for the last 2 days to complete my "FunPass" online but it always comes back telling me it is incomplete. When I go back in to see what the problem is several entries have been erased so I fill them in again and save them.

No luck. I check my corrections and something else has been erased.

No response yet from Carnival as to what the problem might be (other than operator error).
 
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