Yes, maybe twice in the last 10 cruises we could not board until the official time. One of these times, the ship was late getting to port and the other time I really don't know what the reason was. (Wendy, I think it was the SAND cruise I am remembering that we had to all wait together in the boarding area for several hours?)
I guess you can never tell for sure that you will be able on early so maybe you would want to wait until the official time?
