That crowd outside of the building was bonkers!! I realize you can't control people, but
DCL really needs to at least attempt to communicate that it's pointless to get there so early. We had 11:00 PAT and crossed the street at 11:08. There was a big line to put luggage on carts, plus the 3 PAT lines (11:15, 11:30, 11:45 at that point), and the big extra group of people waiting for no reason. I went up to a CM and said I had 11am PAT, and she pointed us straight through and said I could drop my luggage inside. So by arriving shortly after PAT, we completely avoided that entire outside wait. I have absolutely no idea why anyone would wait there for 45min from PAT line opening, much less hours longer! On my post-cruise survey, I told DCL that that was a big mess, and it was only thanks to disboards that I knew how to time my arrival and bypass the crowds and lines.