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>>447
got into a elevator in this order: 光奈, 璃子.
光奈、璃子と乗り込む ＝ 光奈、璃子の順番で乗り込む

I can't give or find a good grammatical explanation of this と usage. (But this is not a difficult or rare usage.)
So I searched for some illustrative examples.
東京→オーストラリア→ニュージーランド→東京 と周遊する場合、 http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1184324136
If I make a round tour in this order:Tokyo, Australia, New Zealand, Tokyo,
三角食べ - ご飯・おかず・汁物と順に食べる食べ方。http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/90269/m0u/
三角食べ（triangle eating）is a way of eating. To eat a meal in this order:rice, side dish, soup, rice... .
"順に" is inessential. This sentence can make sense as the same meaning with only "と".
However, though it's inessential, this "order" usage of と is often accompanied with some kind of "sequential" word like the followings: 順に、続けざまに、次々に、周遊、巡る、廻る、交互に etc.

Incidentally,
光奈、璃子と乗り込む ≠ 璃子、光奈の順番で乗り込む
光奈、璃子と乗り込む ≠ 光奈が璃子と一緒に乗り込む
光奈、璃子と乗り込む ≠ 私は光奈と璃子と一緒に乗り込む（In this context. Because "I" obviously got into the elevator before the other did. "真っ先に中に入ると、". ）
And you need only one "と" at the last. You can't say 「AとBとCと乗る。」as this "order" meaning.
If someone said 「AとBとエレベーターに乗った」, it always means "Got into a elevator with A and B.".