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All sailings on Spectrum of the Seas when departing from Mainland China, are Culturally Enriching Cruises. Guests will be immersed in the local culture, Mandarin and Chinese food are the primary on board. By the same token, Diamond Princess sailings are Japanese.

Don't be surprised if seeing bidet toilets bring on board 😜 Dancing grannies and Damas 大妈 bad behaviour on MSC Bellissima during her maiden voyage from Shanghai, only pizza area and specialty restaurants were missed. This is how Socialism with Chinese characteristics supersedes Western Capitalism !

Which airport Haneda or Narita? All international flights must be checked in at least 2 hours before scheduled departure, you must go through security and exit immigration. Once the gangway is open for disembarkation, the real wait is simply how many other people are ahead of you. Yokohama has three cruise terminals, taxi resource will be tight if multiple ships in port, taxi time to Haneda airport usually is 30 min without traffic; to Narita is 90 min.

As of 2024, passport holders for the following countries DO NOT need a visa to Vietnam: Chile, Panama, Cambodia, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Brunei, Myanmar, Belarus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom (Not applicable to BNO), and Kazakhstan.

Kobe City usually runs complimentary shuttle to Kobe Chinatown, drop off at Daimaru Kobe. if Yokohama city offer complimentary shuttle, drop off will be at Yokohama Yamashita Park, the stop is 5 min walk to metro Motomachi-Chūkagai Station (Chinatown), then you can ride direct metro to Shibuya, and Shinjuku is only 10 min metro away.

It's more a shopping cruise for the Chinese passengers from Shanghai.

The ship must clear immigration and customers at Osaka, 2-3 hours for a mega cruise. In Japan most attractions open from 9am to 5pm it's 30 min by metro from cruise terminal to Dotonbori (Japan Time Square). Kobe: The ship will dock at Kobe Port terminal, 5 min metro to city center. Yokohama:: all mega ship will dock at Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in a remote manmade island, no public transport access. To Tokyo, Shibuya, or Shinjuku you need to take a taxi to Yokohama station, if you know how to ride the subway, will get you to there within an hour. The biggest Japan Chinatown is Yokohama.

The ship must clear immigration and customers at Osaka, 2-3 hours for a mega cruise. In japan most attractions close at 5pm. Is 30 min by metro from cruise terminal to Osaka 191,812 photos Dotonbori

Only go through customs, don't carry any food items off the ship !! By law you must carrying your passport while travelling on shore. All public transportation except taxi shut down at midnight, you know the Cinderella folklore 😜

If you stay at the InterContinental Yokohama Pier 8 Hotel, you won't miss your cruise.😜

When I received my immigration ticket, I did asked Customer Relations who determined the priority, all they told everyone that it was Japan immigration's and they have no control, priority only given to shore excursions and confirmed private tours. Later my cruise friends who were in Suite told me the true story. Let's be open and honest, may be they were afraid of upsetting some passengers. I felt bad for those passengers who had to wait 3-4 hours for immigration.

I did ask Celebrity onboard Guest Relations regarding on immigration preference, they only admitted the shore excursion but not the status quo, they just BS was Japan immigration assigned the clearance timeslots.

Yes, preference given to Suite and Shore excursion passengers.

Space Beppu is a community space opened since April 2023, seems a new unique attraction, opening hours is 11am - 5pm.. For me, Beppu is known for onsen.😜

Sorry my mistake, the cruise terminal should be "Beppu International Tourism Port" , 600 feet north of Sun Flower Beppu Terminal. Access by train: 10 min walk to Beppudaigaku Station, train runs every 40 min, 4 min to Beppu staion and walk 12 min to Space Beppu