B2B fort lauderdalel

[BOATRUNR]

I no I am going to get the answer. Why do you need to go through custom and then right back on the ship on a b2b cruise. Thanks

[ggprincess2004]

Because you have been outside of the US. You do not have to get right back on the ship if you prefer to spend some time enjoying Ft. Lauderdale before your second sailaway.

[paul929207]

It is a requirement of US Immigration. If you do a B2B in most other countries it is not required.

[Colo Cruiser]

Because you are reentering the US.

[Shogun]

Hi There

 

What happens is if you want to stay on board on turn around day or get off late in the day, you are requested to wait in a bar with other b2b passengers, once ship is at zero count eveyone off and through customs,

you get escorted down through passport and back up onto the ship, you leave with your old cruise card and enter with your new one, they often give these on the last day of your first cruise.

 

The problem on my last cruise was computer kept saying one person missing how they missed swiping there card but cost us a few hours waiting.

 

If you want to just get of and do your own thing no problem just walk off and reboard later in the day.

 

yours Shogun

[PescadoAmarillo]

The ship must be "cleared", which means that every person on the ship (including crew and entertainers) must be accounted for. For the crew and staff, this is done somehow without them passing through immigration. But we generally see entertainers that performed late on one cruise going through immigration and then reboarding and performing early on the next cruise.

 

Just one person unaccounted for will hold up the passengers boarding on the next cruise.