Back to Back Cruise

[Logger1]

If we book a back to back cruise out of Fort Lauderdale with Princess, do we have to leave ship on switch over day? What happens to these passengers?

[floridalover5623]

You have to go through imaginations either on your own if you want to leave the ship early to go somewhere - shopping / sightseeing/ etc. or with the group from the ship around late morning.

[Colo Cruiser]

If we book a back to back cruise out of Fort Lauderdale with Princess, do we have to leave ship on switch over day? What happens to these passengers?

 

A quick search found lots of recent threads with this question.....

 

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2296963&highlight=turnaround+day

Edited January 31, 2016 by Colo Cruiser

[CruiserBruce]

You have to go through imaginations either on your own if you want to leave the ship early to go somewhere - shopping / sightseeing/ etc. or with the group from the ship around late morning.

 

Imaginations....:D;) That is a great auto correct!

[lrockwitt]

You go off through immigration with all B2B's or on your own and return to ship. I Ike as a group and we all get off and get back on together quickly

 

 

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[Logger1]

Thanks for help Keith. We good now

[Colo Cruiser]

Thanks for help Keith. We good now

 

 

All this cruise talk is making me want to go now! :D

[geoherb]

The first time we did b2b cruises, a mother-daughter pair delayed our immigration process by not showing up. The next time we did b2b cruises, we planned ahead--bringing along our travel Scrabble board to pass the time while we waited. We didn't get a chance to play. The procedure worked very quickly that time since everyone showed up on time.

[BRANDEE]

If we book a back to back cruise out of Fort Lauderdale with Princess, do we have to leave ship on switch over day? What happens to these passengers?

 

Our last two b2b's we did not have to get off the ship. All passengers "in transit" and not getting off to tour FLL, assemble at a designated dining room with passport, cruise card and "in transit" card.

 

After the ship gets to zero (they beep you off with your card) it is up to immigration to either make you leave the ship to go down into the cruise port or they send an immigration officer to the dining room to zap your passport as you sit in dining room. Then a ship officer beeps your card as you leave the dining room. Now you do whatever you like!

 

Last year over 1200 did b2b so immigration came on board. This year only 279 did the b2b and again they came on board. You don't know until you are told in the dining room.

 

The time you wait depends on how long it takes to bring the ship to zero. When you hear passenger services paging people..you know you will be waiting.

 

On my last two b2bs I did not receive a new cruise card the second cruise, the first one had the dates for both cruises on it.

Edited February 1, 2016 by BRANDEE

[Keith1010]

Yes, you will have to leave at a designated time to go through immigration and then wait to return to the ship once the ship is cleared. Ship cannot be cleared until the last passengers is off.

 

This is a USA immigration/customs requirement and all cruise ships are required to follow this procedure.

 

Keith