Leaving the ship on disembarking day and at port questions

[canadadreamer]

We will be going on our very first cruise in a few weeks, and just had some questions about disembarking day and getting off at Port. How do they arrange who gets off the ship when? We will be on the Escape.

[arlodog]

A couple of days before your cruise ends you will be asked to state when you want to depart. Your room steward will bring color coded tags for your bags depending on what time you choose. You leave them outside your room by midnight on the last night. (don't forget to keep valuables and a change of clothes with you to carry off) Once you are off the ship you find your luggage depending on the color of tag in a big warehouse type setting. Or you can choose to carry off all of your own luggage (you won't be able to have any help and may need to carry them down stairs) which will begin very early. Usually around 7 or 7:30 once the the ship has been cleared and customs/immigration is ready. People will be lined up to go and led/directed by the staff. Everyone else will be asked to leave their rooms by around 8am so they can begin the process of cleaning/turning over the ship for the next cruise. You can go eat breakfast while you wait- usually at the buffet or restaurant. It is a very easy process and will be explained a couple of days before the end of the cruise both in writing and usually on the TV in the room.

Enjoy your cruise!

[sanger727]

Getting off in port is easy. If it's a docked port they will announce when the gangway is ready and where it is and you simply head down. Small to no line. Tender ports are more difficult where they will tell you when and where you can get tender tickets and then you get in line based on your tender time. We always do easy walk off so don't get tags on disembarkation day

 

 

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[riclop]

We will be going on our very first cruise in a few weeks, and just had some questions about disembarking day and getting off at Port. How do they arrange who gets off the ship when? We will be on the Escape.

They will ask you and you can carry your own luggage and leave earlier if you have an early flight.

[BirdTravels]

We will be going on our very first cruise in a few weeks, and just had some questions about disembarking day and getting off at Port. How do they arrange who gets off the ship when? We will be on the Escape.

Starting on Day 6, there will be a shelf in Guest Services with colored luggage tags. The TV screen above the shelf will tell you the approximate time each color tag will be ready to disembark. The night before you arrive, you leave your suitcases in the hall outside your room by midnight with the color tag attached. The porters will take your bags off the ship and into the baggage hall before customs. On the morning of your arrival, the cruise director will begin calling colors. When your color is called, you head to the [long] line of people leaving the ship and going into customs. You look for the section of the baggage hall with your color and pick up your bags and proceed to customs and immigration.

 

The Escape is a big ship (the nicest in the fleet - we have sailed on her twice). There will be a mad rush of people doing self carry off of bags when the ship arrives. Avoid the hoards of people. In the morning, have a leisurely breakfast, and leave the ship between 9:00 and 10:00. You need to be out of your room around 8:30 so that they can clean it for the next cruise. All Ashore is at 10:00 where everyone has to be off (they will start boarding the next cruise around 11:00).

[easyboy]

We will be going on our very first cruise in a few weeks, and just had some questions about disembarking day and getting off at Port. How do they arrange who gets off the ship when? We will be on the Escape.

It will be based on your preference.

[canadadreamer]

Thanks everyone for clarifying, makes me much more confident. Can anyone tell me if any of the following ports are tendered?

 

Roatan/Harvest Caye/Costa Maya/Cozumel