NCL Joy: incompetent Portland disembarkation ruins excursion

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On 9/14/2022 at 3:44 PM, ZoeyRox said:

I really feel for the non-US citizens. Their process took forever and we still saw people waiting in line when we returned from exploring the area. The process wasted their day.

this.

 

a thousand times this.

 

i, too, was on this cruise. i left shortly after the ship was cleared. yes, i had to go through CBP for a cursory two question examination as a US citizen. got my blue sticker. when i returned to the ship four hours later, there were still long lines of non-US citizens waiting to get off the ship!

 

i've traveled extensively around the world by air and by sea. the US is the only country that doesn't get this right. never have i had to wait in unreasonable lines as a guest in another country. this is an embarrassment.

 

17 minutes ago, Sailing12Away said:

We had 2900 on board, and most were cleared by 2pm with a 12pm arrival & 10pm departure.

 

most US citizens were cleared. at 4 PM, there were still very long lines of non-US citizens waiting to be cleared. i would guesstimate 250 or 300 people.

 

a shanda for the americans.