Going Home

Good morning,

Although sad to be leaving, the process of leaving a cruise isn't too terribly difficult. The night before you leave, everything except your carry on (off!), what you'll wear on leaving day, and your travel documents is packed and placed in the hall outside your cabin. 

The ship's crew take your luggage to a holding area where it will be off loaded the next morning and placed in the terminal where you will pick it up and take it through customs and immigration.

The buses are all lined up to take people on tours, or to the airport, or to other cities.  There is also an area for taxis and a huge parking garage for guests who drive to the port.

Also on the dockside are many large trucks bringing supplies for the next cruise.

That's one of two gangways up there between deck 4 of the ship and the cruise terminal.  Beyond this point, pictures aren't permitted.  The whole process is handled very quickly considering there are nearly 4,000 guests and 1,400 crew on board.  The process moves as fast as ICE agents can process everyone.

Within two hours the guests for the next cruise will be coming across that gangway in the opposite direction.

And, in real time we are on the move, too, traveling from Port Canaveral to Cincinnati.  :)  It's time to go home and see the family and the dogs.

Enjoy,
Lois