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beatnix - thank you for this info!!

journeyazamara - Have a wonderful cruise!! We're going in July so I'm going to try to get answers this week and then book the flights and tour with the option of changing/cancelling the tour within 15 days of reserved date. Happy to hear that early disembarking is available - never worried about it before, but we have a commitment 2 days after we get back home so we'd prefer to get back as early as we can. I just hope the luggage has already been shuffled into the terminal building. You're right about talking to guest relations onboard - they're very helpful - but if we can help it, we don't want to drag the bag with us from our stateroom. Some people can travel with carry-on only - but we aren't those people 🙂 Bon Voyage!! (We're sailing on American Cruise Line's "Constitution" in May - never sailed with them before so looking forward to seeing New England in a different light.

journeyazamara - that you so much for this info. I haven't been able to speak with anyone who knows more than how to book a cruise for a few weeks because they're transferring everything over - moving away from Celebrity. Supposedly tomorrow I should be able to get through to someone. However - the info you provided about early disembarkation (on the actual day) is just what I need. I thought there should be no reason to get a private transfer for the 4 of us since so many flights back to the Florida area leave very early. I do have another question that I'm hoping you can answer. We're concerned about immigration/customs upon disembarking - if we get off the ship at 7AM!! A few questions actually: 1) Did Azamara retain the passports upon embarkation 2) Did they return the passports without individuals having to present themselves to immigration officers who sometimes board the ship on the 1st day in port (day before disembarking)? I ask this because we want to do a private tour that will not return us to the ship until 4:30 in the afternoon and I'm concerned about "missing" getting the passport stamped and processed. Last November on Oceania, we had to present ourselves to officers day before disembarking in Southampton - in the show lounge. Did you take any tours in Livorno or Venice? Interested in how they're handling these as there don't seem to be many in Venice that don't involve all day walking. Age constraints on a few of us dictate not going crazy on walking (especially in the hot sun). Looking forward to Azamara - haven't sailed her in quite some time! Thank you for your response to my first post - and hopefully you can enlighten me as to procedure with immigration. (On some cruises, the ship hold the passports and you just walk off and pick up your luggage!). On that note - was your luggage in the port for your early fight??? Thanks again!

We are on Onward in July and want to find out if each passenger must process with immigration on the day of arrival (we are there overnight). We're trying to plan a private tour and have an early flight the next day - so we're concerned about timing the immigration process. Thanks in advance!!

We are overnight in Venice in July and we understand that Immigration will clear the ship upon our arrival the first morning. Do we need to present ourselves with passports for this process? We are trying to plan a private tour for that day and will have an early departure on Disembarkation day (which is the following day). Any help is greatly appreciated. The Ship - Azamara Onward - will be in Chioggia.

THANK YOU!!

Our ship - Azamara Onward - is in port overnight in Venice - July 19/20 2023. There are only a few transatlantic flights which meet the 11:30AM requirement for the ship's transfer to the airport. Does anyone know if it's possible to disembark the ship the night before (on July 19) so that we can find an airport hotel near VCE and take an early flight back home. We need to be back home on the 20th. Any help will be greatly appreciated concerning this issue. Thank you in advance.

We are looking for a private driver to pick 4 of us up at the tender port in St Malo and do the one hour drive to Mt St Michel just to take some photos (too strenuous walking for our age group) and return to St Malo for a brief tour there. I can't seem to find anything close to this without spending the.day at the Abbey at Mt St Michel. Anyone out there have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.

Thanks to all of you! I do remember another itinerary that we looked at which said Barcelona embarkation and then it was changed to Tarragona!!! We'll stay over 🙂

Our London to Barcelona in October says that ship arrives into Barcelona at 7AM (Sirena). The flights back to Orlando look kind of close - as in 10:45AM or 11 at the latest. I'm thinking that's not enough time, but perhaps someone has done this and found that the ship really arrives much earlier than posted 7AM. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance 🙂