duxburygal

I would also be very careful about the timing of departing flights. We were on the Ruby Princess recently - the ship was cleared by 7:20am on Friday, December 18th. We left the ship around 12:30pm - though we would have preferred a much earlier departure. Upon leaving the ship, we then had the CBP line to wait in. Ultimately left the port around 2pm.

We were told that there were two ships that docked the previous day - and they managed to clear 6600 passengers by 10:30am. Not sure what the hold up was on the 18th.

Many thanks to the fellow passenger who happened to be CBP - he put his uniform on and went to work to try to get us all out of there!

My two cents worth - sure, it is walkable from the train station to the shuttle bus. We did walk. By the time we arrived to cruise check-in, we were hot, sweaty messes, and we broke a wheel on one of our bags. Not quite the way I would have liked to board our ship.

IMO - It is not worth whatever you save to do this walk. There is no clear signage for walking - you know the general direction, and eventually end up where you should. I had read about the bus to the shuttle, but forgot about this when we arrived at the train station.....

On disembarkation day, we were picking up a rental car near the port. My husband walked to the rental agency and left the luggage with me. Even without luggage, it is definitely more than a 10 - 15 minute walk, and my husband walks pretty quickly.