Tips to get off ship right away at 8am at ports?

hi there, looking for tips or advice to where to go or other hints so that my girlfriend and myself would be the first to get off the ship at 8am when we get to ports? Thanks.

Be ready when the ship docks but why do you need to be first all the time?

If not a tender port by 8 15 or so can pretty much walk right off without waiting on line

People don't usually get off right at 8am. It takes a little bit for customs to clear the ship. Just wake up early and have your stuff ready so you can go when they tell you to.

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Arrival time in ports may vary. You may want to firm up your activities in port that may not be necessary for you to get off among the first.

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Purchase a cruise line excursion. Since these people have priority anyways.

Arrive on deck A or 0 (or whatever deck the FunTimes lists as the debarkation area) at 6:45am.

Believe it or not people will start lining up that early for an 8 am all ashore call.

For non-tender ports you won't have any issues. Once customs is cleared you'll be able to walk off with little delay. Tender ports are a different thing. If being first off is important to you you'll want priority debarkation via a cruise line excursion, being in a suite, etc.

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Arrive on deck A or 0 (or whatever deck the FunTimes lists as the debarkation area) at 6:45am.

Believe it or not people will start lining up that early for an 8 am all ashore call.

Wow who would have thought they line up that early

Wow who would have thought they line up that early

For some ports of call I swear they sleep on the steps just to be among the first people off.

For some ports of call I swear they sleep on the steps just to be among the first people off.

Even though they announce not go down until given the ok.

For some ports of call I swear they sleep on the steps just to be among the first people off.

Wow. I value sleep too much to bother with that lol.

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It's vacation. Getting up early caused much pain.

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For a tendered port you will have to wait til the cruiselines excursions are let off.

The other ports you wait with all the other people who didnt listen to the directions NOT go to down until the ship is cleared.

For some ports of call I swear they sleep on the steps just to be among the first people off.

That’s too bad ! 1/2 of the ports I would have stayed on the ship and enjoyed the surrounding !

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hi there, looking for tips or advice to where to go or other hints so that my girlfriend and myself would be the first to get off the ship at 8am when we get to ports? Thanks.

There is no port where you will need to get off at 8am. They have to make an announcement that customs have cleared, then there will be all the rude animals running down to Deck 0 and pushing and shoving. Not worth it. Wait 15 minutes and you will walk off in an orderly manner, no problem.

Tender ports are the only exception to this.... it can take 30 minutes to get off the ship then, and that is still plenty of time to do everything.

We did the stupid thing, get in line at 7am for an 8am departure once...okay, maybe twice. Total waste of our time. Both times we were off no faster than if we had taken our time and waited for the crowds to rush off.

Deck one forward by the secret door or aft on two deck when on a re-positioning sailing has worked for us.

I realize you have many , many, questions,

there are some first time cruisers boards that may help.