travelplus Posted September 29, 2019 #26 Share Posted September 29, 2019 The ship works like the airplane in the sense that wherever your first port of entry into the US is where you will clear immigration/ Customs. I would suggest you getting a tour in St.Thomas to be processed through quickly. Then when you arrive in Fort Lauderdale you will walk off the ship and head right to the baggage claim and car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergeant655 Posted September 29, 2019 #27 Share Posted September 29, 2019 On Indy during the westbound ta in 2016 the CBP process in st Thomas was a absolute disaster. There was only 5 officers for the whole ship .. they will have us citizens go to the theatre and non us to the dining room We also had a delayed departure as health and coast guard inspections also took place on the same day so you may get some extra time in st Thomas . We still had a cbp inspection in Ft. Lauderdale but it was a quicker process as they only did a brief look at the passport and collected the blue form as they were still collecting them in 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardnave Posted October 2, 2019 Author #28 Share Posted October 2, 2019 On 9/30/2019 at 1:55 AM, travelplus said: The ship works like the airplane in the sense that wherever your first port of entry into the US is where you will clear immigration/ Customs. I would suggest you getting a tour in St.Thomas to be processed through quickly. Then when you arrive in Fort Lauderdale you will walk off the ship and head right to the baggage claim and car. Yeah that's what we've done after reading the reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardnave Posted October 2, 2019 Author #29 Share Posted October 2, 2019 On 9/30/2019 at 2:21 AM, sergeant655 said: On Indy during the westbound ta in 2016 the CBP process in st Thomas was a absolute disaster. There was only 5 officers for the whole ship .. they will have us citizens go to the theatre and non us to the dining room We also had a delayed departure as health and coast guard inspections also took place on the same day so you may get some extra time in st Thomas . We still had a cbp inspection in Ft. Lauderdale but it was a quicker process as they only did a brief look at the passport and collected the blue form as they were still collecting them in 2016 If that's the case then it's a happy day as we need all the extra time we could get. What time did you get off the ship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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