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  • Day 21

    Sea Day, It's Homeland Security Sir!

    May 9, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Today we dock in Honolulu, Hawaii.
    This is the first American port since leaving Sydney, Australia, and everybody is expecting the usual USA immigration hold up.
    The immigration procedure is expected to last for approximately 4 hours, and done by lifeboat station order, the first batch starting at 7.15am and the last batch starting at 11.30am.
    With the passengers who had Royal Caribbean tours included in the first group, irrespective of their lifeboat station number.
    No consideration was given to the passengers who had private tours booked, so we had to go asking if it was ok if we joined the first batch also.
    I was told by guest services that it should be ok as long as I have proof of a private tour.
    I have proof, so we'll see.
    It appears once again that all the ship's management has focused on is passing the US immigration inspection, and the passengers are as I said in an earlier post just a necessary inconvenience.
    So watch this space!! Lol.
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