Question about disembarking on a cruise ship?

Question

Ok, lets try this again..... I am taking an NCL cruise around the Hawaiian islands in February. The ship docks at several ports RIGHT AT THE DOCK....no little boats and there is no customs to clear. The ship arrives in Kauai at 8am....I need to be off of it at 10am in order to do a 10:30am excursion (not booked thru the cruise line) is this doable? Additionally, in Maui, the ship arrives at 8am and departs at 6pm the second day. On the morning of the second day, I plan to do the sunrise bike down the volcanoe so I need to get off the ship at 1am.....will this be a problem to get off that early in the morning? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

If the ship docks at 8:00am then you should be able to disembark around 9:00am.  It usually takes an hour at the ports of call for the ship to prepare to allow passengers to disembark.  You might check the excursions on the cruise lines website to see when their first excursion is.  Keep in mind that the people who book excursions, even when they are not through the cruise lines know basically when they can start handling guests, so you are safe.

When the ship is docked overnight you can disembark at any time during the time it is docked as long as you are back on the ship 1 hour before it departs then you will be OK.  So enjoy your bike ride.

Answer 2

only if you have a really good jet ski you might manage it or divine intervention

Answer 3

Talk to your travel agent. I do not believe you can get off at one AM.

For the other excursions, let them know when you get on the ship.

You will be able to get off at 10 am.

Have fun.