{"id":21337,"date":"2014-07-30T01:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=21337"},"modified":"2014-07-30T01:00:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T08:00:28","slug":"wednesday-30-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=21337","title":{"rendered":"Relief for Customs Lines in Florida?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twice last month we disembarked from a cruise ship at <\/span>Port Everglades<\/a> in <\/span>Fort Lauderdale<\/a>. The first time, there was a short delay in clearing customs. The second time, it felt like we were at <\/span>Disneyland<\/a> or <\/span>Disney World<\/a>, in one of those never-ending lines that keep moving to think you're making progress.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday…good news.<\/p>\n

Port Everglades is one of 16 partners in a program which allows for additional customs officers when required. As in…when a cruise ship arrives.<\/p>\n

It's no surprise to port officials that Customs is often short-staffed when cruise passengers are leaving ships but, until now, there was no solution. Especially in Port \"Port<\/a>Everglades, where two 6,000-passenger ships — Oasis of the Seas<\/a> and Allure of the Seas<\/a> — come and go every week.<\/p>\n

Now there is a solution, providing the port's customers (the cruise lines) request and pay for additional service.<\/p>\n

Yes, it could have the hint of a "new tax" for cruise passengers…doesn't it? Or maybe it'll just be buried in the cost of your cruise.<\/p>\n

Phil Reimer<\/span><\/a> t<\/span><\/strong><\/em>oday: Seabourn expanding 2015-16 itineraries<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Celebrity Summit<\/a>
\n\t7 nights<\/span>
\n\tNovember 1, 2014<\/span>
\n\tSan Juan<\/a> (return): <\/span>Barbados<\/a>, <\/span>St. Lucia<\/a>, <\/span>Antigua<\/a>, <\/span>St. Maarten<\/a>, <\/span>St. Thomas<\/a>
\n\tInside $399<\/span>
\n\tCost per day: $57<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.celebitycruises.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Twice last month we disembarked from a cruise ship at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. The first time, there was a short delay in clearing customs. The second time, it felt like we were at Disneyland or Disney World, in one of those never-ending lines that keep moving to think you're making progress. Yesterday…good news.… Continue reading Relief for Customs Lines in Florida?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,31,15],"tags":[203,137,138,818,912,72,35,1564,393,53,26,414,2208,27],"class_list":["post-21337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-ports","category-stories","tag-allure-of-the-seas","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-celebrity-cruises","tag-celebrity-summit","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruises","tag-customs-and-immigration","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-oasis-of-the-seas","tag-phil-reimer","tag-port-everglades","tag-ports","tag-ports-and-bows","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}