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When you complete Online Check-In, you will be able to select your Port Arrival Time, which is the earliest you can arrive at the cruise terminal. You should find your date for Online Check-In listed on your reservation when you log in to the
Disney Cruise Line website. Once you arrive at the cruise terminal and complete the on-site check-in process, you will be given a boarding group number. You may need to sit in the terminal until your number is called, but as soon as you hear that number, you can embark to start your magical vacation.
The night before debarkation, your dining team will provide you with the time of your breakfast on debarkation morning. All Guests will need to be out of their stateroom by 8:00 AM. If you choose to do Express Walk-off, when you take your luggage off the ship yourself, you will be in the first group of Guests who can leave the ship. The time you can debark will depend on when the local port authorities clear the ship for debarkation, but in my experience, it has been between 7:00 and 7:30 AM. If you want Disney Cruise Line to take your luggage off for you, you will need to wait until the group designated by the Disney character on the luggage tag, provided by your stateroom host or hostess, is called.
I hope this helps you make your transportation plans before and after your cruise, Wongwis. If you have any other questions, come back to visit us at
planDisney.
Happy Sailing!
JoVonn