The ship pulled into port about 7am but were told debarkation would not begin until the ship was cleared (about 2 1/2 hours). Everyone needed to be out of their rooms by 8am and into our designated areas by 8:30am. At 9:30 we were still sitting, waiting for some announcement. I think what they're doing is getting all the luggage off the ship and lined up so the dogs can sniff everything in peace before everyone gets off. At 10:00am the debarkation announcement was made. You get off the ship by color and luckily we were the second group to depart. Once we were off the ship we found our bags and were out front in 5 minutes. They didn't check our carry-on's or anything. We got to the port using the SuperShuttle so I went to that desk to get a ride back, right? Wrong! We were supposed to make a return reservation before boarding the ship. No one told us of this detail. We waited a few minutes and caught a cab. The ride was cheaper ($36 for all four of us) but I wasn't too sure if we were going to get there in one piece. I've been on scarier roller coasters but then again a roller coaster has its confines. A plane ride, a bus ride, and 5 hours later we were in the comforts of our home, envious of the next group of cruisers already leaving port.