Color coded tags are put in your stateroom before departure. Your luggage is gathered up at 11pm the night before departure. In the morning, after breakfast, you leave the ship in the same manner as you boarded. Just outside is a covered area where you go to the color tag that is on your bag and they are set up in numerical order by stateroom. Porters are waiting for you as you step off the ship, so you grab one and lead him to your luggage. They then load up your luggage and walk you through customs (we didn't get stopped). The porter will take the luggage to whichever airline you are with (don't forget to tip). You then wait in line to check in with the airline and they put airline tags on the luggage. Badda bing, you're done!