Do I have to register for Express Walkoff?

[tori.bh3]

Hey y'all,

Disney Cruise Rookie here. Do I need to register somewhere for express walkoff or just do it?

Thanks!

 

[wombat_5606]

Hey y'all,

Disney Cruise Rookie here. Do I need to register somewhere for express walkoff or just do it?

Thanks!

Just do it. Don't set your bags outside your door the last night of the cruise. I usually tell my room steward not to expect my bags, so he's not waiting for them. You must be able to handle all of your luggage yourself and you can leave as soon as the ship is cleared by customs.

 

[lorimay]

Yes, let them know you're walking off, we had a room host knocking on our door asking for our bags once, it was pretty late too.
I know he was just trying to help, but we're early to bed kinda people. So I now I let them know.

 

[Bishoparc]

We normally do express walk off but this time we didn't. I've always seen the bags out there when we got off at 7:15 anyway and this time was no different. It was nice not to have to lug our bags off the ship but still get off early. (Port Canaveral)

 

[wombat_5606]

We normally do express walk off but this time we didn't. I've always seen the bags out there when we got off at 7:15 anyway and this time was no different. It was nice not to have to lug our bags off the ship but still get off early. (Port Canaveral)

Did you wait till they called your luggage tag?

Disembarking from one of my cruises, they did not have all of the bags there and the CM said that's why we had to wait till the tag was called.

 

[Bishoparc]

Did you wait till they called your luggage tag?

Disembarking from one of my cruises, they did not have all of the bags there and the CM said that's why we had to wait till the tag was called.

Nope. Matter of fact, they never even made an express walk off announcement. About 7:15 the good ole pre-recorded "The ship has been cleared by local authorities. If you have finished breakfast you may disembark". We were off by 7:30A and all the bags were there.

 

[MunFam]

We did register to be the first group off after Express Walk off. We pulled in to our home port that morning, and after being gone 19 days, we both went to work that morning...so we needed to be off the ship, home and ready for work at 9am.

 

[Dug720]

I never knew they called luggage tags on Disney. I thought debarkation was largely by your seating.

 

[wombat_5606]

I never knew they called luggage tags on Disney. I thought debarkation was largely by your seating.

It's been that way for my last 2 cruises.

 

[Dug720]

It's been that way for my last 2 cruises.

Interesting. They must have started it since 2015? Or...was it at Port Canaveral or at other ports?

 

[wombat_5606]

Interesting. They must have started it since 2015? Or...was it at Port Canaveral or at other ports?

It was Fall 2016 and Feb. 2017. One in PC, one in Miami.

 

[Dug720]

It was Fall 2016 and Feb. 2017. One in PC, one in Miami.

Gotcha. Other ports would make sense because of the way many of them do luggage - I know Miami was like an airport baggage claim (Barcelona was as well). PC surprises me since it's already organized in stationary areas by character.

Maybe it's always been that way, but having second seating it's just "get in line and leave" when we're done.

 

[Marc D]

We've always had tags called. On our last cruise in Galveston, we were in the first groups off and the only luggage available was our groups. The other zones were being filled and the big luggage crates were still coming off the ship.

 

[Bishoparc]

Gotcha. Other ports would make sense because of the way many of them do luggage - I know Miami was like an airport baggage claim (Barcelona was as well). PC surprises me since it's already organized in stationary areas by character.

Maybe it's always been that way, but having second seating it's just "get in line and leave" when we're done.

I've only sailed PC myself and with 6 cruises in the last 16 months I've never heard it called by luggage tag color at PC on the Dream. Typically it has been express walk off and then shortly after they would announce if you are finished with breakfast you could get off. This has all been on the Dream. Not saying it hasn't happened but I've personally never heard them call tag colors.

 

[wombat_5606]

Gotcha. Other ports would make sense because of the way many of them do luggage - I know Miami was like an airport baggage claim (Barcelona was as well). PC surprises me since it's already organized in stationary areas by character.

Maybe it's always been that way, but having second seating it's just "get in line and leave" when we're done.

Yes, you might have something there. We always do second seating too. The PC cruise, I had to disembark early because of an early flight, so maybe all of the first seating people always have that? Maybe there was some issue in the port that morning.

Miami could always be that way, that was the first time there for us.

 

[Marc D]

Maybe it only when the ship gets in later and they don't have time to take off all the luggage when the ship is cleared by the authorities?

 

[Bishoparc]

Maybe it only when the ship gets in later and they don't have time to take off all the luggage when the ship is cleared by the authorities?

That would have to be it. In all my 6 cruises we've always arrived on time and I've never heard them call luggage tag colors at PC.