The Last Night
If you wish to extend gratuities to those who have served you, this is the customary night for doing so. Gratuity envelopes are available at the Purser's Desk, as passengers usually wish to hand tips directly to their serving staff. For dining room staff, tipping normally occurs at the end of dinner on the final evening. Stateroom staff are usually working near your stateroom during the late afternoon and early evening should you wish to say farewell and thank them personally.

Your stateroom steward will give you colored tags for each piece of luggage. Please put your name, home address and other information requested on each tag. Also, remove any old airline flight tags or embarkation tags. It is advised to carry fragile, valuable items and medication with you. Before you retire for the night, your locked bags should be packed and placed outside your stateroom door to facilitate customs clearance and disembarkation. Make a final check of your cabin and stateroom safe for any personal items.

Customs Clearance
Due to U.S. and local customs restrictions, passengers may not leave the ship until all luggage is off-loaded. With this in mind, we suggest that you relax in one of the many public lounges to wait for customs clearance and disembarkation by pre-designated groups.

Customs and immigration inspectors will review with you the customs declarations form upon which you have listed all the dutiable articles bought in foreign ports or in the ship's boutique. U.S. residents returning to the U.S. are allowed a duty-free exemption of $400 per person, which includes the cost of one liter of alcoholic beverages (if purchased onboard or ashore) for each passenger 21 years of age or older. Canadian citizens, when out of the country for more than eight days, may bring back up to $300 (Canadian) duty-free. It is recommended that passengers keep their sales receipts handy for declaring their purchases. Food items should not be landed in U.S. ports.

On cruises calling at ports of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, or American Samoa, U.S. residents are allowed an additional exemption of $400 when returning to the U.S., including four liters of alcoholic beverages provided you have the proof of purchase from the designated ports. For further customs information, we recommend that you attend the Cruise Director's disembarkation talk given during the last days of the cruise.

Disembarkation And Transfer Information
On the majority of our cruises, you will be asked upon leaving the ship to identify and clear your luggage through customs. Your luggage will be arranged dockside by color-coded tags which are distributed on board.

If your friends or relatives are meeting you at the pier, please be advised that disembarkation usually takes approximately 2 hours after the scheduled arrival of the ship in order to clear immigration and customs.