Our first cruising experience. When we arrived at the port it was extremely busy as the ship was fully occupied and personal was ushering to surrender our carry on before entering the security lobby. Inside the security lobby personal was screaming that no one was allowed to use cellphones. As there was a 300+ group of 15 year old Argentina girls not many obeyed. I wonder why they didn't tell them at the entrance to not utilize their phones.

Although we arrived 3+ hours before departure it was just minutes before the ship left that our youngest son was allowed to get on board.He had left his green card in his carry on ( we are permanent residents of the USA) and as time went on it became obvious that your carry on may leave on a cruise without you !! There seemed to be a disconnect between personal while the entire family was trying to get people to find our son's carry on luggage with his green card. After the emergency drill, just minutes before take off someone went to look for it and came running back with his green card. Research showed that it's not unlikely people are left behind while their luggage is cruising all by itself, so make sure you carry your travel documents, your passport and whatever legal documents you need on you ! We heard horror stories about mothers who were unable to bring their children on board because they had a different last name and they forgot to bring legal papers to prove the children where theirs.

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