Holiday queue situation - what should be done

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Currently on a cruise….. this is not a comment about pros and cons as I know what a lot of MN think of cruises.

today we arrived at a US port.

everyone had to clear security even if they did not intend to get off.. instructions were clearly issued.

1. morning excursions to queue at relevant point at 0730
2. independents and after noon excursions to go from 0700 onwards to collect a numbered ticket. Tickets would then be called in blocks once the morning excursions are processed.

i was awake anyway so at 0640 I wandered to the collection point for our numbers. When it started I got 53 and 54.

Around 0745 they called numbers 1-150 so we leave our breakfast and go queue at immigration.

There were people joking the queue with numbers over 150. Then there were morning excursion people who. Clearly hadn’t listened to the instructions and now wanted to push ahead of those who actually followed the system.

AIBU for thinking both sets should be told to wait for either their correct numbers or in the case of the excursion idiots go to the back of the queue as they’d missed their slot entirely.

i also think people who get to airport security and don’t have their electronics and liquids ready should be made to go to the back of the queue.

I can’t actually see the point in a holiday that requires you to get up at 7am to stand in a queue for no reason at all (if you are not getting off!) It just seems like pointless torture

Highly unlikely that it was anyone was required to queue at 7am if they weren’t getting off the ship. The OP chose to be amongst the first, no one forced her! She could have waited until later.

@Budgiegirlbob Thats the thing. People that like getting up early, get up early, You get the excitement of waking up to a new dawn in a new place. You can have breakfast, go to the gym, swim, get off the boat, whatever you like.

If you like sleeping in you can easily do that. With breakfast available whenever or wherever you want it. Customs will see you later, they are well used to cruise ships. Get off the boat when you like. No one is forcing anyone to do an organised excursion