Welcome to Laem Chabang Thailand

Immigration Thailand

Local Thai officials decided that all passengers would need to go through a face-to-face immigration process in Laem Chabang.   Our passports were delivered to our cabin by our steward around 9 pm Tuesday, after dinner and the show.   Princess Cruises had completed landing cards and included them with the passports.  We just needed to sign the cards and complete the questions on the reverse side of the landing cards prior to meeting in the morning.

Passengers were assigned meeting times based on their shore excursion schedule or independent plans.  Instructions were also in our cabins the night before.

Our scheduled time to meet at Wheelhouse Lounge was 7:20 am.  When we arrived there, it was packed with passengers.  Princess Theater, which is the tour staging area, was also full.   The staff released passengers from the theater, and our tour was the next called.  We waited until it was time to be escorted to the gangway.  

On the pier, a tented area was setup with several lines. Thai immigration officials were sitting at tables, processing passengers.  We were directed to the first line.  When it wasn't moving, we moved over one, which turned out to be a mistake.   Finally we got to the front, our passports and landing cards were checked and stamped.  They were once again retained by the ship staff, who filed them in bins according to deck.  

We had a short walk to the motor coaches.  Since we'd taken so long, we had to take seats in the very last row, along with another gentleman and his son.   Our view was blocked by emergency sign on the window.   It wasn't the most comfortable ride in the last row on this particular bus. We will talk more about the tour in another post.

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