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When we boarded Sapphire Princess in Singapore on January 9th, we learned that there were passengers "in transit" aboard. They had begun their voyage on December 30th, or earlier in some cases. January 20th was the termination of the cruise for many of those passengers, including two couples who had been our table mates. Today we became passengers "in transit" along with the other couple at our dining table. We still had three more ports of call before the conclusion of our voyage.
All passengers that were going ashore, whether disembarking or on tours, needed to clear immigration in Singapore. Since we were on an organized shore excursion, we obtained our passports when we checked in at Princess Theater. We needed to be there by 7:20 am for our 8:00 am tour.
Disembarking passengers either had passports delivered to their stateroom, or they needed to pickup in their assigned meeting area. Everything was organized into groups and meeting times were pre-assigned. It was quite an efficient process from our vantage point.
Landing cards had been completed on our behalf and had been processed. We still needed to have our passport scanned by an immigration officer upon exit from the ship. After clearing immigration, we needed to go through a security screening before being directed to our tour bus. By the time everyone was on the bus, it was 8 am. Read more about the tour in another post.
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