By ESTHER MARSHALL

Published: 11:33 BST, 13 May 2025 | Updated: 11:33 BST, 13 May 2025

A cruise guest has taken to Reddit to share a ‘marvellous’ hack to get off the ship without having to queue. 

The passenger ‘OhiobornCAraised’ says: ‘Wife and I have cruised several times. However, up until today, we have always had our luggage taken off the ship by cruise staff.’ 

They then explain that on their most recent cruise they were instead able to pack everything they needed ‘into two large suitcases and two backpacks’. 

The holidaymaker reveals that they then managed to be ‘off the ship by 8am’, adding ‘getting through immigration and the cruise terminal was so smooth!

‘No long lines, no big crowds to work through. It was marvellous. 10/10 experience and hope to be able to do it more in the future.’ 

Usually cruise passengers leave their luggage outside their cabin door and staff pick it up and drop it off at the cruise terminal. 

Holidaymakers then collect their luggage once they’ve been through the disembarkation process. 

However, the process can be fairly slow with passengers often having to join queues to collect their belongings.  

A cruise guest has taken to Reddit to share a 'marvellous' hack to get off the ship without having to queue

A cruise guest has taken to Reddit to share a ‘marvellous’ hack to get off the ship without having to queue

Usually cruise passengers leave their luggage outside their cabin door and staff pick it up and drop it off at the cruise terminal

Usually cruise passengers leave their luggage outside their cabin door and staff pick it up and drop it off at the cruise terminal

Several cruise passengers agreed that carrying their own luggage had allowed them to disembark much more quickly. 

‘NoShameMallPretzels’ writes: ‘Our family rule is you have to be able to carry your own bags, so we do this almost every cruise. It’s amazing.’

And another guest says that carrying their own luggage makes disembarkation day much ‘easier’. 

However, not everyone is a fan of the hack with one person warning there’s a major catch to the ‘marvellous’ plan. 

‘Rainyhawk’ warns: ‘We did that once and couldn’t get onto an elevator. They were always packed and it was too much luggage to carry down several flights of stairs. Took forever.’ 

But one passenger has shared another hack to avoid the last day elevator queue. They explain: ‘Either carry [luggage] down to the floor to exit, or take an elevator up to the top as it’s easy to get elevators going up and then ride from the top down.’ 

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Cruise guest reveals incredible hack to get off the ship first

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