Hello done487 , Well we just got home from the Triumph a couple hours ago and I took note of the debarkation timing for you.
The walk off passengers (those carrying all their own luggage by themselves were allowed to start leaving at 7:45 am this morning. They weren't all gone until about 9:00 am, when the calling of the tag colors started.
They use the same tags for debarkation as for boarding. So you don't need to retag. First tag called today was pink. We were yellow, the sixth color called, and didn't get called until 10:00 am.
That would have been fine, but Customs got bogged down just then, so they halted everything for a while. So with that delay we didn't get to leave the port until well after 11:00. Considering all the security and checking in at the airport we managed to arrive at our gate with only five minutes to spare before boarding was called on our 1:05pm flight. (And that was even being allowed by the Continental people, to bypass part of the check in line because of how late it was.)
That 7;45 start time seemed really early to everyone on the ship. And it seem like a great start. But, like I said, it all bogged down after that. Also, as I said, we were the sixth color called. There were probably 15 to 18 colors altogether. The majority of the people were still waiting when we left.
By the way, the purser's desk people were not inclined to let us have an earlier call color, when I asked. They said we'd have no problem catching our one o'clock flight, so we used the tag color we boarded with. I would not consider a mere five minute leeway, and needing special help to by pass lines as being "no problem".
Much too stessfull for me. In the future we will be booking our flight at two pm or later, even if I have to sit in the airport for hours waiting for it.
