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Changed the IT a day before from Naha to Miyakojima

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Pinayako0518
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Mar 2018

Check-in - there was a long line even if we already checked-in online. You had to go through the following: queue to go inside the port to drop your luggages, queue again to go inside the air-conditioned room to get your cabin card (they gave us bread and a bottle of mineral water), queue again to go through x-ray, queue again for immigration which took more than an hour (but there were seats).

I received a text message at 7pm the night before that our itinerary was changed due to "technical difficulties" from Manila-Naha-Keelung-Manila to Manila-Miyakojima-Keelung-Manila. I also received an email confirming if we would still push through with the cruise despite the change in itinerary or re-book it. I actually joined the cruise because I wanted to bring my parents to Naha which has a castle, public market and shopping district. Miyakojima is an island known for its beaches and corals...yes, it would be nice to go there if you are NOT from a tropical country and if you are NOT with seniors! So it was a big disappointment.

The day before we arrived Japan, they asked us to get numbers for the tendering (you need to take a boat going to the island). Good thing I queued in early so we were on the first batch (200 people per batch). We did not get the land tour offered by the ship because we did not feel like going to a botanical garden so we opted to do it on our own (they call it "free and easy). We arrived at Miyakojima 11:30am. Our time was 2:30pm since they prioritized those people who took the land tour. There was a problem with Immigration (they required face-to-face contact) so we finished at 5pm ship time (Japan is one hour ahead). Due to the delay, they also extended the departure from 5:30 to 8:30pm. Everybody should be in the ship at 8pm. Remember we were at the first batch of "free and easy" and we finished Immigration at 5pm (ship time)!!! That would leave us only 3 hours. We took a cab going to Don Quixote (about JPY880) and just went there. The Donki branch was small relative to the other branches in Japan but it was good enough. There was also a food center inside so we decided to eat ramen and takoyaki balls. At least my parents got to experience paying for their meal using a machine! Haha!

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