Disembarkation Day Nobody's Favourite Morning
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We would strongly advise after trying everything from the train to the ship shuttle to everything else that this private ride is the easiest way.
Stupidest system I've ever seen Europe. Clean it up. It's the worst system I've seen.
Air Transat, you disappointed us today. Anyways, off we go. Looking for a way to get through customs and getting our luggage.
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Disembarkation day - nobody's favourite morning! Watch as we navigate getting off the Oosterdam in Civitavecchia, share our definitive verdict on the BEST way to get to Rome airport (private car wins every time!), and then battle the absolute chaos of Rome's gate lottery system where AirTags become your secret weapon and you might be running to gate E44 with 10 minutes to spare! Air Transat Option Plus gets an honest review (spoiler: cutbacks hit the airline industry too), and then after 9 hours over the Atlantic we arrive at Toronto Pearson to discover the luggage carousel has BROKEN DOWN - a two and a half hour wait that turns out to be happening to Canadian families on three different airlines. The bugs of Northern Ontario are the final welcome home after 200,000 steps, 15 days, and the most memorable cruise of our lives. What a journey! 0:00 - Disembarkation Morning: Nobody's Favourite Day! 1:00 - HAL Midnight Luggage Deadline: Why We Love It 2:00 - Buffet Chaos on Disembarkation Day 3:30 - Off the Oosterdam: Farewell to the Ship! 4:00 - Luggage Collection + Private Car Pickup 5:00 - Why Private Car Beats Every Other Option 6:00 - Rome Airport Reality: Terminal 3 + Air Transat Check-In 7:00 - EU Immigration Stupidity: Still Not Fixed! 8:00 - Premium Lounge + The AirTag Gate Strategy 9:30 - Rome Airport Gate Lottery: Running to E44! 11:00 - Option Plus Perks + Boarding the A330 12:00 - Nine Hours Later: Toronto Pearson Arrives 13:00 - Carousel 8: Two and a Half Hour NIGHTMARE 14:30 - Pearson Luggage Crisis: Is This a Pattern? 15:30 - Home in Northern Ontario: Bugs and All! 16:00 - Series Wrap-Up: 200,000 Steps + First Patreon Cruise! Hi, we are Jill and Jerry, and we invite you to subscribe to our channel. We have cruised for over 20 years now on ten different cruise lines, and we look forward to sharing our experiences with you. We will be posting Cruise VLOGS, videos that cover ship reviews, cabin tours, ship tours, and all of the fun in between! 🔥We hope you Subscribe for more cruise adventures!! ⭐️ Join our Socials at: ➡️ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CruisingCanucks ➡️ Instagram: @cruising_canucks ➡️ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cruisingcanucks ➡️ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TheCruisingCanucks/ ➡️ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/cruisingcanucks.bsky.social ➡️ Our WEBSITE at: https://www.cruisingcanucks.com ➡️ Check out our Merchandise at: https://cruising-canucks-shop.fourthwall.com/ ➡️ Join our EMAIL list at: https://cruisingcanucks.ck.page/dd2b4b8b3f We can be reached at: Cruising Canucks • P.O. Box 122 • Hilton Beach, ON, Canada P0R 1G0 ➡️jillandjerry@cruisingcanucks.ca ⭐️Fair Use Disclaimer: This video may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Section 29 of the Copyright Act of Canada and in Section 107 of the US Copyright Law.