Vacation cruise ships departing from the Port of Miami are a spectacle to behold. There are so many people, cars, buses, taxis and ships. Since the vacation is just beginning it is hard for the chaos to be anything other than exciting.

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If you happen to return on a Sunday, however, things are a little different. All of those people need to get through customs, find their luggage, find their transportation and manage their way out of the port area.

It is a complete zoo.

Then, almost all of those people head to one of the nearby airports where they wait in line for up to a few hours to check their luggage and make it through security before their airplane departs.

My advice for anybody taking a cruise vacation that will return to Miami on Sunday is to schedule one more vacation night, book a hotel room in advance, enjoy a night on the town in Miami and head to the airport on Monday.