Handle your own luggage if you choose!

Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises passengers with early flights can now choose Express Departure and carry off their own luggage instead of claiming it in the terminal.

Passengers who use the new option keep their bags in their rooms the night before disembarkation and carry them off between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m.

Express Departure is available on every Royal Caribbean and Celebrity vessel, in ports throughout North and South America and Europe.

Both lines also offer Luggage Valet, a pay service for those who wish to check their bags and receive their airline boarding pass before leaving the ship. When they arrive at the airport, they proceed directly to the security checkpoint.

Luggage Valet is available at ports such as Los Angeles, San Diego, Miami, Port Canaveral, Port Everglades, Tampa, San Juan, Seattle and Vancouver. Participating airlines include American, Continental, Delta and United.

Royal Caribbean and Celebrity passengers may also check in online prior to sailing and print their own cruise boarding pass.