Does anyone know how the number of customs officers working a debarkation is determined?
We recently returned from a Carnival Cruise (Paradise out of Tampa.) We waited FOREVER to get through customs. When we got to the front of the line I saw that there were only two customs officers working. I’ve been on several cruises before, mostly Royal Caribbean out of Miami or Port Canaveral, and don’t remember ever waiting that long to get through or seeing that small of a number of officers. It got me wondering how they determine how many officers to assign to a debarkation. Does the gov’t just decide, or does the port or the cruise line pay