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arubanut New Member
Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Posts: 7 Location: long island-NEW YORK
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 5:57 pm Post subject: ONLINE-Digital Embarkation and Disembarkation Card... |
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No need to fill card out on plane...
Soon as they scan your passport they have all the info in there system
Aruba / ATA_Online Ed-Card_Video Introduction_English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YevpwscmXbw
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~Amy~® Moderator
Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 1348 Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2015 10:09 am Post subject: |
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Thanks! Looking forward to using this on our next trip and filling out everything in advance. _________________ ~Amy~®
Playa del Carmen, MX - March 2017
34th trip to Aruba - May 2017
Munich, Salzburg, Prague - June/July 2017
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Mistimoop Member
Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 25 Location: Danbury, CT
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2015 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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Do they have a special Immigration line set-up for those who have done this or do you still get in the regular lines? I'm tempted to try this in February... _________________
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~Amy~® Moderator
Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 1348 Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 8:53 am Post subject: |
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I don't think there's a special line.
But there are special lines in immigration now to use the automated passport readers upon arrival. _________________ ~Amy~®
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Mistimoop Member
Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 25 Location: Danbury, CT
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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Oooooo, maybe I will try one of those! Wait...if you mean the ones when flying back home, I did that last year. Loved it! _________________
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~Amy~® Moderator
Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 1348 Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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Mistimoop wrote: |
Oooooo, maybe I will try one of those! Wait...if you mean the ones when flying back home, I did that last year. Loved it! |
No. These are new for ARRIVALS into Aruba when going though Aruba immigration You do have to have one of the newer passports with the chip in it though (this would be on the front cover - looks like a gold box.) _________________ ~Amy~®
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Mistimoop Member
Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Posts: 25 Location: Danbury, CT
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, OK. Holiday brain fog. Just got mine renewed in August so I should be golden! Thank you ( =
P.S. Hello to KK!! _________________
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~Amy~® Moderator
Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 1348 Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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I totally get the Holiday brain fog - I will be in one from now until January.
KK says "meow". (He even made it onto our Christmas card this year - KK among all of the travel photos. LOL!) _________________ ~Amy~®
Playa del Carmen, MX - March 2017
34th trip to Aruba - May 2017
Munich, Salzburg, Prague - June/July 2017
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yaofeng Aruba Lover
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 49 Location: East Brunswick, New Jersey
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 9:46 am Post subject: |
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I did not think I was coming back to the island anymore but here I am once again after more than a year.
The digital entry is a surprise and a welcome change. You still fill out the custom form on the plane but there is no interview anymore. The customs official collects your form which you have already filled. You open your passport with the picture page facing down to slide into the scanner as you would checking in at the airport. Next you look at the image in front of you. I suppose it takes your picture. That's it.
I think this feature so far applies to inbound passengers from the US only as I saw passengers from other areas still went through the old entry procedure.
Had our first dinner at El Gaucho. Order the signature Churrasco. Could not finish. There is a new Dutch restaurant next to El Gaucho called Wilhelmina (named after the grandmother of the previous queen Beatrix I suppose). Seems pretty high end by the menu prices.
Had our dinners planned out. It will be Yemanja, Flying Fishbone, Zeerovers, Newwaaitai, The Old Fisherman. _________________ 81st trip November 15-21, 2020 |
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~Amy~® Moderator
Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 1348 Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 9:09 am Post subject: |
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Welcome back to Aruba!
Hey - I see you're going to Lisbon next month. We were just there in Nov. Loved Portugal! _________________ ~Amy~®
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yaofeng Aruba Lover
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 49 Location: East Brunswick, New Jersey
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Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 10:44 am Post subject: |
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We went to Barcelona last February to watch two FC Barcelona matches and stopped by Lisbon on our way home. The Iberian Peninsula is becoming very affordable with the resurgence of the Greenbacks unlike 7 or 8 years ago when the Euro was outrageously high making it very expensive. Actually the entire Europe is very affordable now. Portugal (and maybe Greece) is particularly so. Last February the exchange rate was 1.14US to a Euro. The expenditures in Barcelona was about on par with those in the US. Now it is even better with the exchange rate at 1.09US or so.
Unfortunately ISIS is creating trouble in some part of Europe making many tourists hesitant to visit. However both Spain and Portugal are more or less immune. _________________ 81st trip November 15-21, 2020 |
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dutchdushi Aruba Fanatic
Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 132 Location: the Netherlands
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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Yaofeng, how about the donkeys? I know you always go to look for them. Don't worry too much on Isis. After all, even in the good old USA you can have the misfortune to run into them. Personally, I'm not happy with the exchange rates of the dollar versus the euro, but I am on the other end. |
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