Okay, I guess I should have been clearer when suggesting "the earlier the better." I know that 8am is a tad early, although I can see myself in the parking lot at 8am going "open, open, open, open; now, get those poor dead weight cruisers off the ship so I can take my rightful place.
This is not meant as sacarstic or in any way disrespectful; is debarking the proper term? I thought it was disembarking. My neighbor debarked his noisy pooch (not on my request) a couple of years ago.
Actually, I can see you on Promenade deck, heaving the dead weight and their baggage into the drink, yelling "off my ship!"
Oh, and Dave gave us the definitive word recently on "disembark" and "debark"; per Dave, either is correct; but debark is less confusing than disembark; and a friend (who shall remain nameless) made a similar reference to canine utterances.
Following the heaving of the dead weight overboard, a comfortable deck chair, my wife, and a nice cabernet (of course, the cabernet was smuggled on board....AND DON'T ASK HOW!).