RoseofTX

We did our own thing years ago, but through a private company.  It is quite a ways out so you would probably need to arrange a taxi that would wait.  But as you note, the official closing time on Sunday is 5pm so it is closed even before the tour leaves. The park officially closes 1 hours after that, so whatever they have arranged is a special arrangement.  The place has a lot to offer besides flowers as it is a quite a marvel how they transformed this area.  It is kind of a shame that they have scheduled this mandatory stop with such short hours (a friend of ours on a Carnival ship gets into port even later than yours), and you don't get the opportunity to actually visit Victoria.  

We did our own thing years ago, but through a private company.  It is quite a ways out so you would probably need to arrange a taxi that would wait.  But as you note, the official closing time on Sunday is 5pm so it is closed even before the tour leaves. The park officially closes 1 hours after that, so whatever they have arranged is a special arrangement.  The place has a lot to offer besides flowers as it is a quite a marvel how they transformed this area.  It is kind of a shame that they have scheduled this mandatory stop with such short hours (a friend of ours on a Carnival ship gets into port even later than yours), and you don't get the opportunity to actually visit Victoria.  

We did our own thing years ago, but through a private company.  It is quite a ways out so you would probably need to arrange a taxi that would wait.  But as you note, the official closing time on Sunday is 5pm so it is closed even before the tour leaves. The park officially closes 1 hours after that, so whatever they have arranged is a special arrangement.  The place has a lot to offer besides flowers as it is a quite a marvel how they transformed this area.  It is kind of a shame that they have scheduled this mandatory stop with such short hours (a friend of ours on a Carnival ship gets into port even later than yours), and you don't get the opportunity to actually visit Victoria.  

From what I read, the issue is not once or twice service, but specific things done at this time. It seems like the better option is the ability to customize what you need.  That is, some customers need bed/couch setup/takedown and others want ice and others want towels.   Some people might want then to make the beds and/or turn them down or towel animals or not.   If the service was more clearly defined, than I am sure it could both cut down the time and to save the environment 😉