TxCr Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 Sunday we left Independence of the Seas in Galveston and it was the first time using the facial recognition at Customs with our kids. What a process! After debarking the ship, we walked to the terminal where they asked if we all had passports. After receiving high 5's for having one for the baby (our 6m old daughter had her C&A number before leaving the hospital ), we walked to the facial scanners. My wife went to one and they had me go to another so I could help with the kids after she was done. Our recognition was nearly instant, as expected. What I did not expect was it to work almost flawlessly for our children. The only slight hiccup was having to lift them up higher so the scanner could pick them up. I picked up my son and then my wife and I, on each side of the stroller, picked up our daughter so the scanner could see her face. While gnawing on her hand, it recognized her and we proceeded to collect our bags and walk straight out the door. KristiZ, Zurc and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrznTxn Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 The scanners are a great addition. Glad to see they added them to Galveston. We saw these for the first time in the Bahamas and as you said they were very quick. Almost did not even come to a stop going through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 Dallas airport did this on our flight to the Bahamas in lieu of scanning boarding passes. Worked fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxCr Posted September 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 A very welcome addition to Galveston, indeed. Very impressed the baby didn't even have to get out of the stroller. Haven't had the opportunity to use it at the airport yet, but expect to for our Grandeur cruises out of Barbados later this year. Zurc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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