CCress9324 Posted May 18, 2004 #1 Share Posted May 18, 2004 I have never been on a cruise leaving from San Juan before. Please let me know if a 4:00 pm return flight sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMorris Posted May 18, 2004 #2 Share Posted May 18, 2004 I am sailing out of san juan for the first time in November. Everyone on the boards says a flight from 1:00 on is good. Because you never know when you are going to get off the ship. I am flying home at 4:10. So you 4:00 flight is a good choice. [img]http://members.lycos.co.uk/anisigs1/images3/DeeKDRoseTransp.gif[/img] [img]http://community.the-underdogs.org/smiley/misc/abducted.gif[/img] Email: [email]Deanna34769@netzero.net[/email] [img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=00ff00&cdt=2004;11;14;22;00;00&timezone=GMT-0500[/img] Until our Martian Yatch Club Adventure RCCL Adventure of the Seas 11/14/04 RCCL Voyager of the Seas 10/26/03 Carnival Pride 11/9/02 Premier Cruise Lines (5 sailings) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssapier Posted May 18, 2004 #3 Share Posted May 18, 2004 We had a 12:30 flight out of SJ a 2 years ago. There was plenty of time to get to the airport. Debarkation is not bad its the lines at the airport with all the other cruises return the sam day. A four oclock flight would seem to be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd320 Posted May 18, 2004 #4 Share Posted May 18, 2004 If it is your first cruise out of SJU I recommend a 4:00 flight and do a little sightseeing before you go to the airport. The airport gets crazy between 11:00-2:00 on cruise days (long lines, no place to sit). The other option is to leave early and miss the kayos. The following is a copy and paste from my last cruise, Serenade 4/3/04. I believe you have a better chance of making a 9-10 AM flight than a noon flight and you also miss the overcrowd airport. I have done 8 or more cruises out of SJU. Just want to share my experience last week getting of the Serenade because it was such a pleasant one. We had a 11:30 flight booked on AA out of SJU but had an option to catch a 9:00 am flight at no extra charge. We did ask the concierge if we could get off early for that flight and she said yes but I need the flight number. We were given white baggage tags and to meet in the tropical theater by 7:25. When we arrived at the tropical theater the third purser verified our name and that our cabin number was on the list. There were about twenty of us and at exactly 7:25 we were marched to the gang way were the third purser handed the list off to a custom agent. We continued to immigration and customs were all lines were open for our small group. I have a passport but the wife and kids have BC's but that didn't slow us down. We grabbed a taxi and were at the AA counter by 7:55 AM and at the gate at 8:15 AM. The airport was not busy at that time of the mourning. The airport doesn't turn into a zoo until 10:00 AM so we did beat the rush. Customs and immigration have complete control when debarkation starts but my impression was that since they know who is getting off in this early group by name and cabin number, it usually runs like clock work. Since there is no PA made the rest of the ship doesn't know when that early group gets off. The early group is for flights before 11:00 AM. From what I have seen of the airport and debarkation process is that you have a better chance of catching a 10:00-30 flight that a 12:00 flight. Todd Norway 7/87 Inspration 01/99 Galaxy 01/00 Ocean Princess 10/00 Ocean Princess 12/00 Enchatment of the Seas 04/01 Dawn Princess 10/01 Dawn Princess 12/01 14 days Explorer of the Seas 08/02 Spirit 01/03 Adventure of the Seas 02/04 Serenade of the Seas 04/04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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