doone Posted April 12, 2004 #1 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Just wondering what everyone's experience is with an early flight like 11:30 a.m. out of Ft. Lauderdale? I have always made my 12:30 pm flight into Boston, but would like to use another airport in Connecticut, which would leave Ft. Lauderdale at 11:30 a.m. What's everyone's experience with 11:15 a.m. - 12 noon flights?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zurmolly Posted April 13, 2004 #2 Share Posted April 13, 2004 That is fine. Let the cruiseline know you have an early flight and grab a taxi to the airport. Ours was at 12 and we were at the airport at 9:15... [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zurmolly Posted April 13, 2004 #3 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Doone, what part of Ma are you in? We are over here in PITTSfield! [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doone Posted April 13, 2004 Author #4 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Zurmolly, I live right outside of Worcester, a little distance from you. Your the one who was on our Baltic's cruise, am I right? So do you think I would be ok with that 11:30 a.m. flight??? Some have said they were ok when they did it, but I know it will be just my luck that the ship is late coming in, or someone doesn't report when they are supposed to, something like that. I am going to think a little more on this, I still have some time. Thanks so much for your experience, anyone else????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zurmolly Posted April 13, 2004 #5 Share Posted April 13, 2004 No, no Baltic cruise for us. I would not worry about the flight. The airport is about 10 minutes from port and there are plenty of taxi's out front... [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJPNYC Posted April 14, 2004 #6 Share Posted April 14, 2004 Yes, the 11:30 flight should be no problem. We made it to the airport by 10:30 and that was even with the passengers who did not show up for customs on board for a good 1/2 hour. Of course, this was on a day when only 2 ships were in Port Everglades, it could be a bit worse if during the winter months when there's an armada of cruise ships in port. RCCL's Sovereign of the Seas /1990 / Eastern Caribbean HAL's Rotterdam V / 1993 /Alaska Princess' Royal Princess/ 1998 / Baltic Sea Celebrity's Century / August 2003 / Eastern Caribbean Celebrity's Mercury / 11/26/04 / Mexican Riviera -Honeymoon Cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doone Posted April 26, 2004 Author #7 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Well I have found an 11:15 a.m. flight out of Ft. Lauderdale. This is a Wednesday, I am going to chance it and take this flight. If worse comes to worse, I spend another night in Ft. Lauderdale. I do have to confess, I am a bit nervous, anyone else make and 11:15 a.m. flight???????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mii Posted April 28, 2004 #8 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Just this last Feb. we were on the Coral and we had a 12:05 p.m. out of FLL and did make it. The only problem was when we got to the airport there was such long lines to go through customs you would not believe. We were starting to sweat it out but made it in time. Found out later there were a multiple ships in port and it got quite hairy. I think the next time we go we know that there is a flight out at 2:00 p.m. I think that one will save my sanity. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img] Marilyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doone Posted April 28, 2004 Author #9 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Don't you mean security at the airport, not customs? We will be disembarking on a Wednesday, so hopefully the airport won't be as busy as a Saturday or Sunday. Thanks for your experience. Last month, we were at the airport at 9:45 a.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orcrone Posted April 29, 2004 #10 Share Posted April 29, 2004 Doone, Didn't I go through this with you on another board? LOL Orcrone 1/1990 - RCCL Song of America 4/13/2003 - Carnival Inspiration 10/30/2004 - Maasdam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doone Posted April 30, 2004 Author #11 Share Posted April 30, 2004 You bet!! [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene56 Posted May 1, 2004 #12 Share Posted May 1, 2004 I am taking it that your cruise is from FLL. If this is the case go to the pursers office the night before and ask for early off tags. If you are in the first off then you should make this with no problem. Going NOWHERE [img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=000080&cdt=2004;10;22;16;00;00&timezone=GMT-0500[/img] Miracle, February 13, 2005 Legend, October 22,2004 Voyager August 31,2003 Victory September 22,2002 Regal Empress,June 2001 Sensation,August 2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doone Posted May 1, 2004 Author #13 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Serene, thanks, I appreciate that and yes, I will do that. This year we had a 12:30 pm flight out of Ft. Lauderdale, were the 4th group off the ship and still made it to the airport by 9:45 a.m., so I think we'll be fine. Thanks for your input, I appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serene56 Posted May 2, 2004 #14 Share Posted May 2, 2004 We sailed the Voyager out of Miami and took flights out of FLL. We were the last people off the ship (literally) it was nice. Got off the ship by 10:30 and we were at the FLL airport by 11:15. We booked a flight for 2:30. Arghhh the waiting. Now I have a few cruises under my belt and even though cruiselines say dont book flights before 1....it depends on the airport. FLL is a nice pace. Not rush rush like Miami. Going NOWHERE [img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=000080&cdt=2004;10;22;16;00;00&timezone=GMT-0500[/img] Miracle, February 13, 2005 Legend, October 22,2004 Voyager August 31,2003 Victory September 22,2002 Regal Empress,June 2001 Sensation,August 2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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