Skibunny Posted October 2, 2005 #1 Share Posted October 2, 2005 I am looking into booking a flight post cruise from the Mex. Riviera the day the ship docks (1/12/06). Can anyone tell me the absolute EARLIEST I could fly out of Los Angeles, back to the east coast? I know there are no guarantees, but is 11am a conceiveable time for an outbound flight, if the ship docks at 7am? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa63 Posted October 2, 2005 #2 Share Posted October 2, 2005 11:00 would be very tight. While the ship docks at 7:00, it will still be a couple of hours until the ship is cleared and passengers allowed to disembark. Then, if your experience is anything like ours, going through immigration could take another hour. We had a 12:15 flight out of LAX, and even with early disembarkation tags we didn't make it to the airport until about 11:15. Thankfully, we lucked out with short security lines. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miami Posted October 2, 2005 #3 Share Posted October 2, 2005 NCL advised us not to schedule a flight earlier than 3:30. We did do the express disembarkation and were at LGA around 11 but I think I would schedule a later flight. We were able to change to an earlier flight at the airport without any penalties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karfest Posted October 2, 2005 #4 Share Posted October 2, 2005 We've done 2 Mexican Riv cruises. For the first one I booked our flight for 12:45. We were docked by 7am but immigration did not clear the ship until 10am to even START disembarking. I had a driver waiting, he drove like a madman, not much traffic, security moved quickly and we made our flight by 8 minutes. Not a fun way to end the cruise. MANY other people missed their flights. The second one we were docked by 7 and the express people were off the ship by 7:30. (carry your own luggage) We were off by 9 and at LAX in plenty of time for a 1pm flight. Moral of the story...never book before noon unless you have a good back-up plan. It's just too stressful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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