Gypsy025 Posted November 20, 2016 #1 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Today, there are eight (8) Cruise Ships 'turning around' at Ft.Lauderdale......Regal Princess, Carnival Conquest, Allure of the Seas, Freedom of the Seas, Celebrity Silhouette, Veendam, Zuiderdam and the Noordam.....and.....this is only the beginning of the 'season". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrimp56 Posted November 20, 2016 #2 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Today, there are eight (8) Cruise Ships 'turning around' at Ft.Lauderdale......Regal Princess, Carnival Conquest, Allure of the Seas, Freedom of the Seas, Celebrity Silhouette, Veendam, Zuiderdam and the Noordam.....and.....this is only the beginning of the 'season". Full house indeedy! It looks like it's Nieuw Amsterdam, not Noordam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted November 20, 2016 #3 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Yes -- it is a busy port day -- hotels are loving everything. Airport is busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare kazu Posted November 20, 2016 #4 Share Posted November 20, 2016 It is the N Amsterdam. If you enjoy the webcam, Peter has a sail a way thread for each sailing day. here is the link to today's sail a way thread (the ships are listed in the first post) http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2424549 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runner15km Posted November 20, 2016 #5 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Will be on Caribbean Princess from Port Everglades in a few weeks. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipity1499 Posted November 20, 2016 #6 Share Posted November 20, 2016 (edited) Today, there are eight (8) Cruise Ships 'turning around' at Ft.Lauderdale......Regal Princess, Carnival Conquest, Allure of the Seas, Freedom of the Seas, Celebrity Silhouette, Veendam, Zuiderdam and the Noordam.....and.....this is only the beginning of the 'season". Full house indeedy!It looks like it's Nieuw Amsterdam, not Noordam. Agree it is the New Amsterdam.. Actually the season started a few weeks ago & was early this year.. It was the same for us on Oct. 30, when we arrived back in Ft. Lauderdale on the Zuiderdam... And they only had 4 Customs Agents to clear the entire ship.. DH & I delayed disembarking, as our Friends (one star Mariners) had a 9:15 disembarkment..Well we did not get off the ship until after 10..Then there were no porters to help us with our luggage.. I learned a big lesson about overpacking as my DH had to struggle with three bags while I handled the hand luggage..No more! It was the worst disembarkment we've ever had in Ft. Lauderdale ..I was almost in tears, but we actually had a sweet Customs Agent help us out to the curb & they are not supposed to do that..God Bless him! I hope he hears how much I appreciated him.. We phoned our driver around 9:30 & told him of the delay..He said he was already at the port waiting for us..But he never actually got to us until almost 11:30 as he was over at the New Amsterdam waiting for us..He got our ship mixed up..:eek: But we made it up to him with a nice tip.. Edited November 20, 2016 by serendipity1499 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted November 20, 2016 #7 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Imagine how crazy it's going to be today with traffic at the port. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sambamama Posted November 20, 2016 #8 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Be prepared for longer lines at the airport, especially if you don't have TSA prechecheck. I do, and I had no one in my line. Also, I had Global Entry and sailed thru disembarkation. That took about 3 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted November 20, 2016 #9 Share Posted November 20, 2016 The airport will be a Zoo Sent from my SM-G930T using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted November 21, 2016 #10 Share Posted November 21, 2016 That is no where near record number of ships or cruisers same day at Port Evergaldes. Not even close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted November 21, 2016 #11 Share Posted November 21, 2016 (edited) That is no where near record number of ships or cruisers same day at Port Evergaldes. Not even close. Absolutely correct. 15 ships on December 21, 2003. The passenger record was over 54,700 last March. Edited November 21, 2016 by POA1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribsun Posted November 21, 2016 #12 Share Posted November 21, 2016 We are going to have a one night post cruise stay. Early flight home so no lines at FLL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted November 21, 2016 #13 Share Posted November 21, 2016 (edited) We are going to have a one night post cruise stay. Early flight home so no lines at FLL. We always stayed over, post cruise in FLL> LOTS of people do. :) The air port was busy next day but bettter than it would be day all the ships emptied out.Plan to allow plenty of time. Edited November 21, 2016 by sail7seas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted November 21, 2016 #14 Share Posted November 21, 2016 FLL will continue to be very busy on Saturdays and Sundays for the rest of the "high" season for the Caribbean. It always is because it's a great time to take Caribbean cruises. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boytjie Posted November 22, 2016 #15 Share Posted November 22, 2016 The HAL season in Port Everglades started on October 19 when the Zuiderdam arrived to start it's Caribbean season. The Noordam is actually sailing out of Sydney until the Alaska 2017 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipity1499 Posted November 22, 2016 #16 Share Posted November 22, 2016 The HAL season in Port Everglades started on October 19 when the Zuiderdam arrived to start it's Caribbean season. SNIP. That's the cruise we were on with our Friends...But 11 days really was not enough for us..!;);) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happily@Sea Posted November 22, 2016 #17 Share Posted November 22, 2016 (edited) Delete - wrong thread Edited November 22, 2016 by Happily@Sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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