braces43 Posted August 30, 2019 #1 Share Posted August 30, 2019 I will be on the NCL Epic cruise in January 2020. The ship is scheduled to be back in San Juan at 5:30am. Looking for advice as to whether I can make a 7:40am flight if I walk off with my luggage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skittlesdfw Posted August 30, 2019 #2 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Even if the ship docks at 5:30am, it still has to clear its port check and begin disembarkation. On top of that, you will need to clear two checkpoints once you get to SJU (the first is an agricultural check, the second is standard TSA) I can't fathom you'll make it in that kind of time frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare crewsweeper Posted August 30, 2019 #3 Share Posted August 30, 2019 You can make the next day's 7:40A flight without any problem. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted August 30, 2019 #4 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Our ship came in at 6:00am...we were the first off at 7:00am and had a 9:45am flight...which we made...However, I can't at all imagine someone would even consider a flight at 7:40am cruise end day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouhunter Posted September 4, 2019 #5 Share Posted September 4, 2019 There is no way we would book that....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleYiaYia Posted September 5, 2019 #6 Share Posted September 5, 2019 What day of the week? Sunday? No way! Any day would be dicey, but Sunday can be a zoo. Please pick a later flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brookie848 Posted September 5, 2019 #7 Share Posted September 5, 2019 (edited) Smaller ship...but we were at the San Juan airport on a Sunday before 7:00 am in March. We walked off the NCL Dawn and had no lines at customs, the agriculture check, airline check-in, or the TSA. We actually could have been there earlier -- the ship was cleared, but they didn't make an announcement (it was about 6:15 when we wandered down to see if we could walk off). Also, we ran into some traffic issues because roads were closed for a race. The previous season, we did got off the ship pretty early and were at the airport before 8:00. Can you make it? Barring any issues, yes. The friend that cruises with us booked at 7:45 am flight home (ours is at 9:15). My only concern is that the Epic is a bigger ship, so there are going to be more people (but not that early) and the fact that they might be more strict when it comes to walk-offs. As an FYI, we fly Southwest, so that was the part of the airport we were using. Edited September 5, 2019 by brookie848 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATC cruiser Posted September 7, 2019 #8 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Book it and let us know how it works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DISFANS3 Posted September 10, 2019 #9 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Let us know if you make it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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