peterf Posted January 12, 2020 #1 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Hello friends, A quick question: I will be disembarking in Fort Laurdale from an Oasis of the Seas cruise on a Sunday next January. Will I have time to comfortably make it to the Fort Lauderdale airport for a flight at approximately 11am, or will I have to hang around until the evening for the next flight? Your advice would be much appreciated! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klfrodo Posted January 12, 2020 #2 Share Posted January 12, 2020 I was sitting at the gate by 8:30AM Your Mileage May Vary Have a backup plan you are comfortable with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taglovestocruise Posted January 12, 2020 #3 Share Posted January 12, 2020 1 minute ago, peterf said: Hello friends, A quick question: I will be disembarking in Fort Laurdale from an Oasis of the Seas cruise on a Sunday next January. Will I have time to comfortably make it to the Fort Lauderdale airport for a flight at approximately 11am, or will I have to hang around until the evening for the next flight? Your advice would be much appreciated! Peter If you walk off self assist there is no problem. As long as your are in early departure with a low number tag there would also be no problem. Airport is just 2 miles away. Only concern if you get off at 9 or later is the taxi line could be long. We have gotten off with earl departure tags and have been at the airport by 9am. One time we walked into the terminal at 9:30 and lines were huge for checking in luggage with Jetblue, we walked back outside and gave our luggage to the curbside sky cap, got our boarding pass from the kiosk and went directly to TSA checkin. I can't remember but we may have received the boarding pass also from the sky cap. happy cruising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted January 12, 2020 #4 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Regardless of other travel plans, it is always good to have TSA pre-check. I have Global Entry, which includes TSA pre-check, though you can apply for that separately. Your 11 a.m. flight sounds fine to me. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taglovestocruise Posted January 12, 2020 #5 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Add to my above post, if your flight is at 11:30 you may be able to use luggage valet, $20.00 pp, Bags are left outside door as usual but sent to your airline in the morning, Royal has about 6 airlines on the list. Checkin is done by Royal and you receive your boarding pass in your cabin on the last night of cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekDun8 Posted January 12, 2020 #6 Share Posted January 12, 2020 I take an 8:30-9am flight every time. So your 11am is perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterf Posted January 12, 2020 Author #7 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Many thanks for your prompt replies! 11 am flight it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted January 12, 2020 #8 Share Posted January 12, 2020 I wouldn't have the slightest hesitation in booking an 11AM flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtazz17 Posted January 14, 2020 #9 Share Posted January 14, 2020 On 1/12/2020 at 4:12 PM, peterf said: Hello friends, A quick question: I will be disembarking in Fort Laurdale from an Oasis of the Seas cruise on a Sunday next January. Will I have time to comfortably make it to the Fort Lauderdale airport for a flight at approximately 11am, or will I have to hang around until the evening for the next flight? Your advice would be much appreciated! Peter We have made 830 flights out of lauderdale with time to spare. 11 am is easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterbug123 Posted January 15, 2020 #10 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) On 1/12/2020 at 4:29 PM, Merion_Mom said: Regardless of other travel plans, it is always good to have TSA pre-check. I have Global Entry, which includes TSA pre-check, Clear is even better than Precheck, though not available at nearly as many airports. (They do offer it at FLL though) Edited January 15, 2020 by waterbug123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w770496 Posted January 15, 2020 #11 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Last Adventure cruise dinged out at 6:39am and made a 7:10 am flight. Talk about stressing making a flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renza Posted January 15, 2020 #12 Share Posted January 15, 2020 No problem at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterbug123 Posted January 16, 2020 #13 Share Posted January 16, 2020 On 1/15/2020 at 6:55 AM, w770496 said: Last Adventure cruise dinged out at 6:39am and made a 7:10 am flight. Talk about stressing making a flight. Wow! I hope you were actually booked on a later flight and just managed to get there early enough to grab a seat on the earlier flight! Anyone who is not in the gatehouse 30 min before flight risks losing their seat, as it is usually stated that you need to be at the gate 30 min prior. If the flight is oversold or there are standby passengers waiting to clear, the gate agents will start paging anyone who isn't checked in, and as it gets closer to flight time, will start paging passengers who are checked in but haven't boarded. If those pax aren't there, their seats may be given away to standby pax or assigned to "oversold" pax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbus_guy Posted January 17, 2020 #14 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Dont waste your money on the luggage pre-check offered by the cruise line. Just get off the ship early, and make your way to the airport. You will be fine!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LookingForward2 Posted January 17, 2020 #15 Share Posted January 17, 2020 We had an 11:00 flight at FLL scheduled for our return after Allure, never questioned it. The airline changed it to 8:30. We really didn’t think we could do that, but after reading these comments... They did change it for us to a later flight (1:30) but it’s not nonstop like our original was. I would love to just go early and try to get on the early flight but if not, we would have several hours sitting in the airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klfrodo Posted January 17, 2020 #16 Share Posted January 17, 2020 On 1/15/2020 at 3:35 AM, waterbug123 said: Clear is even better than Precheck, though not available at nearly as many airports. (They do offer it at FLL though) Shhhhhh! TSA Pre-Check used to be a great little secret until everyone started talking about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandgeezer Posted January 18, 2020 #17 Share Posted January 18, 2020 On 1/15/2020 at 4:55 AM, w770496 said: Last Adventure cruise dinged out at 6:39am and made a 7:10 am flight. Talk about stressing making a flight. Let me get this straight, you made it down the gangway, through the terminal and customs, into your transportation and to the airport, through TSA and to you gate in 21 minutes?? They would close the cabin doors at 7am. We've done 15-20 cruises, on RCL or Celebrity out of Ft Lauderdale and with light traffic, it's always been at least 15-18 minutes from leaving the cruise terminal and arriving at the airline terminal. Better get you watch checked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterbug123 Posted January 18, 2020 #18 Share Posted January 18, 2020 17 hours ago, klfrodo said: Shhhhhh! TSA Pre-Check used to be a great little secret until everyone started talking about it So many people randomly get PreCheck now though, that it's hardly a secret. Which is why Clear comes in really handy. And nobody randomly gets Clear; you have to pay for it (or be such a high level frequent flyer that your airline covers the cost) so I think it will continue to be the real answer to getting through security quickly (where available). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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