Leaving the Sun at Lisbon .

[room with a view]

Our details show that the Sun arrives back into Lisbon at 7.00am ...can previous passengers give me some indication to the time passengers will be allowed off?

 

Our flight leaves at 13.15  allowing for a 3 hour check in/security ...how long is the journey from the port to airport ?

 

Are there two terminals in Lisbon. ?   We are probably going to use Welcome Pickups  (used them for transfers on our Jade Greek Islands cruise )

 

thanks for any information /advice.

[room with a view]

Anyone out there who can give me some information ? ...thanks

[DCGuy64]

3 minutes ago, room with a view said:

Anyone out there who can give me some information ? ...thanks

As far as the port goes, you will be disembarking at the Lisbon cruise port. (most likely the Jardim do Tabaco Quay).

[Happy2b@sea]

A quick Google search says it's an 8 km journey i.e. 10-15 minutes from the port to the airport.  You'll be allowed off the ship around 8am if not before, so you have more than enough time to get there.

[Ozmodiar]

Just disembarked in Lisbon last week. You will have plenty of time I think, even with a slight delay in docking I was off the ship before 9:00, but most had gotten off before then. You may want to see if NCL is offering an airport transfer (they did last week), I was going to a hotel and it took a while (20-30 min) to get a taxi, so I think the organized bus transfer would work best for the airport if you didn't want to use the service you mentioned. It will be less than 30 min to the airport.

 

Lisbon airport was pretty easy to navigate FYI. The major, non-discount airlines are in Terminal 1. Neither security nor passport control were too busy, took me about an hour from drop off to check-in, go through both of those, and be at the gate.

 

 

[room with a view]

Thanks ever so much for the information .... I'll check the NCL website to see if they offer the transfer . 

Had not realised the airport was so close ... so no worry to check in ...thanks

 

[Ozmodiar]

I just looked at the Freestyle daily, and it was $37.50 a person for the airport transfer for flights after 12:00 - pre-arranging a pickup might be cheaper if that matters, but NCL will handle the luggage all the way to the airport.

[room with a view]

On 11/28/2022 at 5:16 PM, Ozmodiar said:

I just looked at the Freestyle daily, and it was $37.50 a person for the airport transfer for flights after 12:00 - pre-arranging a pickup might be cheaper if that matters, but NCL will handle the luggage all the way to the airport.

Thanks ..our flight is early afternoon and allowing for check in /security  the NCL would be too late .

[Ozmodiar]

Just to be clear, when they say flights after 12:00, that doesn't mean NCL drops you at the airport at 12:00, they'll have you there a couple hours or more before that to account for check-in and so on. I think they are pretty conservative about allowing a lot of time after drop-off, which is why they don't offer transfers for flights before a certain departure time. I believe they called the luggage tag colors for the airport transfers around, if not before, 8 AM.

[room with a view]

Thanks , Ozmodiar .... we are using a taxi company. I phoned NCL and their charges against a pre arranged taxi pickup are far more expensive.

How did you find the ship ...are you posting a review ?

thanks.

[Ozmodiar]

Yeah, it is expensive compared to a taxi - $37.50 a person that is a lot.

 

Mini-review just for you: I did like the ship - it was in good condition I thought, staff was very friendly and attentive, service was great, food was good at the main dining room, buffet and specialty. May have helped that the ship was about 2/3rds capacity, and it was a long cruise (18 day transatlantic with Canary Island, Azores, southern Spain, etc.) so I saw the same staff often and things were not crowded. Also a fairly mellow group of passengers. I really like the smaller ships, so the Sun was perfect. Enjoy!

[room with a view]

Thanks , I guess our Christmas/New Year cruise will be full to bursting !!!!!

 

Looking forward to 2023/2024  the only NCL ship doing Christmas/New Year around the Med.is the Epic.....and I don't like BIG ships.

 

Have a great Christmas.