Waiting to board in Fort Lauderdale

[Plainsman]

Arriving at airport 4 hours before ship starts boarding, are there any lounges near the boarding area or would it be better to stay around the airport. Have Princess transfers.

[Keith1010]

Is that four hours before the official boarding of the ship or four hours before you know the ship will board? There are lounges that you can sit in at the cruise ship terminal.

 

Keith

[Bequia]

Throw away the Princess transfers and hop in a cab for the 5 minute ride to the port. Otherwise you'll be sitting on the Princess bus for an hour or more waiting for it to fill up before you leave for the port.

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[Plainsman]

Is that four hours before the official boarding of the ship or four hours before you know the ship will board? There are lounges that you can sit in at the cruise ship terminal.

 

Keith

4 hours before official boarding time

[Bequia]

Most cruiselines start boarding between 11am and noon regardless of what the "official" boarding times are. If they waited for the official boarding time to start boarding they would not be able to depart on time. ;)

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[Keith1010]

4 hours before official boarding time

 

If your documents say boarding is at 3:00 PM you will likely be able to board around 12:00 Noon so it sounds like you should be able to just come over to the cruise ship terminal directly from the airport. If you have the cruise line transfers that is what likely will occur.

 

Keith