Britt23 Posted May 12, 2009 #1 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Can anyone give me their opinion of what time we should book our flight back from our cruise? We will be flying back out from Fort Lauderdale but our cruise is returning to Miami. Thanks in advance... Britt23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrymtex01 Posted May 13, 2009 #2 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Can anyone give me their opinion of what time we should book our flight back from our cruise? We will be flying back out from Fort Lauderdale but our cruise is returning to Miami. Thanks in advance... Britt23 we have done this twice, and I would not think of booking a flight out of FFL earlier than 1PM. Noon maybe, but that would be a tight squeeze in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mooline Posted May 14, 2009 #3 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Hi from a Miami Beach resident... I agree with Terrymtex. Later is best so that you are not stressed if your ship runs late or the disembarkation process is slow. How long the commute will be depends a lot on the day of the week. If it's a weekday, you'll have the usual commuter traffic on I-95 up to about 9:30 - although you're heading against traffic, you will still have a lot of company. If there is an accident (common occurrence) all bets are off. If you're disembarking on a Saturday or Sunday, road traffic is less of an issue but you'll have a lot of company at the port. During the winter season, we had 5-6 ships in every Saturday and Sunday. Some of these were mega-ships such as the Carnival Freedom or Liberty of the Seas. Think potential long lines to clear customs and lots of competition for cabs. I am not sure what the ship count will be for the summer as we are in transition right now (I think there were only 2 or 3 in last Sunday, if memory serves...) Book an afternoon flight if you can and take your time. Better to have lots of time to kill at the airport than to be stressing about a possible missed flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fin Posted May 14, 2009 #4 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Every time this question is asked, I remember docking in Miami with a 2PM flight from FLL which I nearly missed because there were five cruise ships in the harbor and Customs didn't even begin with us till after ten AM. The poor staff on the ship were quite overwhelmed with trying to assist with missed flights, missed tours, missed connections and so on. It was a mess, and I ended up grabbing a taxi from the dock to the airport, arriving with minutes to spare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoneHPH Posted May 14, 2009 #5 Share Posted May 14, 2009 i booked my flight independantly from NCL. i just got off the phone with my PCC. i added a transfer from the ship back to FLL...and he asked when my flight was...Continental @ 210pm. my PCC said that on his screen, they ask that flights not leave earlier than 1pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
familyof4cruising Posted May 14, 2009 #6 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I always do self disembark...and have always made a 12:00 flight out of FLL from the MIA port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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