Legodude_uk

Hi there, sorry to resurrect an older thread but it looked the best place to ask my question, we are cruising into Miami in October and usual disembarkation is early morning, but our flights back to Heathrow aren't until later that evening, they are booked through NCL so I was wondering how that will work with transfers...

Do we get taken to the airport early and have to wait there? Is there an option to leave our luggage somewhere, explore then return for the transfers? Any suggestions would be gratefully received

Are any of these likely to work for a UK Cruiser? Can't see anywhere to apply the promo codes on the Payment screen...

If the queue is that long then I will be right near the Geocache 😃

1 hour ago, KeithJenner said:

This was a picture I took from the ship earlier this year at Lisbon. The picture was taken at 1.20pm on a day with sail away at 4pm (so all aboard was just over 30 minutes away. The queue of people you can see went up some ramps at the side of the terminal building, around the front, and then continued for a little further after it disappeared behind the trees on the left. I understand that the queueing time to just enter the terminal was considerably more than an hour. We were a few hours late sailing away.

 

It looks like people in the queue mainly just have hand luggage, which suggests that people were able to get to the luggage drop off point before joining the queue, so at least dropping off luggage and heading into town would probably be an option, but checking in and then wandering off would be tricky.

 

If the OP is with others then they could probably head off and get and a fridge magnet whilst the others queue.

 

I believe from comments that I read before our cruise that these queues are not unusual.

8 minutes ago, Travelling2Some said:

I have been to Lisbon a couple of times and can report that you will dock easy walking distance to the Alfama (old town) and the main square.  Uber is very inexpensive and Lisbon is awash in refrigerator magnets.  Also good to know is that the sail in/out is very nice, passing the aforementioned square and several of the monuments in the Belem area.  There is a much smaller rendition of Rio's "Christ the Redeemer" on the opposite side of the river and a bridge that looks just like the Golden Gate in San Francisco - it was built by the same company.  The little egg custard tarts called Pastel de Nada are delicious and the local white wine, Vino Verde, is very good.  I guess you can tell I really like Lisbon!

I feel like a Pastel de Nada is a must...

2 minutes ago, Asawi said:

I applaude all sorts of nerdness! 😄 
There seems to be a cache right by the terminal and another one a few hundred meters away.

Doing lots of research... Will also need to find a fridge magnet for our collection... so hopefully will be able to achieve that as well

20 minutes ago, schmoopie17 said:

That's fine. But I thought your concern was being able to see the city before the cruise. Getting in a day or two early lets you do that.

The main concern is being a nerd 🤣 although a lot of people are very concerned about that for me already!!

1 minute ago, schmoopie17 said:

We never arrive the day of the cruise. Too many things can go wrong.

 

Unless UK customers aren't allowed to add a front-end deviation (US cruisers can come in up to two days in advance), definitely do that.

As mentioned it is booked as part of the package so NCL will make sure we get on board...

We are only a couple of hours away and the flights are part of the package, previously we have flown at least the day before (actually a couple of days before for the Alaskan one)

It looks like there is one practically outside the Cruise Terminal, so should be able to grab that while queuing up!!

Thanks for the info, TBH it's more of the nerdy thing of getting a Geocache in Portugal to "dip" my Cruise Travel bug into before setting of to other places... Will do some more research to see if there is an easy one nearby...

Hi All, 

We are cruising with NCL from Lisbon using one of their Fly/Cruise packages, and we are wondering if there will be the option to explore Lisbon before the ship departs? The package includes transfers from airport to port, but I wanted to understand if there is the chance to drop luggage and then explore before formally checking in to the terminal.