teacherman Posted March 22, 2018 #1 Share Posted March 22, 2018 We have a choice of 2 re-positioning cruises with similar itineraries. One ends in Los Angeles (Princess) and the other ends in San Diego (Celebrity). We have never been to either city, but we can fly home from either one. Is airport access from the ship easier or better in one of them as opposed to the other? Also, both ships are scheduled to arrive very early in the morning. What would be a safe time to schedule a flight in each airport? Any information and advice is welcome. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted March 22, 2018 #2 Share Posted March 22, 2018 If you look on the West Coast Departures board, (because this is really about on the ground logistics) you will see San Diego is FAR easier (a 10 minute taxi ride, versus a 40 minute MINIMUM to LAX- subject to serious traffic possibilities) transit to the airport. San Diego has a history of Immigration and Customs delay, recently improved, so I would feel comfortable with 11:30 flights, maybe 11am. LAX, nothing before noon for sure. SAN is a smaller, far easier airport to navigate. LAX is huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted March 22, 2018 #3 Share Posted March 22, 2018 I agree with all CruiserBruce has said. If you happen to have a day or two after the cruise San Diego is a lovely city to visit. If not as CruiseBruce noted very short drive to the airport. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6rugrats Posted March 22, 2018 #4 Share Posted March 22, 2018 San Diego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamloops50 Posted March 22, 2018 #5 Share Posted March 22, 2018 San Diego . Instead of LAX I would consider Long Beach (LGD) depending on where your flying to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted March 22, 2018 #6 Share Posted March 22, 2018 San Diego . Instead of LAX I would consider Long Beach (LGD) depending on where your flying to. Long Beach is actually LGB. Long Beach has a far smaller set of possible destination airports than SAN. But it is doable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacherman Posted March 22, 2018 Author #7 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Thank you. San Diego it will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted March 22, 2018 #8 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Good decision. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted March 22, 2018 #9 Share Posted March 22, 2018 If possible it’s definitely worth a few days in San Diego. It is lovely - we especially enjoyed our visit to the air craft carrier that is moored next to the promenade there and is now a tourist attraction. Also ‘OldTown’ is great. It’s an area of old buildings set up as a tourist area which looks like it would have looked years ago. Transport is good - there is a tram system. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatbush Flyer Posted March 22, 2018 #10 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Thank you. San Diego it will be. San Diego is worth staying a few extra days. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FlyerTalker Posted March 22, 2018 #11 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Personally, choice of airport would be low on my own list of factors. Especially on a repositioning cruise, you will be spending more time on the ship and the variations between Princess and Celebrity (and the specific ships) would play a big part in my thinking. Add in the question of specific ports and the pros/cons of SAN vs LAX become less significant - again, IMO. If you really think that the two cruises are equivalent and are a coin flip, then SAN becomes a better logistical choice from port to airport. However, the factor of flight availablity could also come into play - likely far more options via LAX, depending on just where you are eventually flying to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darlipoo Posted April 29, 2018 #12 Share Posted April 29, 2018 We have a choice of 2 re-positioning cruises with similar itineraries. One ends in Los Angeles (Princess) and the other ends in San Diego (Celebrity). We have never been to either city, but we can fly home from either one. Is airport access from the ship easier or better in one of them as opposed to the other? Also, both ships are scheduled to arrive very early in the morning. What would be a safe time to schedule a flight in each airport? Any information and advice is welcome. Thank you. Out of curiosity, where are ships repositioning from? I'm going next month from San Diego to Vancouver . There are several choices of ships and days at sea. I picked the one with a whole day in San Francisco . Makes it like 2 vacations in one. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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