laedw Posted December 30, 2011 #1 Share Posted December 30, 2011 We are cruising on the Majesty of the Seas in May, 2012. The ship is scheduled to disembark in Miami, FL at 7 a.m. If we book our American Airlines return flight out of Miami to Chicago for 10:55 a.m., will we make our flight? Or, should we book a later flight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexkrn46 Posted December 30, 2011 #2 Share Posted December 30, 2011 If you do the self disembark it would be tight be doable. If you can get a later flight I would go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkwolfe Posted December 30, 2011 #3 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Uber tight and very stressful. I'd shift it to after 12pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonbeam Posted December 30, 2011 #4 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Technically. Yes, but you are leaving little room for error and there is no guarantee that AA will put you on a later flight if you miss it without a big charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted December 30, 2011 #5 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I have always gotten off the Majesty very early. While I might not book this flight, the alarm bells aren't really going off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioCruiserDude Posted December 30, 2011 #6 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I would back your flight up a little cause a 11am flight youll need to be at the airport by 9am and if your ship docks at 7am it may take a wile to clear coustoms. One of our Liberty cruises it took an hr and a half to clear coustoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruzerci Posted December 30, 2011 #7 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Granted it was 5 years ago, we made a 10:30 out of MIA when we got off Navigator in Miami with time to spare. Definitely do the express walk off departure! We were off the Majesty by 8 a couple of years ago as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBumb Posted December 30, 2011 #8 Share Posted December 30, 2011 as long as you walk off asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hackpba Posted December 30, 2011 #9 Share Posted December 30, 2011 We had no issue last year on the Liberty. We just did the self disbarkment as mentioned and rolled all our luggage off the ship to a waiting van cab and was at the airport with 2 hours to spare! I think we were able to get off the ship around 6 to 6:30am so that helped too. Miami's port was easy on easy off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckles Posted December 30, 2011 #10 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I can only tell you about the experience I had when due to fog, my ship was delayed in arriving at the home port by four hours. The airline would not give me another seat for two days and I had to pay $1600 for two seats to return to my home on the same day. It just isn't worth the rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptData Posted December 30, 2011 #11 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I would book a later flight (after 12 noon). This will allow for some unforseen things such as delay in reaching port/delay in Custom clearance/lost bag (misplaced bag). I would do walk off if you stick to this flight plan. Also MIA is a very busy place once everyone gets there so walk off would give you advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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