First time on epic

[bnorris10]

We will be going on epic for the first time in December

 

Please don't give me any nonsense about take later train blah blah as I have no intention of doing that - (This is not directed at those trying to be helpful but it seems I ask a question and I get 50 people telling me what I should have done differently)

 

 

We plan on walking off ourselves so that we can grab an early taxi and make it to the train station before 930a

 

So what I need to know is where is the best part of the ship to line up at to disembark and what time should we be there to start lining up - we are not expecting to the be first off the ship (although I would not object to that LOL) but I don't want to spend 3 hours waiting for a taxi so the plan was to get off the ship as early as possible

[ulster-cruiser]

Where are you getting on Rome or Barcelona?

[kirsty_r]

i'm guessing Barcelona?

 

The taxi queue is normally very well organised, lots of taxis, minimal queuing.

 

Also I found people not really queuing to jump ship as the ship docks very early (5am), and you can usually get off just after 6-6:30ish. Train station around 15-20mins ride, so you could be there for just after 7 at the earliest.

[BirdTravels]

The forward gangway will take you directly into the Barcelona terminal. We got off around 9:30 am last Sunday and walk straight off and straight out of the terminal without stopping.

 

While it was efficient, the taxi queue was 15-20 minutes long.

[kirsty_r]

The forward gangway will take you directly into the Barcelona terminal. We got off around 9:30 am last Sunday and walk straight off and straight out of the terminal without stopping.

 

While it was efficient, the taxi queue was 15-20 minutes long.

 

that sounds pretty much like my experience previous - a 15-20 minute taxi q is nothing in the grand scheme of a mega ship. Alternatively, you can book transfers through private companies e.g. suntransfers

[bnorris10]

The forward gangway will take you directly into the Barcelona terminal. We got off around 9:30 am last Sunday and walk straight off and straight out of the terminal without stopping.

 

While it was efficient, the taxi queue was 15-20 minutes long.

 

Thank you and everyone else just what I needed to know

[eiffeltower07]

The forward gangway will take you directly into the Barcelona terminal. We got off around 9:30 am last Sunday and walk straight off and straight out of the terminal without stopping.

 

While it was efficient, the taxi queue was 15-20 minutes long.

 

We had a similar experience in May. It was very fast to walk off, and the taxi line was run very well.

[Millaar37]

We walked off the Epic in Barcelona yesterday @ 7.45am straight into a taxi and we were in the Airport for 8.30am. Very easy and very well organised. My experience yesterday was that most people wanted a later checkout.

[bnorris10]

that is great to hear .... I recently upgraded to haven so we are actually going to be able to get off quickly anyways it will now give us an extra hour to sleep in that morning