cruisinlawn Posted October 16, 2020 #1 Share Posted October 16, 2020 We will be disembarking in Dover on Friday, 8/27/2021. Flying back to Atlanta out of Heathrow. What is a comfortable time for flight departure? Is 12 noon doable? 4 adults and capable of early, self/unassisted debark. Itinerary indicates ship is back in port 5a.m. after a 12-day Baltic sailing. We're not sure of what we'll need to pass thru regarding European customs, immigration, etc. Thanks for any input. I'll also be posting in the Cruise Air forum. 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted October 16, 2020 #2 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Customs is very rarely an issue in Europe. It is the red/green honor system. If you don't have anything to declare, Customs takes 2.5 seconds. Immigration will depend a little on where your stops are prior to arriving i n Britain, but not a lot. You will have a secondary check at Heathrow for pre-entrance to the US which can add a little time. Docking at 5am doesn't mean getting off at 5:05...depends on how the port is set up to accept you. I will let others with more experience answer how early a flight you can book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinlawn Posted October 16, 2020 Author #3 Share Posted October 16, 2020 33 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said: Customs is very rarely an issue in Europe. It is the red/green honor system. If you don't have anything to declare, Customs takes 2.5 seconds. Immigration will depend a little on where your stops are prior to arriving i n Britain, but not a lot. You will have a secondary check at Heathrow for pre-entrance to the US which can add a little time. Docking at 5am doesn't mean getting off at 5:05...depends on how the port is set up to accept you. I will let others with more experience answer how early a flight you can book. Thanks Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinlawn Posted October 17, 2020 Author #4 Share Posted October 17, 2020 On 10/15/2020 at 9:10 PM, CruiserBruce said: Customs is very rarely an issue in Europe. It is the red/green honor system. If you don't have anything to declare, Customs takes 2.5 seconds. Immigration will depend a little on where your stops are prior to arriving i n Britain, but not a lot. You will have a secondary check at Heathrow for pre-entrance to the US which can add a little time. Docking at 5am doesn't mean getting off at 5:05...depends on how the port is set up to accept you. I will let others with more experience answer how early a flight you can book. Got it and aware you don't walk off at 5:05a. Primarily concerned if 12 noon departure is pushing it or better suited for early afternoon flight. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nini Posted October 26, 2020 #5 Share Posted October 26, 2020 If you are using the cruise line's air, then they will typically not book you on an unreasonable departing flight. Or you can also call the cruise line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sddsddean Posted November 1, 2020 #6 Share Posted November 1, 2020 I wouldn't book for noon. Lets say you get off the ship at 8. Public transport (trains probably) would take an hour to London and at least an hour out to LHR. Thats 10am, but this will be a working day, so more traffic...add an hour, thats 11am, leaving you one hour for check in etc and no 'wiggle room'. Not enough in my opinion. Also, this is the start of a bank holiday weekend (30th Aug is a holiday), so the airport will be busy. I'd go for at least 3pm. Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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