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We are going for a 4 night cruise in May 2010. My mother and her husband are also coming.
My mother is nervous as to when the flight time for the return flight should be, between allowing time for customs, etc. I know they get you off the boat very early on the last day. We are arranging our own flights, as we prefer to be in control of them, and also prefer to fly on jetBlue
What is the earliest flight you would recommend booking to allow time for all contingencies? I don't like to fly later in the day, since we have young children, and later flights often get delayed. It is hard to be in the airport so long with 3 kids, including a toddler who doesn't like to stay in the stroller for very long
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Last year we had a similar dilema and I had my 87year old mom with us in the group.
What I did was book a flight for 7:00 pm then I booked a day stay at the Hilton in the airport. After being so tired coming out of the boat it was so nice to be in the hotel for our day stay and we did not have to get more transportation because we already were in the airport.
This might not work for you but it is what we did.
I think if you get a flight for around 3:00 pm you will be alright!
People have gotten flights as early as 11:30 or so and made it. Personally, I would be nervous scheduling anything before 2 PM or so. You will get all kinds of answers - it all depends on your risk tolerance. The DCL website has this under recommendations for passengers making their own flight arrangements:
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Earliest Flight Departure from the Orlando International Airport on Debarkation Day — 12:30 p.m.
usually anywhere around noon is good.... remember that depending on your airline (I am not sure if Jet Blue is one) your bags will already be handled from the ship if using Disney transport all the way to your home destination. So based on that you don't have a lot of trouble/hassle getting through customs. It mostly is the long line out of the ship.... so take all of this into consideration... now if doing your own transport then throw this all out the window..... none of this would apply.
Unexpected traffic
flat tire (we had one in our way to Disneyland but since we allow plenty of time we were able to change it and STILL did not miss the flight)
any other thing that might come along out of your control
when leaving to LA we missed our flight by 5 minutes.
The airline would not let anyone get in 45 minutes to 1 hour before taking off
I left 3 hours early to the airport (usually would take half hour to get there)
but because accidents, construction work we missed it. i was shocked and the stress level was so high,I wowed to allow plenty of time because it can go un-eventful but the opossite is possible too and we want to be covered.
The paperwork we received before our cruise said no earlier than 11:25, but I think that is WAY to early! We had a 4 PM flight, and it allowed us to go to DTD, shop, and eat a leisurely lunch before having to go to the airport!
I'd also avoid any time earlier than about 12:30pm. While it doesn't happen often, we were on a cruise where, due to customs clearance problems, folks weren't able to get off the ship until after 10:00am.
Most of the time, however, it's really a matter of striking a balance between being anxious because you risk missing the flight if anything goes wrong (and even a momentary delay at times like that can seem like "forever"), and spending too much time sitting around the airport (bored kids, etc.)
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We had a 12:25 am time for our flight back, When I booked it, it was not that early but our airline kept pushing it forward. I was a little worried about it. We were there about 1 and half early for our flight. We did on board check in so we did not have to get our luggage. Customs was a breeze and also we were in line to get off the ship as soon as the doors opened. have a great time. Deanna
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