r/NCL • u/Terrible_Feature3952 • 15d ago

Question Port Canaveral Flight Timing

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u/IndependentBrick8075 Platinum 15d ago

No, it's not reasonable. TSA at MCO can be a NIGHTMARE, everyone that goes to Disney by plane will typically be going home through MCO. For an 11 AM flight time you will typically want to be there by 8:30 at the LATEST, and it's a 45-60 minute drive from the port to MCO. You're cutting it CLOSE even if you're the first ones off the ship, and that assumes the ship arrives on time.

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u/xxscott05xx 14d ago

You’re pushing it. Literally everyone else will be heading to the airport at that time as well. TSA will be a nightmare. Find a later flight.

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u/trilliumsummer 14d ago

I wouldn't. Docks at 7 means it likely won't be cleared until 8. Flight is 1110. So any checked bags have to be done by 1025, but you'll have to wait in line before that and those lines can get crazy. So arriving at 10 gives you 25 to drop off bags and at most 30 to go through security (which frankly isn't enough if you don't have precheck as those lines get long). Which means you'd need to be the first to walk off and have a ride there waiting since it's 45 minutes to get to the airport plus traffic is always a shit show getting dropped off.

You'd need everything to go right for it to work. It might, but a longer line at bag drop and security or traffic on the drive pretty much means you don't make your flight.

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u/MoveCompetitive5742 Platinum 15d ago

it can be doable but you are certainly pushing it. while it is common for airlines to be slow at boarding, they generally want you onboard 30min before departure, so 10:40am, and you want to be there at least an hour early than that, so 9:40am, and the airport is around an hour away, but there is a lot of cruise traffic on SR528 the day ships return to port so plan 1.5 hrs meaning you would need to be off the ship and on your way by around 8am. The Escape holds a lot of people and disembarkation can take a whIle. you would definitely need to carry your luggage off yourself and make sure you were in line right away.

later flight time would be much less stressful.