There was a plan to charter a plane. On a closed loop cruise you only need birth certificate and driver license, kids birth certificates. So you cannot get through customs at a foreign air port. But getting the charter, you still need to enter the country to get on the flight. Mexican gov would have some say in it.
I was surprised to learn they actually towed it all the way to Mobile Alabama. there must have been issues with getting a charter in and out of Mexico.
I was on a plane an hr and half that last power when it shut down on the runway in Detroit. It has to be jump started. As the pilot was backing up he had to stop shortly when he learned a passenger was in the lav. Umm not saying who's kiddo...
So the plane would not restart.
For the hr and half, no air conditioning, toilets backing up smell, no power to flush them, people sick in all the bags from the heat and odor. I can't imagine how terrible it was in the inside cabins without lights, the lower decks with smells.
No fresh food, clean clothes ugh.
It is making me rethink a passport instead of a pass card to travel now!
Edited to change final destination. My BFF is cruising out of New Orleans this week, must have been in the brain.