Departure Flight Home from Miami Port - Ashore at 7:30am

[MadHookUp]

I am taking a Disney Cruise with my Family that has the Itinerary with us being ashore at 7:30am on a Sunday. We found an amazingly priced flight at 9:37am. Every other flight is over 2x the cost. Do we stand a chance to make this flight? If not, what is the earliest flight we should be looking at?

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

That is far to early book after 11am, you will not make it.

Let's say you are queuing at 7.30 am, another 500 > 1000 will be queuing as well.
You walk off.
Find luggage.
Queue for border control.
Get out.
Get transport.

That's a minimum of 30 mins to 45 mins already. 8.15 am.

Airline check in is Two to one hours so 8.30 for that flight.

It's not doable.

 

[lorimay]

That is probably too early, you never know what can go wrong. DCL suggests no flights before noon.
I was on a DCL cruise in 2002 and we had noro-virus issues and we didn't get of the ship till after 930, the CDC boarded the ship and made everyone fill out forms on what we ate and such.
That was the only time we had an issue in 12 cruises, but you never know.

 

[dcassetta]

Miami international airport is only about 15 minutes from the port of Miami. So assuming that the ship does arrive on time, and you are among the first passengers off the ship, and you have no trouble getting a taxi, and there are no issues getting through security, a 9:37 flight is doable. But, there is not much margin for error.

 

[Maggie'sMom]

That would be too tight of a time frame for my comfort. You could book it as long as you are okay with knowledge that any issue that might pop up could make you miss your flight and force you to rebook on a later one. That would be too much stress for me, but to each their own.

 

[IrishCowboy]

I think it is Possible. We once made a 9:35AM flight out of Orlando

You will have to carry your bags off the ship on your own. This will speed up the process. Make sure you are in the lobby ready to debark at 7:00 AM. You should be one of the first off the ship and thru customs. As long as the ship has no problems clearing customs, you should be off the ship and in a taxi by 8:00 - 8:15 AM. Good Luck!

 

[Peggytc]

If you have the time, it might be cheaper for you to book a hotel room for that night and take the same cheaper flight the following morning instead. Then spend an afternoon sight seeing!