Port Canaveral debarkation day - flight time?

[nkereina]

We'll be cruising on the Oasis for the first time next year out of Port Canaveral. We're inexperienced cruisers so I'm not sure what to expect on debarkation day, but I know we will carry off our own luggage and I will also be using a private car transfer from the port to the Orlando airport.

With that information, would you go with an 11:50am flight or 2:30pm flight home? We're four adults and will be flying on Southwest out of MCO. I don't want to feel rushed with the earlier flight, but I also don't want to get home late and kill several hours at the airport with the later flight.

Which would you pick?

 

[OKW Lover]

I'd go for the 11:50 flight. You'll likely be off the ship by 9 am and its less than an hour drive to MCO.

 

[eskimoinparadise]

Barring any delays in docking or customs, the 11:50 flight would work. We cruise out of PC on RCL quite often, and even with retrieving checked luggage we're usually driving by the airport exit by 9:15.

 

[DisMommyTX]

I would also go with 11:50. You should have plenty of time, but at least with Southwest you can change it at the last minute if something goes wrong.