What time can one walk off of the Dream in Barcelona?

[wdp]

For flight planning purposes, what time can one walk off of the Dream, self-carrying any luggage, from a concierge room? (I realize that the Barcelona season has quite started, so any guidance from last year.)

What is the best way to pre-arrange (if that saves time) a rapid ride for 5 from the port to BCN Airport? Are there taxis immediately available?

Thanks!

 

[Disneypeach]

I disembarked in Barcelona a couple of years ago. Got off using the expedited walkoff but I don’t remember the time. There were lots of taxis waiting. It was very easy.

 

[princesscinderella]

I think we were off the ship by 8am and waiting to get into park Guell after dropping off our luggage at the hotel at 9am

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

It's been several years since our Med cruise on the Magic but I looked up my flight confirmation email. Our departing flight was 10:45am. Plenty of other Dis-ers said they had taken early flights like that without issue. It wasn't a long ride between the port and airport. I don't think we even did the expedited walk off. I was singled out for extra security measures where they took about 15 of us into a separate room, not with our families, re-xrayed our carry on bags, looked through them, then made phone calls to verify our passports. That was very stressful because dh was waiting with our kids and my parents. It took a good 45 minutes so we didn't have time to eat at the airport as we planned but we had just eaten a large breakfast on the ship we weren't hungry anyway.

We used Barcelona Day Tours for our airport transfers and also for a 4-hour tour of Barcelona.
In hindsight, we should have done an 8 hour tour but we wanted to spend some time just strolling on our own.

 

[asgur5]

For flight planning purposes, what time can one walk off of the Dream, self-carrying any luggage, from a concierge room? (I realize that the Barcelona season has quite started, so any guidance from last year.)

What is the best way to pre-arrange (if that saves time) a rapid ride for 5 from the port to BCN Airport? Are there taxis immediately available?

Thanks!

Last year we got off at 7am. However i think they opened early that day and some were getting off at 630am

 

[RedHead0186]

The time express/concierge walk off begins depends on when the ship arrives in port, gets cleared, etc. That can take a bit longer when a ship is in a particular port for the first time. Since the Dream has been to Barcelona before, things should run smoothly. Assuming that, concierge walk off should start around 7:30am. There can be lines at passport control in the terminal, so account for that.

There are taxis available, but the line can get long (though if you're some of the first ones off the ship it might not be that bad). Concierge can also help you arrange private transportation (for a fee) if you like-they did that for us on the EBTA last year.

 

[DCLMP]

We got off at 7 both times and took a 1030 am flight.

 

[DCLMP]

The time express/concierge walk off begins depends on when the ship arrives in port, gets cleared, etc. That can take a bit longer when a ship is in a particular port for the first time. Since the Dream has been to Barcelona before, things should run smoothly. Assuming that, concierge walk off should start around 7:30am. There can be lines at passport control in the terminal, so account for that.

There are taxis available, but the line can get long (though if you're some of the first ones off the ship it might not be that bad). Concierge can also help you arrange private transportation (for a fee) if you like-they did that for us on the EBTA last year.

You won’t have to go through immigration if you’ve already been to the EU. Just walk out the door. Unless something has changed.

 

[wdp]

Do you need more lead time when departing BCN if flying directly to the USA (vs. flying a connection via AMS or CDG)? Because of the new EU entry/exit procedures?

 

[RedHead0186]

You won’t have to go through immigration if you’ve already been to the EU. Just walk out the door. Unless something has changed.

That was not my experience debarking the Eastbound Transatlantic last year. I had been to the EU before (within the last couple of years), and stood in the same line as my parents who had never been to the EU to have our passports reviewed/stamped.

Perhaps something has changed in the last year (or perhaps I missed something)?

 

[DCLMP]

That was not my experience debarking the Eastbound Transatlantic last year. I had been to the EU before (within the last couple of years), and stood in the same line as my parents who had never been to the EU to have our passports reviewed/stamped.

Perhaps something has changed in the last year (or perhaps I missed something)?

I meant did you stop at a EU port before disembarking? Normally immigration is done on the first EU port when coming from US.

 

[RedHead0186]

I meant did you stop at a EU port before disembarking? Normally immigration is done on the first EU port when coming from US.

Even on a cruise? We stopped at 3 EU ports before disembarking in Barcelona: Ponta Delgada, Lisbon, and Cadiz. But no immigration checks were done at any of those ports (we just got off the ship like we do at any other port).

 

[DCLMP]

Even on a cruise? We stopped at 3 EU ports before disembarking in Barcelona: Ponta Delgada, Lisbon, and Cadiz. But no immigration checks were done at any of those ports (we just got off the ship like we do at any other port).

When we did that cruise in 2018 we went through immigration at the first stop. I believe they came onboard and did it. Maybe things have changed. I've done several European cruises and have never had to go through immigration on debarkation. There have been times like going from UK to Iceland to EU where they kept our passports and immigration came on board the ship and we got them back half way through, but walked right off in Copenhagen. On our Holy land cruise we started in Rome and ended in Rome so no immigration on debarkation, but we did have to go through it in Israel.

I know a lot of things have changed recently in Europe with new procedures and fingerprinting. I'm not sure how that will affect travel time, but I guess I'll find out this Summer.

 

[RedHead0186]

When we did that cruise in 2018 we went through immigration at the first stop. I believe they came onboard and did it. Maybe things have changed. I've done several European cruises and have never had to go through immigration on debarkation. There have been times like going from UK to Iceland to EU where they kept our passports and immigration came on board the ship and we got them back half way through, but walked right off in Copenhagen. On our Holy land cruise we started in Rome and ended in Rome so no immigration on debarkation, but we did have to go through it in Israel.

I know a lot of things have changed recently in Europe with new procedures and fingerprinting. I'm not sure how that will affect travel time, but I guess I'll find out this Summer.

Interesting! To be fair, that was my only European cruise (thus far) so that's my only data point. I did like that the passport stamps denoted whether you arrived by air or cruise-not a big thing, but fun for me as I look back on all my stamps.

 

[DCLMP]

Interesting! To be fair, that was my only European cruise (thus far) so that's my only data point. I did like that the passport stamps denoted whether you arrived by air or cruise-not a big thing, but fun for me as I look back on all my stamps.

I'm more worried about the airports with the new procedures. I've read about long waits on arrival. I guess will find out. Pack your patience.

 

[Bad Pink Tink 2.0]

Ive recently been on a non Disney cruise round trip from Barcelona and I flew into and out of Barcelona airport.

When I got off the ship there were no passport checks. They just scanned my cruise card at the gangway and then I walked through the glass corridor skybridge and into the cruise terminal where I collected my checked bag from the bag reclaim and then walked out of the building to the cruise bus stop back to the city centre.

Do you need more lead time when departing BCN if flying directly to the USA (vs. flying a connection via AMS or CDG)? Because of the new EU entry/exit procedures?

At Barcelona airport I checked in and did bag drop, then went to the upper level to the gates.

The first thing is you scan your boarding pass on the automatic scanners and you enter the secure area. As far as I can remember they only separated families and those needing assistance at this first security point.

You then go into switch backs to go through the bag check scanners.

After the bag check scanners you are in the main shopping and restaurant area.

This is where you need to check the screens for your gate information. On the screen you will most likely see gate information available at xxx time. You are now free to explore the shopping and food options. The screen will then change to Go To Gate xxx. This is when you leave the main shopping and restaurant area and go to your gate area.

Make sure to check the screens , not just rely on what is printed on your boarding pass. At Barcelona airport they do not announce gate changes. On my flight there was a group of annoyed Americans who had gone to the gate printed on their boarding pass and then realized the gate had been changed. When they got to the correct gate where I was sitting, they complained loudly to the gate agent, who did not care , which made them even more annoyed and they walked to the seating area complaining why dont Barcelona Airport make announcements like they do back home.

Before you go to your gate area you will go through passport check. This is where they separate into two sections. EU / EEA and all other passport holders.

As I am an EU passport holder, it was very quick for me. There were automatic scanners where I just scanned my passport and went through. You as a US Passport holder will have to speak to an agent. As far as I know, they do not stamp passports any more, its all electronic.

 

[holula]

That was not my experience debarking the Eastbound Transatlantic last year. I had been to the EU before (within the last couple of years), and stood in the same line as my parents who had never been to the EU to have our passports reviewed/stamped.

Perhaps something has changed in the last year (or perhaps I missed something)?

I was on this same cruise and this was also my experience. We did immigration in Barcelona even though we stopped at EU ports before Barcelona. I suspect that now EES exists the EBTA will always have immigration in Barcelona from now on due to the fingerprinting and photo.

 

[nordkin]

We disembarked the transatlantic in Barcelona yesterday. A couple of days prior to the end of the cruise Disney was recommending doing walkoff if your flight was before 2pm due to the new EES system and having to clear it for the first time at the port in Barcelona. We walked off at ~6:15 with hundreds of others. We were near the front of the line that started forming around 4am and cleared EES within 20 minutes of leaving the ship. At the airport you check your luggage, go through security, then have to clear EES again near the boarding gates. It was a smooth process for some, but not others. Took me 10 minutes once I reached a kiosk between kiosk issues and facial recognition issues after the kiosk. There were people there to help if needed.

On a side note, I downloaded the Global Entry app since I have global entry. I literally filled everything out as we were taxing to the gate in Philadelphia. We went to the Global Entry area and were directed to an officer who we showed our photo in the app and he waved us through. Took less than a minute.

 

[wdp]

We disembarked the transatlantic in Barcelona yesterday. A couple of days prior to the end of the cruise Disney was recommending doing walkoff if your flight was before 2pm due to the new EES system and having to clear it for the first time at the port in Barcelona. We walked off at ~6:15 with hundreds of others. We were near the front of the line that started forming around 4am and cleared EES within 20 minutes of leaving the ship. At the airport you check your luggage, go through security, then have to clear EES again near the boarding gates. It was a smooth process for some, but not others. Took me 10 minutes once I reached a kiosk between kiosk issues and facial recognition issues after the kiosk. There were people there to help if needed.

On a side note, I downloaded the Global Entry app since I have global entry. I literally filled everything out as we were taxing to the gate in Philadelphia. We went to the Global Entry area and were directed to an officer who we showed our photo in the app and he waved us through. Took less than a minute.

Thanks for this ultra-recent datapoint. Do you happen to know whether Barcelona-to-Barcelona (via Italy) DCL itineraries need to deal with EES upon return to the port (since they never leave the EU)?

 

[nordkin]

Thanks for this ultra-recent datapoint? Do you happen to know whether Barcelona-to-Barcelona (via Italy) DCL itineraries need to deal with EES upon return to the port (since they never leave the EU)?

I am not sure about EES on Barcelona to Barcelona cruises. One left the evening we disembarked and the answer will be available next Saturday.