To me, it depends on what airline your flying and checking baggage. The first time, we flew Southwest, so we did not have the option of onboard check-in/send bags straight to the airport, and we ended up waiting 30min to check our bags at the airport. We also did the sit down breakfast, so we didn't leave the port till 9am, so we arrived at the airport when it was busy. This last time, we flew Delta, so we had onboard check-in/send bags straight to the airport and we had over 2 hours to kill at the airport as we got to bypass the baggage line. We did Cabanas for breakfast, so we were off the boat at 8am and at the airport by 9am.