Here are a few questions that were sent into me this week. I figured I would post them so that others who have similar questions could use the information.
My cruise arrives back to the cruise terminal at 7 am and my flight leaves from Fort Lauderdale International at 10 am. Is 3 hours enough time for me to get off the ship and get to the airport in time?
Truthfully, you probably could make it in time but only if everything happens as planned. While the airport is probably not even 30 minutes away from the cruise terminal there are a lot of moving parts involved with disembarking a cruise ship. First the ship has to arrive on time, it must be cleared by authorities and then you need to clear customs. This all has to happen before you even leave for the airport. So, like I said although there is a good chance that everything will work out for you, I wouldn’t risk it. Change your flight to something that leaves around noon-ish. I mean, do you really want to spend the last day of your vacation running sprinting through the airport like “the Juice” in a Hertz commercial (Those of you who are old enough will understand that last one).
We were going to book a 5 day cruise on the Carnival Destiny over Spring Break. The problem is it would be a family vacation and I was wondering if there would be a lot of rowdy Spring Breakers on the cruise.
The short answer is yes. The longer answer is yes there will be a ton of Spring Breakers on the Destiny. Generally speaking any cruise shorter than 7 days will be more of a party cruise. The Destiny is a 5 day cruise sailing out of Miami, whose cheapest cabins cost around 350 dollars a person. You throw those three things in a blender and add in a bit of Spring Break and you have the set of MTV Spring Break 2011.
I really hate flying. Is there a way I could take a cruise ship across the Atlantic one-way so I wouldn’t have to fly?
Sure. What you will want to do is look for Repositioning or Transatlantic cruises. During certain times of years cruise lines will move ships to other areas of the world; for example during hurricane season many ships will leave the Caribbean for Europe. Typically these repositioning cruises only happen twice per year but Cunard does offer semi regularly scheduled transatlantic cruises.
While these trips are obviously longer and more expensive than taking a flight, if you have the time or the money they are a great way to travel across the pond.
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