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12 hours ago, JohninDC said:

Welcome to the boards! 😎

 

The ride from PE to MIA airport, depending upon traffic and day of the week, takes about 45+ minutes.  Is the 11:30 flight an international departure, or a domestic flight to somewhere in the US?  Assuming domoestic, then for an 11:30 flight you will need to be at MIA by about 10:00, and 9:30 or earlier is better with the general TSA security chaos.  That translates into off the ship, with bags, and clear of customs/immigration by about 8:30.  Then grab a taxi (about $75+ on the meter) or an Uber or Lyft (about $35-40) for the trip to MIA.

 

If you carry your bags off, and  if it is a domestic flight, and if there are no delays with customs/immigration, then you can make a domestic flight at 11:30 - but that's a lot of "ifs" to worry about.  If it is an internaitonal flight, with an earlier check in time requirement, I don't think you can make it.

 

Do you want to spend your cruise worried about making your flight? 🤔  I would call AA and ask for a later flight, or extend my vacation and spend a day in Miami and catch the morning flight the next day.  It is your call!

 

One of these days I will make it to Sydney.  Have a great cruise! 😀

Thanks John. You’re right, I don’t want it to be on my mind during the cruise and I know it will niggle at me. We are flying to DFW and connecting to a flight to Sydney the following day. To be safe I’ll move to a flight later in the afternoon. Thanks for your advice. 
ps I totally recommend a cruise from NZ to Sydney. 

Hi all,

My AA flight was originally scheduled for a 1:35pm departure from MIA however it has been cancelled and I have been moved to an 11:30am departure instead.

As I am not familiar with this port, will I have enough time to travel from Port Everglades to MIA to make an 11:30am flight? or would you recommend I call the airline and request to be moved to a later flight?

Thanks in advance.

No. 

There is a sparkling (Celebrity Brut) and a Prosecco. I don’t find either palatable and prefer the Chandon in the premium package. I’d recommend you wait til you get onboard and have a taste as you can always upgrade on the ship. Enjoy your cruise 😊. 

Bravo. Thanks for sharing. 

Great review Tom. 

OBC should appear in your Cruise Planner as you can use it towards purchases before you cruise. 

Options are be upgraded to premium or rebook minus the drink package at prevailing rates. Good luck with your TA. 

I wouldn’t recommend waiting for CC to automatically apply the upgrade. I booked direct with CC on October 30 and paid the surcharge ($210AUD). When I called Celebrity today to enquire about the Premium upgrade Or repricing at the prevailing rate, the rep had no idea what I was going on about and denied Celebrity ever had a surcharge in place. After 45 minutes and being transferred to 2 other consultants, Celebrity finally agreed to apply the upgraded premium package.