Disembarkation times

[swanmark]

Hi Guys excuse me if I am asking to many questions on here, but its my first ever cruise and I have hundreds of things I want to know. We are going on the Epic in May from Barcelona, I am wondering about disembarking at the nd of the cruise and how long it takes. I think the ship docks at 5.am, our flight out of Barcelona is at 10.50 am, will we have enough time to catch this flight. as we are in an Haven suite we do have priority disembarking, thanks in advance for your help.

[TrumpyNor]

Hi Guys excuse me if I am asking to many questions on here, but its my first ever cruise and I have hundreds of things I want to know. We are going on the Epic in May from Barcelona, I am wondering about disembarking at the nd of the cruise and how long it takes. I think the ship docks at 5.am, our flight out of Barcelona is at 10.50 am, will we have enough time to catch this flight. as we are in an Haven suite we do have priority disembarking, thanks in advance for your help.

 

As the official docking time on the itinerary is as early as 5.00 AM, the ship will probably arrive at the Barcelona port even earlier than that (as the docking time on the itinerary is the scheduled time they expect the ship to be cleared by Spanish port authorities, and disembarkation of passengers usually start about 15 min. after that). And since the BCN airport is just 20-30 minutes drive by taxi from the port, you should be fine. After all, your flight is departing almost 6 hours later than the scheduled docking, and since you will be in a Haven suite you will be escorted to the front of the line of people waiting to leave the ship by the concierge. Even with some delays you should be fine....

 

Normally I would have thought that 10.50 AM was cutting it a little "sharp", but that would only be if the scheduled docking time was the usual 7.00-8.00 AM. But in your case, actually the ship docking at 5.00 AM and your flight dep. at 10.50 AM equals giving you the same time to get to the airport as if the ship docked at 7.00 AM and your flight was at 12.50 PM, and I don't think anyone would say that that scenario would give you little time to get to the airport.