<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by NoStressHere:
It happens way too often for anyone to book a flight on the SAME day as the cruise. Not worth the hassles. MAYBE if it is booked with the airline, but for sure NEVER if booked on your own. Go the day before and relax.
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Going on a cruise in early March from Ft. Lauderdale, I was quite interested in this issue.
The people were on a "fly-cruise" trip and the flight was organized/mandated by the cruise line (HAL).
The outcome (for those interested) was that they got on the next (last) flight out of YOW to ATL, were to be put up overnight in ATL, flown to Key West next day where they would be picked up by a tender from the ship passing at that time, thereby limiting their "loss" to one day at sea. These people, by the way, were extremely level-headed and calm about the whole issue.
(And yes, my wife and I are planning to arrive the day before in Ft. Lauderdale!)