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We've had big problems leaving Vancouver airport after 2 cruises. Both times since all the unloaded passengers arrived at the airport at basically the same time the lines were horrendous.

We had to wait at the Alaska air checkin desk, US customs, airport tax kiosk (even though we prepaid), another US customs (not sure why), bag drop off area, security. This took over 2 hours just to get to the gate.

And to top it off, on our 2nd visit there was a breach at the security area after we'd boarded the plane and had to disembark (along with every other plane) and go through security again. This took another 4 hours and needless to say we missed our connection (in Seattle) and had to spend the night there and get home a day late.

These of course aren't direct problems with the airport itself but a combination of 9/11 security and overcrowding from ship arrivals. But the headache is the same. : ^ (

<blockquote data-quote="halfdome86" data-source="post: 721990">We've had big problems leaving Vancouver airport after 2 cruises.&nbsp; Both times since all the unloaded passengers arrived at the airport at basically the same time the lines were horrendous.We had to wait at the Alaska air checkin desk,&nbsp; US customs,&nbsp; airport tax kiosk (even though we prepaid),&nbsp; another US customs (not sure why),&nbsp; bag drop off area,&nbsp; security.&nbsp; This took over 2 hours just to get to the gate.And to top it off,&nbsp; on our 2nd visit there was a breach at the security area after we'd boarded the plane and had to disembark (along with every other plane) and go through security again.&nbsp; This took another 4 hours and needless to say we missed our connection (in Seattle) and had to spend the night there and get home a day late.These of course aren't direct problems with the airport itself but a combination of 9/11 security and overcrowding from ship arrivals.&nbsp; But the headache is the same.&nbsp; : ^ (</blockquote>

[QUOTE="halfdome86, post: 721990"] We've had big problems leaving Vancouver airport after 2 cruises. Both times since all the unloaded passengers arrived at the airport at basically the same time the lines were horrendous. We had to wait at the Alaska air checkin desk, US customs, airport tax kiosk (even though we prepaid), another US customs (not sure why), bag drop off area, security. This took over 2 hours just to get to the gate. And to top it off, on our 2nd visit there was a breach at the security area after we'd boarded the plane and had to disembark (along with every other plane) and go through security again. This took another 4 hours and needless to say we missed our connection (in Seattle) and had to spend the night there and get home a day late. These of course aren't direct problems with the airport itself but a combination of 9/11 security and overcrowding from ship arrivals. But the headache is the same. : ^ ( [/QUOTE]