belle809

Hi all forgot to give you an update: followed everyone's suggestions and let me tell you it was a breeze. My cabin was on Deck 10 forward I was ready by 6:15 got on an elevator right away without a problem. There were only a handful of people walking around, found the 2 exits on Deck 5 one next to Starbucks and the other over by Guest relations. I was #2 on the Starbucks side (LOL) got there at about 6:20 or so. Had to wait for the ship to clear and then the fun began. Have your sea pass ready, it felt like the running of the bulls, just kidding I was one of the first ones off the ship. Customs was painless rolled my bags out the door Uber pickup area is to the left past the elevators. I was in the car and on my way by 7:30. Miami to Ft Lauderdale on a Sunday morning driver got me there in 20 minutes could not believe it!  We won't get into flight delays and weather back to the Big Apple.  All in all it was great vacation. Now the tough decision of where to go on the next one ? Thanks everyone Happy Cruising!

Hi all forgot to give you an update: followed everyone's suggestions and let me tell you it was a breeze. My cabin was on Deck 10 forward I was ready by 6:15 got on an elevator right away without a problem. There were only a handful of people walking around, found the 2 exits on Deck 5 one next to Starbucks and the other over by Guest relations. I was #2 on the Starbucks side (LOL) got there at about 6:20 or so. Had to wait for the ship to clear and then the fun began. Have your sea pass ready, it felt like the running of the bulls, just kidding I was one of the first ones off the ship. Customs was painless rolled my bags out the door Uber pickup area is to the left past the elevators. I was in the car and on my way by 7:30. Miami to Ft Lauderdale on a Sunday morning driver got me there in 20 minutes could not believe it!  We won't get into flight delays and weather back to the Big Apple.  All in all it was great vacation. Now the tough decision of where to go on the next one ? Thanks everyone Happy Cruising!

Hi all forgot to give you an update: followed everyone's suggestions and let me tell you it was a breeze. My cabin was on Deck 10 forward I was ready by 6:15 got on an elevator right away without a problem. There were only a handful of people walking around, found the 2 exits on Deck 5 one next to Starbucks and the other over by Guest relations. I was #2 on the Starbucks side (LOL) got there at about 6:20 or so. Had to wait for the ship to clear and then the fun began. Have your sea pass ready, it felt like the running of the bulls, just kidding I was one of the first ones off the ship. Customs was painless rolled my bags out the door Uber pickup area is to the left past the elevators. I was in the car and on my way by 7:30. Miami to Ft Lauderdale on a Sunday morning driver got me there in 20 minutes could not believe it!  We won't get into flight delays and weather back to the Big Apple.  All in all it was great vacation. Now the tough decision of where to go on the next one ? Thanks everyone Happy Cruising!

Hi all forgot to give you an update: followed everyone's suggestions and let me tell you it was a breeze. My cabin was on Deck 10 forward I was ready by 6:15 got on an elevator right away without a problem. There were only a handful of people walking around, found the 2 exits on Deck 5 one next to Starbucks and the other over by Guest relations. I was #2 on the Starbucks side (LOL) got there at about 6:20 or so. Had to wait for the ship to clear and then the fun began. Have your sea pass ready, it felt like the running of the bulls, just kidding I was one of the first ones off the ship. Customs was painless rolled my bags out the door Uber pickup area is to the left past the elevators. I was in the car and on my way by 7:30. Miami to Ft Lauderdale on a Sunday morning driver got me there in 20 minutes could not believe it!  We won't get into flight delays and weather back to the Big Apple.  All in all it was great vacation. Now the tough decision of where to go on the next one ? Thanks everyone Happy Cruising!

Shouldn’t be a problem if you get off early with your luggage 

the biggest call out to note is that you really need to factor in the time to get an elevator in the morning if you are doing self-disembarkation.
like others have mentioned, you are going to want to be one of the first ones off the ship -- getting an elevator off symphony two weeks ago was a nightmare. self embarkation starts at 7:35 so we left our cabin at 7:10 and we should have left at 7am the latest and queued up. from there, one person stays with the bags on deck 5, and one person goes to grab a bite from park cafe, etc.
miami has the facial recognition, so you should be able to sail thru customs as long as you are traveling with a passport. those with a birth certificate are sectioned off to a different line.

I think so. It'll be a little tight, but you can get off by like 7:30-8am and its only a half hour-45 minute ride to FLL. 

In normal disembarkation you will not have problems. I made a similar flight on july and I was at the airport around 8 am. Just in case made the line to be one of the first to exit ship.