Originally Posted by
EK77WNCL
I was very pleased to see the airport absolutely jam packed on Tuesday. Having to wait 30+ minutes in the check in queue for Emirates (we were airport check in - and thank God! - the "online checked in" queue stretched back to the door!) was rather frustrating, but security was efficient despite the number of passengers (can't have been much over 5 minutes to get through, 10 at the absolute most).
Departure lounge was very busy, not quite uncomfortably so, but I imagine that the morning rush in July-August can't be very nice! If this growth continues, we're going to need that extension before too long!
I gave them 8/10 overall, because it was still very convenient and against all odds we did end up finding seats in the pub before we left.
The best news though, disembarking in Dubai I asked the purser what the load was (not that I needed confirmation) and there were only 3 empty seats outbound on Tuesday, very impressed! (2 class 77W, 425/428, 99.3%LF)
That's why I love doing NCL-DXB in May, 30% load, if that, whole row to yourself!