Airport taxi warning

[MMM]

I don't see it as "hassle" when you are bringing excess baggage. It is extra work, and requires extra space. I paid extra when I brought a bicycle from Canada. I didn't like it, but could certainly understand the rationale for it.

 

[DandyDon]

I don't see it as "hassle" when you are bringing excess baggage. It is extra work, and requires extra space. I paid extra when I brought a bicycle from Canada. I didn't like it, but could certainly understand the rationale for it.

Yeah, but...

Then on top of all that...they squeezed in another person in the back row with us. I was like "Hey wait a minute. I paid for 3 seats so I should get 3 seats".

 

[ggunn]

Just posted on Facebook by Cozumel Diving:
The police are monitoring traffic at the airport. They are stopping taxis from picking up airline passengers. I have seen several groups of people march it all the way back to the terminal. If you plan to walk out of the airport and avoid the shared van, you might want to rethink that. You might be in for a very long walk.
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From what I have heard, this is nothing new; they do this periodically.

---------- Post added January 1st, 2014 at 06:09 PM ----------

The shuttle was fine, but overall it just seems ridiculous to not allow taxis at the airport. I've never heard of another city that does that.

In part it is to avoid the traffic jam that would result from trying to get multiple planeloads of people all at the same time into taxis in that tiny area outside the airport.

 

[MMM]

Yeah, but...

no you didn't pay for an extra seat. You paid for excess baggage. When you pay for excess baggage on an airline do they give you another seat for free?

 

[nodakdive]

From what I have heard, this is nothing new; they do this periodically.

---------- Post added January 1st, 2014 at 06:09 PM ----------

In part it is to avoid the traffic jam that would result from trying to get multiple planeloads of people all at the same time into taxis in that tiny area outside the airport.

I wondered about that, and always thought the "system" was somewhat ingenious. The tourists want *in* as fast as they can, so transit tries to mass move as many as they can, as efficiently as they can. By the end of the trip, everyone is a little scattered and may have last minute things to do, so the taxi's more easily accommodate that. It allows people to trickle in to the airport.
It's a small airport. As convenient as taxies would be for some, it probably would cause a bunch of traffic chaos if taxi pickup was allowed.

-Blair

 

[cvchief]

As convenient as taxies would be for some, it probably would cause a bunch of traffic chaos if taxi pickup was allowed.

-Blair

Oh, I get it.

Boeing 757 around 300 people. Have to use vans to avoid chaos.

Oasis of the Seas around 6000 people. Use taxis, no chaos.

Wait, maybe you better go over that again for me?

 

[Ron Lee]

757s are in the minority of aircraft at CZM. Most are probably 130-150 seaters.

Plus people trickle out due to delays of immigration, luggage pickup and customs.

 

[nodakdive]

Oh, I get it.

Boeing 757 around 300 people. Have to use vans to avoid chaos.

Oasis of the Seas around 6000 people. Use taxis, no chaos.

Wait, maybe you better go over that again for me?

Maybe there's something with the logistics of 6000 (times X) coming and going from facility and service provision built to handle that? Additionally, it's many more people on the ships for sure, but there's pretty healthy use of group transportation too, via buses and vans for excursions, etc. I just don't have a good feel for the port close to town, but I've been to the one down by Casa del Mar, and there's an awful lot of facility there. That little airport handles 300 (times X) in a short time compared to a day long docking of a cruise ship. I could be mistaken, but it seems like the taxis line up all the way to Casa del Mar for the ships every morning. I guess my point would be that the airport ground facility might not be built to handle the amount of people that could be there at once. Apples and Oranges.

I'm certainly no expert on people moving and am probably imposing my own faulty hope for logic in this somewhere. What do the tourists want? To get the heck away from that airport as quickly as possible. What does the airport want? To get those people away from the airport as quickly as possible. Don't give them the choice. Don't let 'em think. Don't add to the confusion. Pack them in like sardines and haul them away asap.

Doesn't matter to me really. I'm just a bull headed tourist who isn't going to be happy until he's tucked into his hotel anyhow. Sit on my lap. Stick your flipper in my face. It'll all be over soon. I certainly understand people's consternation with the issue though. The least they could do is offer scooter rental at the airport. If you make it past the medical tent, you're free to go.

-Blair

P.S. - the last two lines aren't meant to imply sarcasm about people wanting to take taxis. I get it. The idea of mass scooter rental at the airport just made me laugh.

 

[Ron Lee]

Why the small number of people who walk out for a taxi bothers the van people is beyond my understanding. Is it as high as 2-4 per flight?

 

[flots am]

The idea of mass scooter rental at the airport just made me laugh.

Will it come with a huge increase in available ambulances and a mandatory organ-donor card?