1Jonathan L. 1 year ago on Google
Easily
one
of
the
worst
airports
I’ve
been
to.
We
missed
our
connecting
flight
to
London
because
the
lines
for
exit
customs
(what
is
the
point
of
customs
to
leave
a
country
anyway?
Especially,
a
European
country)
was
packed
(we
were
flying
in
from
Porto
so
we
landed
in
the
domestic
section
and
needed
to
go
to
the
International
section
of
Terminal
1).
The
officials
processing
the
passengers
worked
slowly.
Asking
airport
and
airline
employees
for
options
is
fruitless.
The
airport
has
e-gates
for
certain
passport
holders,
but
they
won’t
work
for
anyone
under
18
years
old
(like
my
6
year
old
daughter).
That
means
you
need
to
go
into
the
general
queue
as
they
don’t
have
a
separate
lane
for
families
like
other
airports
around
the
world.
You
only
have
priority
if
you
have
kids
under
2.
After
waiting
in
the
general
queue
with
not
much
movement
for
30
minutes,
we
started
to
move
at
a
quicker
pace.
Obviously,
someone
realized
the
line
was
only
getting
longer
and
told
the
officials
processing
the
passengers
to
work
faster.
Well,
unfortunately,
it
was
too
little
too
late
for
us.
By
the
time
we
were
processed,
the
boarding
gate
was
closed.
We
weren’t
the
only
passengers
from
our
flight
to
miss
the
connection.
We
ended
up
buying
tickets
for
another
flight
(and
saw
many
other
passengers
from
our
missed
flight
on
this
flight
as
well).
Boarding
the
plane
is
an
ordeal
in
itself.
If
your
plane
isn’t
gated,
you’ll
need
to
board
a
shuttle
bus.
The
shuttle
bus
drivers,
dear
goodness,
slow
doesn’t
do
it
justice.
They
close
off
the
exit
but
then
they
don’t
go
anywhere.
You
end
up
sitting
there
in
a
crowded
bus
waiting
for
the
bus
driver
to
show
up.
When
they
finally
drive
to
the
plane
they
keep
you
inside.
If
you
have
status
or
have
priority
because
of
family,
you’re
now
stuck
waiting
on
the
bus
while
other
buses
from
the
passengers
in
later
zones
are
now
arriving
at
the
same
time.
Finally,
after
waiting
for
all
the
airport
employees
to
finish
their
conversations,
you
are
finally
let
off
the
bus
along
with
all
the
other
buses
at
the
same
time.
What’s
the
point
of
priority
boarding
then?
We
might
as
well
have
boarded
last
so
we
didn’t
need
to
wait
on
the
bus
at
the
loading
zone
for
so
long.
Terrible
procedures
and
processes
here.
If
I
ever
visit
Lisbon
in
the
future,
I
will
definitely
find
a
way
to
do
it
by
avoiding
this
airport.
I
would
leave
0
stars
if
that
were
possible.
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