Cork Airport
Lasting Impressions....
"tried to sleep on the floor on the sleeping pads, but security guys had a problem with that" - namche
Good times
by namche
I spent two nights at Cork Airport, both in winter. One way, we arrived in the evening and had to wait until 6 am for the car rental (we couldn't afford hotel). At night the terminal is open, but after 1 AM totally deserted, all shops closed. The building is "backpacker-proof" and doesn't have any good secret places to rest. Except the security we were the only people inside. We chose the seats near the over-size baggage check-in (seemed most peaceful), and tried to sleep on the floor on the sleeping pads, but security guys had a problem with that, so finally we had to use the trolleys to put legs on them. The night was quite peaceful because of relative silence, broken only by few announcements (in the deserted hall they made me jump). The airport is very clean.
On the way back we had a flight at 3 AM, and found the cushioned seats behind the check-in gates very comfy.
However, if you have a tent earplugs I would try to explore the area around the airport, Cork is a small city and the area seems very peaceful. Plus, a tent is always better than a chair at the terminal.
Not a bad place, but not great either
by jabberwocky
We were trapped in the airport for 10 hours due to a security problem (terrorism bust in England shut down most UK and Ireland flights for the day) and it was unbelievably boring (and extremely crowded, but we can't blame them for that). Once you're through security, there's nothing but one big duty free shop that reeks of perfume. The only food or drink is duty free or from vending machines (so, nasty) and security didn't want to let us back out into the main lobby to get to food/bars/shops (thankfully, they relented after it became obvious that we were going to be there for a while). They didn't have TVs and weren't making announcements about why we were trapped there, so we had to get all of our news from (very expensive) calls to people on the outside. The one plus side was that at least the annoying airport announcements were in charming accents.
Um, you may want to rethink sleeping in this place
so, just how bad is this airport?
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