Landing capability in massive starships?

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Escape pods would've worked just as effectively to get the crew off the ship and away from danger, probably a lot faster as they wouldn't need to wait for the poor crewmen on deck 42 to get all the way up to the saucer.

They cared about those poor crewman on deck 42.

 

[Go-Captain]

I'd prefer a slide for the exit and use the ladders on the struts to get back in if you don't have access to the Transporters for whatever reason.

All of it would be good. Inflatable ramps, the ladders, and some sort of elevator. The elevator could just be those anti gravity platforms we see being used to repair the warp nacelles, if they have hard points they could have cables attached to use as normal lifts in an emergency.