FOPMan

Avis snd Enterprise have separate, stand-alone locations focused on Port Everglades. The Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) is adjacent to Port Everglades. It's rental car center, with all the usual and some other companies is about a 10 minute (or less, depending on terminal number) ride/drive to/from the cruise ships. Free shuttles between Port Everglades and the airport are NOT provided. Safe travels!

No. Ships' pools are generally too small to support ramped access. Margaritaville @ Grand Turk DOES have a lovely ramped pool entrance, excepting that it foes not have any handrails nor s water wheelchair or waterproof walker.

Sharing where you are sailing would be helpful in members identifying potential alternatives for you.

Thank you for being more eloquent than I was! 🙂

There is also the issue of the tunnrl and what direction traffic is flowing at the time.

It's very plausible. If a lot is used only for one ship then there are a limited number of hours that need to be staffed for that lot, depending on ships' schedules. In your specific case from what you posted, you expect your ship to be at Terminal 19 on return. That means that the ship that was at 19 isn't there at your return. So. if the port staff limited initial access to the lot to cars associated with that ship, they could lock the lot gates for the duration of the cruise, which means no staffing costs and increased security via no access to the lot. Some of the decision-making is also based on the total number of cars expected in the port. They could reopen the gates if spaces were available but other lots/garages were full. Port Everglades' terminals can be and are occasionally reassigned at the last minute.

If you mean the Port Everglades entry kiosk, there is usually not an extensive delay. Additionally, all vehicles are subject to review, I believe. I don't think I've ever waited more than 5 minutes in probably 150 entrances.

Same cabin? Yes. Different cabin? No. You are welcome. however, to join them.

After about 9:30 pm, any stateroom underneath Canaletto should be as quiet as a mouse. It is also pretty rare for people to sit in those spaces during breakfast or lunch hours in the Lido. Verandahs do not extend beyond the edge of the ship. If you can't hang out over the edge, you can't look down and in. The windows in Canaletto don't open.

Flying out of West Palm Beach (PBI) is quite doable. it is about a 55 minute drive between the two. Yes. both TriRail and Brightline are rail options, but unless you have a friend giving you a ride to or from one of the stations you are going to need to build in some extra wait time. You would have 2 changes in transportation modality- car to train yo car. A taxi or rideshare means no transfers between transportation modes. I used to live around the corner from the port and worked next to the airport. I did take the train because I was going every day and it was M-F rush hour. It is very unlikely the cruise line will offer bus service. There is not usually a major demand. PBI is a small airport. with limited food choices and other amenities. It also means security is manageable. I would be reluctant at this time to boon a Sunday flight after January 20, 2025. PBI would be the airport Mr. Trump uses most frequently when flying to/from Mar a Lago. If he were to win the election, presidential security protocols would return to the airport. The protocols could/would cause unexpected and unscheduled delays for commercial aircraft. This is NOT intended as political commentary. It is simply a statement regarding the impact of security protocols on a particular airport. A parallel example is the impact of presidential protocols on whatever airport Mr. Biden typically uses. If he wins, they will continue to impact the airport after Inauguration Day. If he doesn't, the airport may no longer be impacted.

HAL has done this several times to us when we've selected an accessible cabin in an obstructed view cabin and then been moved to an unobstructed view accessible balcony cabin. Except we'd purposely selected the obstructed view because it had a larger protected balcony. Each time, they've told us they had resold our original cabin making a move back impossible. Good luck!

You may very well have a "square peg, round hole" problem. At a minimum, you will want to clarify the true width of the scooter, not only at the base but also the dimensions of the seat with and without arms in place. Princess does not provide non-cabin storage of your scooter. It needs to go into your cabin and cannot be left in the passageway. It will be easier for you if your cabin is configured with the bed nearer the window/exterior door. Often, there is little space between the foot of the bed and storage. Getting through there on a scooter can be challenging. Safe travels!

I can ask the powers that be about a camera. I know some of the folks on the construction team.

Pinnacle Grill decidedly has charges for multiple entrees and appetizers. Canaletto behaves a little differently since many of the plates are intended for sharing (or at least can be ordered as sharable. There is at least one entree on each menu (lobster) that incurs an additional surcharge. The days of surf and turf that included lobster at the base price seem over.

Clearing customs and immigration is usually faster in Fort Lauderdale than at MIA. It's also often faster at Port Everglades than PortMiami.