bubbadogmom

Hi, We are sailing out of Port Canaveral Nov 26. We arrive the day before at 200pm. We don’t have to stay anywhere fancy - we like Hilton Garden, Hampton, etc. Would like it to have a decent pool and a few restaurants and a drugstore or supermarket we could walk to. Just trying to decide if we should stay by the airport where it costs less and take an Uber to the port the morning of the cruise or stay closer to the Port and have a shorter trip on the morning of the cruise. Thanks for any thoughts or ideas! KJ

Canadian - First time cruising out of Port Canaveral. Flying in the day before. Out the same day. Trying for a flight at 100pm or later. The port is further away from the airport than I expected. With our dollar, the hotel costs are a little pricy these days. I like to stay at Homewood Suites, Hampton Inn type places. Do you think it would be more cost effective to stay at a hotel near the airport and get a shuttle or Uber the day of to the Port (not in a rush, probably can’t board til noonish anyway), or should we try and stay at a hotel closer to the Port? Thanks for your thoughts!

Hi all. I’ve done 15 or so cruises and thought I had this figured out but with no travel in 4 years maybe things have really changed. Going on Odessey next week. I chose my time dining, I like to eat around 530-545 (lots of reasons but I don’t think they matter). I tried to book my times tonight and it said that my time dining doesn’t start until 645. Is this correct? That’s horrible! The earliest I could book is 715 all week. 😔 I would have booked 600pm early seating if I had known. Why would they do that? Where could I go for help to change it? Thanks for any help.

I loved Stingray sailing too and was looking forward to seeing them again, but I emailed and this was the response 😔 Thank you for contacting Stingray Sailing it is a pleasure to hear from you. Unfortunately, due to the circumstances brought about by our government, we are unable to offer tours on weekdays, as all our employees were forced into jobs that require them to work Monday through Friday, in order to survive the past two years. We are sorry we are not able to offer you the tour of a lifetime; we cannot recommend, with a clear conscience, any of the current tour operators, as they do not treat the stingrays and other marine life in a humane manner. We recommend finding an alternative activity to do as we do not promote funding companies that do not take the animals wellbeing swriously. We do hope to be out of current contracts by 2023 and hope to see you in the future. Any ideas for something similar? I’m sad.