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Rent a vehicle for the minimum twenty four hour time period from FLL and decide what you want to see before you have to head over to MIA. for your flight home. I would drive over to Miami Beach and walk on the beach. Then spend a few hours having a nice lunch and a few drinks at one of the restaurants in the area. I would head to MIA around 2:00PM to return the rental vehicle and then check in for the flight.

If you want to save a few dollars park at the New York Waterway Ferry Terminal parking lot in Weehawken New Jersey. The current price for parking is twenty two dollars a day. After leaving the parking garage you need to take the ferry over to Manhattan. From the ferry terminal to the Manhattan Cruise Terminal is a short fifteen minute walk. At the conclusion of your cruise you just head back to the New York Waterway Terminal for the short ten minute ferry ride back to New Jersey.

They normally want you out of the cabin by 8:30AM and off the ship no later than 9:30AM. That gives them a few hours to get the ship ready for it's next sailing.

Almost every hotel in Cape Canaveral has a park and cruise offer. I normally stay at Country Inns and Suites which always has a stay and cruise package. The hotel is literally ten minutes away from the hotel.

Miami would be easier because it's less than thirty minutes from MIA to the Port of Miami. You could also fly into Fort Lauderdale or West Palm Beach if you find a cheaper fare. Port Canaveral is a one hour drive from MCO. Not that it makes a real difference but I normally fly in a day or two earlier just in case there's a problem regarding embarkation. If you cruise leaves on a Saturday fly in Thursday, spend two nights in your embarkation city and enjoy what South Florida has to offer.

Those companies that I quoted provide shuttle services to the Port Of Miami. Some only pick up from there specialized list of hotels. You need to contact them directly to see what territories they serve but if it was me I would start with Jiffy Jeff and South Florida Shuttles first.

Jiffy Jeff Transportation and South Florida Shuttles are two companies recommended by many Cruise Critic posters. I have never used these companies personally. I put in a Google search and there were at least twenty companies that service the Fort Lauderdale area.

Lady Pamela Fishing and Capt Taco out of Fort Lauderdale are two recommended fishing companies. If your looking for a cheap drift boat that does four hour runs then I would check out the Flamingo in Fort Lauderdale too.

Never heard of this company. Many Cruise Critic posters recommend Mears Transportation, Go Port, Cruise Control and Cortrans which provides shuttle services between Port Canaveral and MCO.

Try contacting Larry's Limos for a price quote. A reputable limousine company that highly recommended by many Cruise Critic posters including myself. More expensive than a shuttle service but totally worth it.

I read a few months ago that the Holiday Inn Port Of Miami was up for sale and the property needed some upgrades and a deep cleaning. Not sure if it was recently sold but some of the recent reviews weren't stellar. Maybe a Brickell or Blue Lagoon area hotel would be a better idea.

Tip the cab driver a generous amount and you shouldn't have a problem going from one terminal to another. Otherwise it is a long walk in the hot Sun.

Any Wings Souvenir Shop in South Florida has all the water shoes you will ever need. I've also seen them sold in most Publix Supermarkets and in any Walmart.

Delta uses Terminal Two at FLL. You can easily park at one of the Short Term lots at FLL or enjoy a nice lunch at Pauli's Pizza which is located in the Jaxson's Restaurant lot on Federal Highway on US 1 in Dania Beach. It's literally five minutes south of FLL. The food is home made and is outstanding. The owner is very nice too. Always stop there when I'm visiting the area.

Your asking for trouble if you park anywhere besides the secure parking at the Port Of Miami. Read too many sad stories since I became a member of Cruise Critic in March 2002. There were posts about damaged vehicles, poor shuttle services and locations that weren't secure. Not worth the trouble to save a few dollars a day. If you want to find your vehicle in the same condition you left it take my advice and park at the Port Of Miami.

Shuttle service from the Miami International Airport Rental Car Center to the Port Of Miami was discontinued at the beginning of the Covid Pandemic. Shuttle service in the opposite direction was also discontinued. A cab, Uber or Lyft is now the way to go. I'm unsure when service in both directions returns. The downtown Miami locations operated by Budget, Hertz and Avis to my knowledge still have free shuttle service. I would call them directly to confirm it.

Save Disney World for a land based vacation. Not worth spending hundreds of dollars for a few short hours. Under the circumstances even if everything goes perfectly right you still only have a few short hours to enjoy the park. You need at least a day or two to totally enjoy Epcot.

Any hotel in the Brickell area is near restaurants and a place to pick up food or necessities if necessary. There are plenty of Publix Supermarkets in that area too.

There's always plenty of spaces in the various Port Of Miami lots. If you arrive after 10:00AM most of the passengers from previous sailings have left the facility. If you arrive earlier the lots still have more congestion. Saturday and Sunday turnarounds are always the busiest and even busier during the popular winter season. I always leave an hour earlier to pad some extra time in case of accidents and bad weather.

We walked from the warehouse over to the terminal in less than ten minutes. I did see a shuttle bus pass by us but it didn't have any passengers on it.

The parking area near the warehouses was fenced in and secure. After the lot was full employees would secure the gates. The overflow lots were less than a half mile away from the terminal and a short ten minute walk. There's also a fenced in lot just south of the parking garage. That lot was completely full when we arrived at the terminal for our cruise.

On a Saturday or Sunday morning during the busy winter season at Port Everglades up to eight ships can be disembarking passengers. Normally they start arriving around 6:00AM and the last ship docks by 8:00AM. If your ship arrives at 7:00AM the first passengers to leave the ship starts around 7:30AM. The first group is usually passengers carrying off their own luggage followed by passengers who are leaving In staggered groups.The returning ships also arrive back at there individual terminals in a specific order regarding placement. Terminal 1 and 2 used by Princess are usually the first to arrive followed by Royal Caribbean that uses Terminal 18. The rest of the ships then arrive and dock in order.

So much easier to drop off luggage and family members at the terminal first and then return the rental vehicle. Then hop on the shuttle if ones available or cab, Uber or Lyft back over to terminal to meet up with family members and friends.

It depends on the security officers who check for contraband when you return to the ship. In most instances they will wave you through but sometimes they won't allow it onboard. Years ago on a Mediterranean cruise I purchased wine and olive oil on an excursion in Italy. When we returned they had no problems with the wine but they checked every individual oil bottle for prohibited items. They eventually allowed me to keep the olive oil.

If a travel agency blocks out a group of cabins for a specific sailing and doesn't sell them all they must return them to the cruise lines inventory. I'm not exactly sure but the return to inventory date is around one hundred twenty days before the scheduled sailing. Twenty years ago the New Jersey State PBA did a full charter sailing on Royal Caribbean from Port Everglades. Approximately three months before sailing we realized that we wouldn't completely sell out the entire ship. We returned approximately thirty percent back to Royal Caribbean's inventory. Passengers got great deals on the unsold cabins.