Watching the ships sail in

[HodgeNNicole]

We are staying at the pier 66 the day prior to sailing away. I understand if you can get a tower room that faces the port you can see the ships from the hotel!

 

Any idea what time the ships start coming in on Sat AM I would love to wake up early and watch them come in?

 

Any suggestions on the hotel would be nice as well.

[capriccio]

While all the ships leave Port Everglades one after the other (between 4 pm and 6 pm) I don't think they arrive in as orderly a fashion. I know I have a condo in Pompano Beach (about 11 miles north of Port Everglades) and got up one night to get a glass of water and saw a cruise ship (it was so spectacular with its lights ablaze I actually forgot about the water and watched it sail by) around 2 am -- they were definitely going to be docked well before 6 am. Arrival time depends on where they are coming from (distance) and how fast they are going.

[DanJ]

Between 430am and 7am is when most ships arrive. If you have a tower room, you should be able to see them out to sea quite a bit before they start arriving in the harbor.