klfhngr Posted January 5, 2014 #1 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Where do we stay? Ft. Laud., Miami, Daytona Beach?! Or?? Please help... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 5, 2014 #2 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Where do we stay? Ft. Laud., Miami, Daytona Beach?! Or?? Please help... :) We stay in Cape Canaveral or Cocoa Beach. Check out the Florida Departures board for more info: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=495 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim,n,Sue Posted January 5, 2014 #3 Share Posted January 5, 2014 If you fly in late in the day look at the Hyatt in the Orlando airport. You can take the RCI port shuttle the next day. Very easy and no hotel shuttles to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrib Posted January 5, 2014 #4 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Depending on what you are looking for, upscale or a more casual hotel. For the latter, we always stay at - Quality Inn & Suites, 2520 Stirling Rd, Hollywood, FL Our stay next month: $107 Incl: free shuttle airport to hotel, and hotel to the cruise pier the next morning .......free hot breakfast Exterior corridors, rooms are standard and clean. Snack bar Outdoor pool / poolside Bar Free Wi-fi In-room coffee maker We enjoy it because it is full of cruisers. The night before the cruise everyone congregates around the pool for pre-dinner cocktails. Very enjoyable meeting new folks all in happy cruise mode. Within walking distance are several restaurants, several stores including a K-Mart that has a good selection of popular wines if you are planning on bringing some on board. Breakfast next morning is alfresco around the pool. Again being enjoyed by excited cruisers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfcathorse Posted January 5, 2014 #5 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Depending on what you are looking for, upscale or a more casual hotel.For the latter, we always stay at - Quality Inn & Suites, 2520 Stirling Rd, Hollywood, FL Our stay next month: $107 Incl: free shuttle airport to hotel, and hotel to the cruise pier the next morning .......free hot breakfast Exterior corridors, rooms are standard and clean. Snack bar Outdoor pool / poolside Bar Free Wi-fi In-room coffee maker We enjoy it because it is full of cruisers. The night before the cruise everyone congregates around the pool for pre-dinner cocktails. Very enjoyable meeting new folks all in happy cruise mode. Within walking distance are several restaurants, several stores including a K-Mart that has a good selection of popular wines if you are planning on bringing some on board. Breakfast next morning is alfresco around the pool. Again being enjoyed by excited cruisers. then how long of a shuttle ride is it from Hollywood to Port Canaveral? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireEater Posted January 5, 2014 #6 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Too many variables here. You mean for a couple of days before/after? The night before? Where you flying into? What are you looking for in staying? Orlando airport area which is an approx. 35-45 min drive to the port has all brands of hotels you could want/need. Even staying at the Hyatt in the airport is an option then as mentioned above, catch a shuttle to the port. FLL and MIA are 3-3.5 hours away on a good day depending on traffic/accidents on 95). Daytona is approx. 1 hour away north of the port. Cocoa Beach is 10 min. away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 5, 2014 #7 Share Posted January 5, 2014 then how long of a shuttle ride is it from Hollywood to Port Canaveral? Over 3 hours. Hollywood is south of Ft. Lauderdale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireEater Posted January 5, 2014 #8 Share Posted January 5, 2014 then how long of a shuttle ride is it from Hollywood to Port Canaveral? Not sure there is a shuttle per say. But a car ride is approx. 3.5 - 4 hours away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireEater Posted January 5, 2014 #9 Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Are you really flying into Miami for a Port Canaveral cruise port ?? Do you mean Port Everglades?? Edited January 5, 2014 by FireEater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 5, 2014 #10 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Are you really flying into Miami for a Port Canaveral cruise port ?? Do you mean Port Everglades?? I believe the OP listed Miami (along with other locations) because they were unfamiliar with what was close to the Port Canaveral area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired LEO Posted January 5, 2014 #11 Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Where do we stay? Ft. Laud., Miami, Daytona Beach?! Or?? Please help... :) Ok, I'm a little confused and it doesn't take much to confuse me. Your signature says that your sailing on the Allure. The Allure leaves out of Port Everglades not Port Canaveral. If that's the case you sure don't want to stay in Daytona Beach. Edited January 5, 2014 by Florida Scorpion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 5, 2014 #12 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Ok, I'm a little confused and it doesn't take much to cofuse me. Your signature says that your sailing on the Allure. The Allure leaves out of Ft. Lauderdale not Port Canaveral. If that's the case you sure don't want to stay in Daytona Beach. Good catch, I just read the subject line of the original post which said PC. The OP probably meant Port Everglades not Port Canaveral. In that case, ignore my posts in this thread.:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireEater Posted January 5, 2014 #13 Share Posted January 5, 2014 (edited) Ahhhhhhsoooooooo Now I am getting a bigger picture here. The Allure is out of Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale). He means Port Everglades NOT Port Canaveral if it is for the ship he does in fact show on his signature. I read a post the other day where a person got in a taxi at FLL and had them drive to Miami port when it was in fact Ft. Lauderdale the ship was based out of....Lets hope this person does not do the same and get a taxi all the way Port Canaveral...... Edited January 5, 2014 by FireEater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 5, 2014 #14 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Where do we stay? Ft. Laud., Miami, Daytona Beach?! Or?? Please help... :) Assuming you are sailing out of Port Everglades, I'd stay in the Ft. Lauderdale area. If you are flying in, then FLL is the closest airport. There are many hotels in the area with shuttles to/from the airport and port. I'll post the Florida Departures board link again: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=495 Also look at post #4 because jerrib apparently understood your initial post better than I did.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_G Posted January 5, 2014 #15 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Ahhhhhhsoooooooo Now I am getting a bigger picture here. The Allure is out of Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale). He means Port Everglades NOT Port Canaveral if it is for the ship he does in fact show on his signature. I read a post the other day where a person got in a taxi at FLL and had them drive to Miami port when it was in fact Ft. Lauderdale the ship was based out of....Lets hope this person does not do the same and get a taxi all the way Port Canaveral...... Port Everglades...Port Canaveral. They're both ports aren't they? They both have ships? Where's the problem? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eng23 Posted January 5, 2014 #16 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Where do we stay? Ft. Laud., Miami, Daytona Beach?! Or?? Please help... :) Since you are sailing on the Allure don't even consider Port Canaveral. The Allure sails out of Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale. Follow Clarea's (Bob) advice and check out the Florida Departures Board, lot's of info therre on Ft. Lauderdale and Miami hotels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrib Posted January 5, 2014 #17 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Ahhhhhhsoooooooo Now I am getting a bigger picture here. The Allure is out of Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale). He means Port Everglades NOT Port Canaveral if it is for the ship he does in fact show on his signature. I read a post the other day where a person got in a taxi at FLL and had them drive to Miami port when it was in fact Ft. Lauderdale the ship was based out of....Lets hope this person does not do the same and get a taxi all the way Port Canaveral...... Oh my gosh! Not for nothing.....but thanks to us so far....this could easily happen to the OP. Don't you sometimes wish you could just erase all the posts and start over? Please OP, come back to us with the specifics and we will try to give you more intelligent answers. By the way, if it turns out that you are cruising out of Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale), then my original hotel suggestion stands. And the hotel in Hollywood is 5.5 miles from the cruise pier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klfhngr Posted January 6, 2014 Author #18 Share Posted January 6, 2014 My apologies everyone! You're all right, Port Everglades! Also, we're flying into FLL, unless Miami is considerably cheaper. So, now that we know that it's near FLL, I guess we'll stay there also! Again, my apologies and thanks everyone for your replies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted January 6, 2014 #19 Share Posted January 6, 2014 A taxi from MIA to Port Everglades is expensive...so make sure the "savings" on the flight is worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leaveitallbehind Posted January 6, 2014 #20 Share Posted January 6, 2014 A taxi from MIA to Port Everglades is expensive...so make sure the "savings" on the flight is worth it! But there are far less expensive shuttles that might make a Miami flight savings worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north29 Posted January 6, 2014 #21 Share Posted January 6, 2014 If reservation was done by a Travel agent or self serve, what a potential mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacruiser12 Posted January 18, 2014 #22 Share Posted January 18, 2014 We flew in to West Palm Beach airport. It was considerably cheaper. We saved so much that we took a limo to the port. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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