Port Everglades terminal questions/issues

[aeegee]

We will be cruising with our children and grandchildren from the Ft. Lauderdale terminal with Celebrity. We'd like to rent a car for the day since our flight leaves in the evening.

 

This is what were looking at, so if someone could tell us if this would work we'd appreciate it -

 

My husband and I would carry our luggage off the ship around 8am or so. Go through customs and then take a cab to the airport to pick up the rental car. The family would leave the ship with their bags about 1/2 hour later and then wait for us in the terminal area to return with the rental car to pick them up. Is this possible?

 

Our main question is, can we get to the terminal and pick them up or are there restrictions on picking up people in a private/rental car. I can't remember seeing people being picked up or dropped off at the terminal. We did see lots of shuttles and cabs. I also know that you have a gate to go through where a security guard looks at your paperwork before even entering the port area.

 

It will be very crowded at the terminal since this is Easter week so I'm not sure how long we would be able to wait at the terminal in the rental car if the family got tied up with the crowds.

 

On a very crowded Sunday in the terminal do you think that us leaving the ship at 8am and the family leaving 1/2 hour later would be good timing?

 

Thank you in advance for any help.

[Clarea]

Answered in your identical thread in the Florida Departures forum:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2277424

[aeegee]

Sorry. I realized that I was in the wrong place after posting.