Escape & Getaway B2B Photo Review Nov. 28th to Dec. 13, 2015

[loupana]

Ok I wasn't going to start this till later tomorrow but since I'm waiting for my connection flight home let's start off this photo review with some trip details until I get all my photo's uploaded to Flickr

 

Pictures are worth a thousand words so I'll upload lots.

 

We left November 27th, 2015 from Ottawa with a direct flight to FLL arriving at 12:20PM

 

I had SAS Transportation booked but it took awhile for our luggage to arrive and I had issues with my new SIM card in my cell phone so by the time I contacted them they left without us. I was ok with that because they said they had people needing to get to the cruise port.

 

I ended up using Uber for the first time. I created an account before we left home thinking it may come in handy and it did. I opened the app called a driver walked out the terminal door and there he was. Our ride to the Intercontinental Miami where we would be staying cost $35.84. I thought that was great and what an excellent first impression of Uber.

 

Like I said we were staying at the Intercontinental Miami for one night before the Escape cruise (and again on December 5th when we return before we boarded the Getaway).

 

Intercontinental Miami

 

 

 

Hotel Lobby

 

 

 

[loupana]

DW works for Holiday Inn which is affiliated with the Intercontinental so we got a great rate $68 per night:)

 

Loved the room we had a view of the Bay

 

 

 

 

The awesome view from our room on the 22nd floor

 

[keeponcruising]

Looking forward to your review. I was on your first leg also.

[SenatorsFan]

This should be good! :) Love the pictures so far. That is a great rate on the InterContinental, lucky you.

Heather

[jimbri]

Wow! Great photos - looking forward to the rest of your review.

[nopqrstuv]

MIA, Intercontental pre-cruise, and Escape in March 2016. Wondering if I should use Uber. There's 4 of us with luggage. I'm sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for more. What form of transportation did you use from Intercontinental to port? Price? Thanks!

[Dave85]

Nice start, looking forward to the rest of the review!

[aubreyc1988]

MIA, Intercontental pre-cruise, and Escape in March 2016. Wondering if I should use Uber. There's 4 of us with luggage. I'm sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for more. What form of transportation did you use from Intercontinental to port? Price? Thanks!

 

 

If you haven't used uber or lyft before you can get 20-30.00 off your first ride if you use someone's uber code. Probably would make it less than 10.00 total

 

 

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[ncklhaus]

Looking forward to reading more.

[Cruzinbabe06]

Thanks for posting.:)

 

More! More!:D

[SailLaVie]

Thanks for posting... looking forward to reading more.

[Oldgoat61]

It looks like we are in for a fun ride! Great pics so far.:D

[Keith1010]

Enjoying your report and the photos.

 

Keith

[happyscmom]

Excited to read this and jealous of your back to back!

[FreestyleNovice]

Following! :)

[warringtonian]

I have never used Uber, we are in the UK but coming to Miami next month. How do you go about tipping the driver? Does it have to be in cash?

[david_sobe]

What a vacation! Really looking forward to this one.

[Dave85]

I have never used Uber, we are in the UK but coming to Miami next month. How do you go about tipping the driver? Does it have to be in cash?

 

 

Yes, Uber does not offer a way to tip the driver through the app. Although Uber says tipping is not required, we always tip our Uber drivers with cash, which they greatly appreciate.

[INDIANA JOE]

We also did the Escape and Getaway while staying at the Intercontinental on December 5th.We liked the Getaway better because the Escape was so new and still working out a few things.

[loupana]

This should be good! :) Love the pictures so far. That is a great rate on the InterContinental, lucky you.

Heather

 

FYI...love your name and avatar...

[loupana]

If you haven't used uber or lyft before you can get 20-30.00 off your first ride if you use someone's uber code. Probably would make it less than 10.00 total

 

 

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Wish I knew that before, that would have been awesome

[loupana]

MIA, Intercontental pre-cruise, and Escape in March 2016. Wondering if I should use Uber. There's 4 of us with luggage. I'm sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for more. What form of transportation did you use from Intercontinental to port? Price? Thanks!

 

Used Uber XL for both cruises from Intercontinental to the Port, and it cost $11.26. The second cruise of our b2b on the Getaway we had 2 others with us, so we had 4 adults and 7 or 8 pieces of luggage.

[loupana]

I have never used Uber, we are in the UK but coming to Miami next month. How do you go about tipping the driver? Does it have to be in cash?

 

No money transfer, just setup Uber account online and use the app to call the driver. They even helped with luggage.

 

Little more background why I would not take a cab...

Last time I cruise out of Florida I used a cab from Port Everglades to FLL the cab ride was just over $20 and all I had was 2 $20's and driver just shrugged his shoulders and said I don't have change and walked away and left. Also had bad local experiences here at home and other locations not just Florida, so I told myself after that no more cabs for me.

[loupana]

We also did the Escape and Getaway while staying at the Intercontinental on December 5th.We liked the Getaway better because the Escape was so new and still working out a few things.

 

I agree, I like the ship Escape better. But service was better on Getaway.

[loupana]

Back home from work, so time to continue

 

Looking out our room window we see this crazy Yacht, would love to know how much to rent this...

 

 

After checking in and getting settled in our room we walked around Bayside Market

 

 

 

 

Then back to the Hotel Bar for snacks