Bus tour at end of cruise with shuttle to Miami airport

[The Odd Couple]

A question from a Celebrity newbie. Has anyone done the "Best of ..." double decker bus excursion at the end of their cruise with shuttle to Miami Airport. How does this work? After the tour, do we come back to Port Everglades and is our luggage stored there before taking the shuttle to Miami airport? Your help would be much appreciated.

[cruisin lady ca]

We used this excursion at the end of our last cruise. Once you retrieve your luggage, you take it to a bus where you check in for the excursion. They take your luggage, give your claim checks - and get your situated for the tour of Miami on the double decker bus. The bus tour provided a nice overview of Miami which we enjoyed because we have never spent time in Miami. We were able to get off the bus in Little Havana and were given the opportunity to purchase food/drinks at a restaurant. The bus dropped everyone off at a shopping area where we were to meet the bus that had our luggage and which would transport us to the airport. Our flight was around 3:30 pm so we were told to take the 1 pm bus to the airport. This excursion worked well for us.

[The Odd Couple]

Thanks very much. That's just the info I need. We will be travelling back to UK on a 1715 flight from Miami, so that fits in with our arrangements very well.

[gerelmx]

Your luggage is stored in the tour bus, after the city sighting the bus will head to the airport MIA or FLL

[Go South]

We are doing this tour at the end of our cruise in March. With a 5pm flight it seems ideal. Did something similar at Houston with a trip to NASA.

 

 

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[EmperorCorey]

My wife and I did a double decker bus tour after disembarking an RCL cruise in Fort Lauderdale a few years ago. We rate it highly. A great way to kill time if you have a late flight.

 

Our luggage was stored at the bus depot, not on the bus. There are multiple routes with many stops and multiple buses along each route. There are routes through Miami and Fort Lauderdale. You can get off the bus at any stop and catch another bus later. You can switch routes at certain stops.

 

As your flight time approaches, you need to loop back to the bus depot to grab your luggage and catch a shuttle to the airport. I don't remember the intervals between shuttles leaving the depot but there were several throughout the day going to both MIA and FLL.

 

Although we booked this excursion on the ship, the was a rep for the bus company selling tickets in port. The tickets were several tens of dollars cheaper per person off the boat versus on the boat.

[The Odd Couple]

Thanks to everyone for their very detailed info.

[wemdym]

We are also very interested in this but don't need to be at the airport until about 6pm as we have a 8.30pm flight, would this work for us? How does it work being able to get off whilst ensuring you get back to pick up point for Airport Shuttle? Any advise would be very much appreciated, thanks

[Ox Fan Cruiser]

We are doing this tour at the end of our cruise in March. With a 5pm flight it seems ideal. Did something similar at Houston with a trip to NASA.

 

 

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we did a "waste some time" tour one time. They are geared to people with late flights home. We did the alligator farm / airboat tour. The problem is, being on a tour, you are one of the first off the ship. by the time it was all over, we were in the airport around noon. Still had hours of waiting in the airport. So for the next cruise, we rented a car and drove down to the Keys. It ended up being cheaper and no airport sitting for H O U R S.

[madre2]

We are thinking of doing the tour in April. Can we use the luggage valet service and still do this excursion out of Miami? Do they let you off in South Beach at all? Or is it really not a hop on/ hop off bus?