Port Canaveral Embark/Disembark - Good or bad?

[ledges1]

Sailed out of Port Canaveral in Feb 2023 with no issues. Used self check leaving the ship. Hopped on my bus next to the ship and was in my car in less than 20 minutes and on the road.

[PMI1]

I consider Port Canaveral my home Port even though Port of Tampa is only a 30 minutes drive from my home.  I always have a smooth process with the exception of one cruise.  It was not Carnival's fault, customs

held the ship up.  That time we did not leave the ship until around 11:30.

[lazydayz]

We like PC, and embarkation is usually good, though we have had an issue or two getting into the port parking.  Debarkation is more of a mixed bag - sometimes taking minutes, other times taking close to an hour.  But we have yet to find a perfect port, though Tampa comes pretty close.  Unfortunately, due to the Sunshine Skyway bridge, the big ships can't port in Tampa so we often travel to other ports. 

[hard_eight]

Got off the Margi Gras Saturday. From our stateroom to my drive way in Jacksonville 2.5 hours. The facial recognition for passports is great!