Jim The Lizard Posted January 30, 2023 #1 Share Posted January 30, 2023 We are arriving in Orlando two days early for our March Prima cruise. Thinking about saving cost of Uber and any other transportation and just renting a vehicle at Orlando airport and then dropping it off at the cruise terminal day of cruise. Any experiences here with this? Cost is not the issue, convenience and flexibility are our priority here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnrich Posted January 30, 2023 #2 Share Posted January 30, 2023 A couple years ago we rented a car from Budget at MCO when we flew in the day before our cruise then drove to Port Canaveral the next morning. We just dropped it off at the Budget on Astronaut Blvd and they drove us to the ship. After the cruise they picked us up and drove us back to their lot where we picked up another car and took it back to MCO. It was much cheaper doing 2 one day rentals than dealing with paying for parking for the whole week. The shuttle picks up for Avis, Budget and Enterprise even though they are on different lots. It was very convenient, economical and very close to the port. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgrover Posted January 30, 2023 #3 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Thinking of doing same thing. Also info on Pt. Canaveral to Orlando on return with late flight! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredflint Posted January 30, 2023 #4 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Well if convenience is more important than cost do an Uber. We did a car rental once and it was fine but a lot of people do the same thing so the lot was overwhelmed and we had 15-20 minute wait times to drop off the car and then get our luggage on the shuttle. But if you need a car to drive around during your 2 days just plan on having lines on the drop off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neurosurg Posted January 30, 2023 #5 Share Posted January 30, 2023 If you do a car rental, just be sure to either return it first thing on the day of embarkation, or return it the day before. The small rental offices in Port Canaveral are overwhelmed with people as soon as they start returning from the ship, and there was more than a hour wait of 100+ people waiting to get shuttles back to the port as I was standing in line to pick up a car after disembarkation. MCO rentals have never been a problem. So summary, avoid the lines if you return before 9am or after 1pm. Otherwise I would just take Uber for convenience and huge time savings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketMan275 Posted January 30, 2023 #6 Share Posted January 30, 2023 When we dropped our car at Enterprise, there was a line to get cars and they asked continuously for those dropping cars to come to the front of the line since they were short cars to rent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexddd Posted January 30, 2023 #7 Share Posted January 30, 2023 We have done that numerous times but the agencies became overwhelmed by the amount of people. We did do it once after restart in September of 2021 because we drove from Miami. The agencies were just reopening, well not all, Hertz was down for count and maybe one other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexddd Posted January 30, 2023 #8 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Also, check how many ships in Port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Seas2mountains Posted January 30, 2023 #9 Share Posted January 30, 2023 We have done this with National for drop off and pick up at this port for two different cruises. We arrived between 9am-10am and still had a line but it wasn’t too bad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTO-Girl Posted January 30, 2023 #10 Share Posted January 30, 2023 To save some time drop off everyone else and all your luggage at the terminal and then return the car. Only one person and no luggage makes it a lot easier….😁😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted January 30, 2023 #11 Share Posted January 30, 2023 We've found the best rental rates booking with Costco. We used Budget for our Port Canaveral itinerary this past April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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