Port Canaveral transpo from hotels to port - with a wheelchair

[TJ O'Pootertoot]

I tried posting this on the Florida Departures board as well,as you never know what will work but...

 

...I'm looking at a cruise out of Port Canaveral, which I haven't done before. The current idea we're kicking around is to fly into MCO and then it looks like there are a few options to get to the port area with my daughter, who has a power wheelchair.

 

If we were going directly to the port, that'd be easy enought but the question is if we fly in a night or two early and stay at one of the hotels right by the port or even Cocoa Beach, is there a way to get accessible transportation to the port for the cruise? (I'm less concerned about getting back to the airport as, at worst, the cruise line will have a transfer.) 

 

I've seen GoPort has packages that include all transfers and I don't know if anyone has used them for accessible transfers but I'm hoping there are Ubers or taxis or something else that might work, especially given how the port seems so close but too far to walk.

 

Thanks for any help or info.

[Nilbog]

There are many hotels in the Canaveral area that offer ADA transfers to the port.  Getting from MCO/Orlando to the hotels around the port may be your sticking point, though.  While I've not done it, I can only expect there are transfers from MCO to the Canaveral area for ADA passengers.  

[TJ O'Pootertoot]

Thanks... yeah, it's one reason I was thinking it might be easier to stay near MCO and then get a an ADA transfer (with a the cruise line or elsewhere) directly to the port when it's time to sail.

 

Each scenario seems to have a catch or two, though there must be a way to do it.

 

Maybe one day renting an ADA van won't be 20x harder than renting a normal car and something like this won't be tricky.

[kokopelli-az]

On 5/26/2024 at 7:03 PM, TJ O'Pootertoot said:

Thanks... yeah, it's one reason I was thinking it might be easier to stay near MCO and then get a an ADA transfer (with a the cruise line or elsewhere) directly to the port when it's time to sail.

 

One thing to note is that if you're staying at a hotel and want to take the cruise line ADA transfer, you will probably have to go back to the airport to catch it.   Most cruise line transfers (ADA or otherwise) offer transfers from the airport to the cruise port and vice versa, not to hotels.  

[TJ O'Pootertoot]

1 hour ago, kokopelli-az said:

One thing to note is that if you're staying at a hotel and want to take the cruise line ADA transfer, you will probably have to go back to the airport to catch it.   Most cruise line transfers (ADA or otherwise) offer transfers from the airport to the cruise port and vice versa, not to hotels.  

 

Ha, yes - I was thinking of that. It's actually amazing given how many tourists go through both Port Canavaeral and Orlando airport that there are not more reliable services in place for people who need them.

 

I think I found a local company in Cocoa Beach that will to transfers to the airport from a local hotel and apparently the Radisson at the Port (which has a lot of mixed/negative reviews) also has an ADA shuttle but these things are not easy to track down and confirm.