Doubletree by Hilton Gallery One

[Gingee]

Sounds like fun doing a black Friday on vacation. Just don't buy too much.

[royalcruz]

We're flying in on Nov 28th (U.S. Thanksgiving) and will take a taxi from the airport to the hotel...once we're at the hotel we can branch out from there. We figure that the location of this hotel and the local amenities more than compensate for a $25 cab fare!

 

We don't usually arrive two days before we embark but decided that this trip we would like to see some of Fort Lauderdale. After all, we spend a small fortune to fly there so why not explore!

 

We usually fly in the night before embarkation and stay at the Best Western Airport/CruisePort which is really just a means to an end and not terribly special, pretty, fun or interesting...a clean bed and that's pretty much it...

 

So this time we plan on a wee bit of Black Friday shopping ;) at Galleria Mall...then its onto the water taxi ($19 for both of us for the all day pass) to Las Olas Boulevard to explore the galleries and shops then dinner at one of the lovely restaurants...water taxi back to the hotel...buy our 2 bottles of wine at Publix...and take the shuttle to the Eclipse on Saturday!

 

So, it's really only one taxi ride! and look at all we have planned to do.

 

 

(p.s. Thank you RoyalCruz for posting that there's a Starbucks!!)

 

That sounds like a great plan!!!