Garf Posted January 11, 2020 #1 Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) Like to get feed back !! I live in Orlando Fl, so it's an easy 50 mins to Port Canaveral.I usually get to the port very early on my departure day. If I had to travel for more that 3 hours, I would stay at a hotel near by, the cruise port the day before departure.. Edited January 11, 2020 by Garf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe817 Posted January 11, 2020 #2 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Consider yourself very fortunate. For us it's a 6 1/2 hour drive to Galveston. We spend the night about 40-50 miles from the port for an easy drive on embarkation day. Most cruisers are not as fortunate as you(or I, for that matter). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SERK Posted January 11, 2020 #3 Share Posted January 11, 2020 We live 4 hours from Port of New Orleans so we leave day before and always stop at Middendorf's for great seafood and drinks on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennythenose Posted January 11, 2020 #4 Share Posted January 11, 2020 We are about 5 hours from Galveston and 8 hours from NOLA. We actually prefer to leave about midnight when we drive to NOLA (kids sleep the whole trip!). One time we drove to Mobile (10+ Hours) and probably wouldn’t do that again without stopping somewhere overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coevan Posted January 11, 2020 #5 Share Posted January 11, 2020 We live in Colorado, no driving here 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nybumpkin Posted January 11, 2020 #6 Share Posted January 11, 2020 We live about 2 1/2 hours from NYC and it's the only port we've ever driven in from home the day of the cruise. For a sailing from Baltimore, we'll drive to South Jersey the day before and finish the drive the next day. The only other port we've driven to is Charleston. That time we took two days for the drive and spent a whole day in Charleston the day before the cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoptom Posted January 11, 2020 #7 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I drive 660 miles the day before and 190 miles the day of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MeganGC1983 Posted January 11, 2020 #8 Share Posted January 11, 2020 We live 7 hours from Galveston and 10 hours from NOLA. We always drive in the day before. Wouldn’t be comfortable doing more than 2ish hours morning of. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jgatts0212 Posted January 11, 2020 #9 Share Posted January 11, 2020 We live in NEPA, so it's 2 hours to get to NYC. We have driven to New Orleans though (20 hrs), and are driving to Miami come February. Between the cost of 5 of us to fly, plus a family members issue, we just drive. I'm a Chiefs fan, and drove out to KC for the snow game against Denver this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted January 11, 2020 #10 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I try to get within an hour of the port. If I lived 50 mins away I’d drive on embarkation day but I’d leave enough time for a tow truck to get my vehicle and an uber to get to me in the event of a breakdown or accident. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VentureMan_2000 Posted January 11, 2020 #11 Share Posted January 11, 2020 We live by San Francisco, so we will be enjoying our next 3 cruises with a short commuter train ride we catch 3 miles from home, that drops us off in SF -- and then a 15 minute walk along the waterfront to the port. Long Beach Port is 6 hours away. Have done that twice. We stay at a Stay & Cruise hotel the night before as the hotel cost is nearly the same as the Port parking cost... and we enjoy cocktails by their pool the day before our cruise. They have a free shuttle to the cruise terminal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasperCruiser Posted January 11, 2020 #12 Share Posted January 11, 2020 We live in central Alabama. Mobile and New Orleans are nice 5-6 hour drives but we always drive down the day before. We fly to Florida and we really like our direct flights from Birmingham to Orlando on Southwest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joebucks Posted January 11, 2020 #13 Share Posted January 11, 2020 I live in Ohio, so nothing is close to me. I always fly in at least 1 night before, and that's when the vacation starts. I enjoy that city before the cruise. Then the next morning, I'm as relaxed as can be. I'll hit the pool and beach if possible. I let all of the crazies rush to get on the boat asap. Then I board around 1-130, head to the room, unpack, then the main event starts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theosprey247 Posted January 11, 2020 #14 Share Posted January 11, 2020 A little over an hour ( with no traffic). To Long Beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organized Chaos Posted January 11, 2020 #15 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Since we like to get onboard as soon as we can, I doubt we'd ever drive in the day of. Unless we drove through the night and got to town early, but we like to give ourselves some wiggle room just in case. Our 11-hour drive to NOLA last month was a welcome relief. I was happy to be able to drive to a port straight through. When we cruise out of Ft. Lauderdale or Miami, we'll leave two days before and usually stay the night near the FL/GA line, then get there the afternoon before the cruise. That's with me driving the whole time. I've been tempted try that route straight through with a second driver to see how that goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyingeyes Posted January 11, 2020 #16 Share Posted January 11, 2020 On the day of...about two miles. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jamman54 Posted January 11, 2020 #17 Share Posted January 11, 2020 We live in central New Jersey so the only two ports we can drive to are New York (45 minutes), and Baltimore (2 hours, 15 minutes). All others we get to at least a day before. 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mek Posted January 11, 2020 #18 Share Posted January 11, 2020 We have driven 2X from Cincinnati to Charleston with overnights in the Smokies both ways an 1X to Norfolk, Va with overnights both ways. We always have to fly to 99% of our departure ports, so the occasional drives were a nice change of pace for us. One of the times we drove to Charleston was when Sandy hit the east coast. Our cruise made it out but we figured if it had been canceled we would have just taken a land vacation instead because we had our car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury me at sea Posted January 11, 2020 #19 Share Posted January 11, 2020 We are under 5 hours from Galveston, including a long, leisurely breakfast and a separate stop to fill the gas tank close to Galveston. It has always felt comfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tapi Posted January 11, 2020 #20 Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) We live in Atlanta. Our last cruise was out of Mobile. We drove the 4 hours on the morning of the cruise. Very leisurely. We’ve also done Jacksonville (5 hours) and Port Canaveral (7 hours) but for those we drove the night before. We’ll fly for anything longer than that. Edited January 11, 2020 by Tapi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorky12 Posted January 11, 2020 #21 Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) We fly if its just my wife and myself. Our next one (4 of us) we are driving down to the Daytona area the day before. Its about 15-16 hour drive to Port Canaveral for us. Edited January 11, 2020 by zorky12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Saint Greg Posted January 11, 2020 #22 Share Posted January 11, 2020 54 minutes ago, VentureMan_2000 said: We live by San Francisco, so we will be enjoying our next 3 cruises with a short commuter train ride we catch 3 miles from home, that drops us off in SF -- and then a 15 minute walk along the waterfront to the port. Long Beach Port is 6 hours away. Have done that twice. We stay at a Stay & Cruise hotel the night before as the hotel cost is nearly the same as the Port parking cost... and we enjoy cocktails by their pool the day before our cruise. They have a free shuttle to the cruise terminal. which hotel do you use for Long Beach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted January 11, 2020 #23 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Two hours to JAX. Port Canaveral is 5-1/2 hours, so I drive down the day before, sometimes stopping around St. Augustine. Have also driven all the way the day before. Have not sailed from Charleston, but that would also be two hours. EM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrufy Posted January 11, 2020 #24 Share Posted January 11, 2020 42 minutes ago, Essiesmom said: Two hours to JAX. Port Canaveral is 5-1/2 hours, so I drive down the day before, sometimes stopping around St. Augustine. Have also driven all the way the day before. Have not sailed from Charleston, but that would also be two hours. EM We periodically drive 1200 miles to central Florida. Last few cruises we have flown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coevan Posted January 11, 2020 #25 Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, spyingeyes said: On the day of...about two miles. what port is 2 miles from D.C.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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