How is the commute from Orlando to Port Canaveral, Florida?

[wakeupscreaming]

We are planning a cruise, and it departs from Port Canaveral, Florida.

We will be arriving via plane into Orlando, but will not be traveling to Port Canaveral until Saturday morning, the day the cruise leaves at around 3:30pm.

 

We'd be traveling from Orlando to Port Canaveral that Saturday morning.

Is this a good idea? I read that it's a 55 minute drive, and there are shuttles? How often do the shuttles come around?

Is it too risky? How soon should we get going in the morning from Orlando to catch a shuttle, and will everyone else be doing the same thing, where the shuttles are overloaded? I'm a little worried about not being close to the cruise terminal the day of it departing.