Fort Lauderdale questions

[uncalculated]

Cruising out of Fort Lauderdale with my family in November and have a couple of quick questions.

 

We are flying into MIA the day before and plan on renting a car to get up to our hotel. Who is the best rental company to do this through? We would like to find a free shuttle to the port...

 

Secondly, we our ship arrives back in port at 7 am. I am assuming they will start letting people off around 8 or so (?) Will we have enough time to hitch a cab ride to MIA to catch a 1 pm flight home?

 

Thanks for the replys.

[jbrand29]

Cruising out of Fort Lauderdale with my family in November and have a couple of quick questions.

 

We are flying into MIA the day before and plan on renting a car to get up to our hotel. Who is the best rental company to do this through? We would like to find a free shuttle to the port...

 

Secondly, we our ship arrives back in port at 7 am. I am assuming they will start letting people off around 8 or so (?) Will we have enough time to hitch a cab ride to MIA to catch a 1 pm flight home?

 

Thanks for the replys.

 

I've flown into FLL and rented a car from Alamo, drove to Miami and turned the car in and they shuttle you to the port, so I would think they'd do the same thing in FLL. It's about a 1/2 hour drive back, but I've heard the Miami is a little bit crazier then FLL, so 1pm might be pushing it. Just depends on how fast they get through customs. Disembarking can take a while sometimes.

[BlueHerons]

Cruising out of Fort Lauderdale with my family in November and have a couple of quick questions.

 

We are flying into MIA the day before and plan on renting a car to get up to our hotel. Who is the best rental company to do this through? We would like to find a free shuttle to the port...

 

Secondly, we our ship arrives back in port at 7 am. I am assuming they will start letting people off around 8 or so (?) Will we have enough time to hitch a cab ride to MIA to catch a 1 pm flight home?

 

Thanks for the replys.

 

I would not be comfortable with a flight any earlier than 2PM.

 

Why don't you extend your vacation a day and spend the night in Miami Beach and hang out on the beach and eat some great food? It is a great way to end a vacation and you can catch the very first flight out the next morning and still make it home in time to relax and get the laundry done.

 

Traffic can be a beast and one wreck and I-95 is a parking lot.

[signman]

The best car rental company is the one that gives you the best price. The car rental facility at FLL is adjacent to Terminal One. I don't believe there is a shuttle to the pier, since the car rental companies don't have shuttles at FLL. The only shuttles are operated by the Airport and shuttle pax fromTerminals 2,3 and 4 to the Car Rental facility.

 

So you would then need to take a cab from the airport to PE, about $15.

 

On your return to PE, assuming the ship arrives on time, and I think they usually do at PE, you can just hop in a cab for MIA. When you fill out the disembarkation questionnaire, just put that you have a flight before noon, so you will get in one of the earlier groups to disembark.

[uncalculated]

Thanks for the answers. We set sail on Monday and return on Saturday, so traffic is not as much a concern to me as it would be during the week. I have the car rented, the flights booked, and the ship confirmed, everything is good to go. We are going out a day early and we would love to fly back on Sunday, but for some reason the flights were much more expensive versus Saturday.

 

Thanks again.