Getting to port

[Rolandtgs]

Hi all;

 

I am now at the point of choosing between 2 cruises, and I have a question about travelling to the port.

 

Here's the scenario;

 

I am either cruising with Carnival out of Port Canaveral, or cruising with Princess out of Fort Lauderdale.

We are spending a couple days in Orlando prior to the cruise, if we leave from Fort Lauderdale, we can fly into Orlando, get a rental car and then drop it off at the FLL airport, which is conveniently right next to the port. Then fly back home out of FLL. The drawback to this is a 3.5 to 4 hour drive from Orlando, and the flight back home is not direct from FLL.

Alternatively, we could fly in and out of Orlando, but I have no idea how I am going to get to Port Canaveral which is an hour from the Orlando airport without the rental (which I believe will have to be dropped of at the airport). Is there anywhere to drop rentals off at Port Canaveral? Do we have to take a bus from the airport (not very desireable).

 

Thanks

[Barbee524]

You have a couple of options for Port Canaveral; You CAN drop your rental car in Port Canaveral, just check with the car rental agency. You can take the cruise ships shuttle, or you can arrange for a private shuttle.

[Rolandtgs]

Thanks for the quick reply Barbee524.

 

That makes a huge difference to my plans. At least I can drive myself there one way, and I guess shuttle back to the airport at the end.

 

Now if I can just find out what is going on with the stop in Costa Maya. GOing to be difficult to stop there with no port.

 

Thanks

[Barbee524]

For our cruise in November, Costa Maya has been replaced with Playa del Carmen.

[celbercrz333]

We did a Carnival shuttle from Miami airport to the port of Miami. We came back from a 3 nighter cruise and then took the shuttle to the airport where we rented a car for the other half of our trip. As long as you keep in mind that a car rented from one location and dropped off at another might have an extra fee added to it. I would check with car rental agencies about it.

[Rolandtgs]

Playa del Carmen sounds fine with me, as long as it is not Jamaica.

 

celbercrz333 - thanks for the heads up on the possible extra charge for the drop-off. I will check into that.

[tnrnchick74]

Check the departing ports section of the board - there are some great threads in the "Eastern ports" section especially about Port Canaveral