Flying into West Palm Beach for cruise leaving Port Everglades - Transport Questions?

we have free mile plane tickets and it seems the only way I can get times to work is fly into west palm beach the day before our cruise leaves then back on departure. I can make ft Lauderdale work for arrival but not departure. Miami doesn't work at all. so my question is - what is the best way to do transport? I'm sure a taxi would be a lot and private transport a lot. so would a rental car be easiest? seems like it might be a huge hassle to rent for just getting to port, returning, then depending on another shuttle. so maybe just keep the car for the week might be easier. I don't know.....any ideas from anyone who has done this?

As this is about ground transport, not air, check the Florida Departures board, here:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=495

A search there will find several threads on your questions. Are you flying in the day of your cruise? It is an hour plus from Palm Beach to Ft Lauderdale. Consider that, and the ground transport costs into your equation. Is it really that much cheaper?

There is nothing to prevent you from using FF miles to fly into one of FLL/MIA/PBI and return from another. Try what works best in each direction.

There is a light rail from W Palm Beach to Ft. Lauderdale. I considered using that in the opposite direction when I could only get a flight out of PBI after a cruise. Thanks to a schedule change, I was able to rebook to depart from FLL.

There is a light rail from W Palm Beach to Ft. Lauderdale. I considered using that in the opposite direction when I could only get a flight out of PBI after a cruise. Thanks to a schedule change, I was able to rebook to depart from FLL.

To add to this, I don't know where the tri-rail stop is in W. Palm, but in Ft. Lauderdale it's not at the airport but is nearby. Not sure if they offer any kind of shuttle or if you'd just have to Uber between airport and rail stop but it's not far so wouldn't cost much.

If the palm beach flight leaves at 1:50 is that enough time to disembark and get back to PB? We will be coming off Harmony.

An hour trip between airports (port is near FLL I have relatives in PBI and do fly into FLL if the price is right), UberX $50-$65 better answers on the Florida board.

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