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I got off the ship last week. Mainly I got bottled water but one time I got a can of water. You just don't know.

1 hour ago, DaKahuna said:

 

 i called earlier this week to update ours since we went over 340 points on our last cruise.  I was on hold under 5 minutes and the nice lady that answered took care of me. 

 

 One interesting thing I discovered, is that they go by who is the primary person on the reservation.  So If I am primary, we get the amenities that I have chosen.  If my DW is primary then they go by her preferences.  So I changed mine to get one bottle of white wine for her and one bottle of red for me. 

 

This will be my second cruise Monday having 340 points but both were under 7 days so no extra for me.

Thank you for your Navy service, I did 4 years as an EM.

7 hours ago, BND said:

There was supposed to be a new list out this month.

I will find out Monday, I’ll be on the Mariner. If there is changes, I will post them.

7 hours ago, artvlay said:

Haven't been able to change our gifts for the longest time. How do you make changes?

There is a phone number at the bottom of one page.

I got these last month on the Jewel.

50 minutes ago, gkbiiii said:

What are the current 2023 Diamond Plus Benefit choices?

43 minutes ago, gkbiiii said:

2023 choices?

I am not scared. So far I haven't had any symptom & hope to keep this up.

1 hour ago, CruiserBruce said:

Don't believe SAS services that area.

You are correct, I misread the OP. In my head I was thinking FLL. Thanks for the correction.

We use SAS, ridesas.com  They will pick up at certain hotels, they are listed on their web site. It's $15.00 per person each way. They will also pick you up at POM to go to FLL.

We were on the Jewel in December, we used Cortran. Getting off of the ship was real easy, even early. When we got to the shuttle, we were before our scheduled time. They were waiting for us so we loaded up & drove to the airport. Then I got a text saying our flight was cancelled.

Book the shuttle time to make sure you have enough time at the airport. If you don't have pre TSA, the line was long, one in our party didn't have it. we had a long wait. At least we got out to go home on the 23rd.

19 hours ago, catmandu73 said:

i have reserved round trip transportation through RCCL from Fort Lauderdale airport to the cruise port for a sailing on March 20.  American Airlines has changed my outbound flight from Dallas where i don't get in (best case) until close to 1 PM.

 i don't know what the cut off for RCCL's transportation is but will find out.

has anyone used a shuttle service from the airport to the cruise port they would recommend?

thanks.

Cathy Berg

 

It always helps if you state which cruise port you are going to.

They were a great band to listen to on the Jewel last month.

This is from Royal's website:

Alcoholic Beverages (Note: On boarding day, each stateroom may bring up to two 750 ml bottles of wine or champagne. Guests who purchase alcohol bottles onboard, in a port-of-call, or bring more than the two permitted bottles on boarding day, will have their items safely stored by the ship. These bottles will be returned on the last day onboard for enjoyment once home. Alcoholic beverages seized on embarkation day will not be returned.

Guests may also bring non-alcoholic beverages as carry-on items on boarding day. Non-alcoholic beverages may not exceed 12 standard (17 oz.) cans, bottles or cartons per stateroom. Milk and distilled water brought on for infant, medical, or dietary use are permitted. 

9 hours ago, DCThunder said:

Best Western Ft. Lauderdale Airport/Cruise port on W. State Street is the one I stayed at.

Ouch, I like that one because it is so close to a grocery store & places to eat. Also, SAS will pick me up there to take me to the Port of Miami. It may not be the best but I don't need a lot.

20 hours ago, DCThunder said:

DO NOT stay at the Best Western.  It is one and a half steps up from being a dump.  You can do better.  I stayed there this past spring mainly because I had Best Western points I needed to use up, but it was not a pleasant stay.  It was totally safe, but the hotel really needs a refurbishment.

Which Best Western, they have more than one in the area.

Go on the Joy's roll call of sailing yet to start & try to ask someone to buy a magnet from that ship to mail to you. Figure out a repayment plain along with postage. It's worth a try.

3 hours ago, Corby114 said:

I like the idea of staying overnight in either Cape Canaveral or Cocoa Beach so I normally rent a vehicle at MCO and drive over there the day prior to my cruise. On embarkation day I check out of my hotel, drop off family and luggage at Port Canaveral and return the rental. I then either use the rental car shuttle, cab, Uber Or Lyft back over to Port Canaveral.

We rented a car at MCO, the next morning we went to drop it off, it was over 45 minutes wait in line just to drop off the car. Outside was a large group of people waiting for the Budget shuttle to take them to the ship. Next week I am doing the same thing but I will drop the car off early hopefully beating the crowd trying to rent a car or drop one off. They only had 2 employees working. They would alternate, rent a vehicle, then check in a drop off. A person working said this crowd was nothing, normally they have lines outside of the building.

19 hours ago, GTO-Girl said:

Don’t totally discount shuttles as they have their own pick up section and are always there when we self assist and walk off the ship.  If you go this route you will definitely need to pre-book….

 

These are some of the most popular…..

*Cortrans Shuttle 

*Cocoa Beach Shuttle 

*Cruise Control Transportation 

*GoPort

We used Budget's shuttle & got the easy in route.

Homewood Inn Suites is also in that area.

39 minutes ago, newtocruisingcdn said:

We are heading to Port Canaveral in June,,, arriving mid day on a Friday… we are trying to figure whether best value to take a shuttle from airport to Port on Friday. Or stay in Orlando and head out Sat. Morning…… r hotels cheaper in Orlando or Port (Reccomendations). Transportation options 

 

txs

 

There are shuttles in Orlando that will pick you up at certain hotels the morning of the cruise & take you to the port for around $30.00 per person one way, they will also pick you up after the cruise to take you to the airport for the same price. The trip to the port is 45 minutes or more to the port, depending on traffic, then there is also the traffic at the port leaving and coming to deal with.

On 12/29/2022 at 12:06 PM, Djford75 said:

My question didn't really get answered though.....does Uber/Lyft use the shuttle line?  The regular passenger line is always LOOOOOONNNGGG.

Good question, if anyone knows please answer, I may be needing to know in a little over a week.

We were just there 12-17, the line of cars to drop off passengers was very long. Plan for a long wait, if you Uber, they may be delayed because of the traffic.

I flew with one in my checked bag this month, I still have it after our return flight.

I just did it with a rental car on the 17th, the rental place said it would cost $13.00 to use their pass where it was only a little over $5.00 in tolls. We used the pay lanes instead of the exact chance ones, it was only a couple of minute wait to go through the toll. I didn't want to dig around for the change.