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Has anyone stayed at the Holiday Inn Express Ft Lauderdale 17th St? Haven’t sailed out of this port in many years and wanted something with shuttle from airport/to port and within walking distance of liquor store and restaurants. Since Embassy Suites seems to be not a good choice, this was in the same general area. Paid a little over $300 but that’s for 4 of us in a double room. Did I make a decent choice? Is there something better that offers same? Also, second question, how is everyone getting to the airport after getting off this ship? Just taking taxis or Uber? thanks for the help!

Our first ever stop in Progreso in a couple weeks and looking for an excursion with beach time. Has anyone been to this resort and want to share opinions or better yet, gone on the Carnival excursion to this resort at Reef Yucatán Resort Hotel? This is an all inclusive beach excursion with a 45 min bus ride to/from resort. thanks!

Our first ever stop in Progreso in a couple weeks and looking for an excursion with beach time. Has anyone been to this resort and want to share opinions or better yet, gone on the Carnival excursion to this resort at Reef Yucatán Resort Hotel? This is an all inclusive beach excursion with a 45 min bus ride to/from resort. thanks!

I have never been to this port and we are sailing out of terminal 28 and I purchased parking in the SMP parking garage. How far of a walk will this actually be? Thanks for any insight!!

Check cancellation policies. Resort pass often says you can cancel without penalty up to 24 hours prior with full refund which is good if rain is predicted or your itinerary has been changed. Not sure if the resort will let you cancel.

Thanks for the review! I had heard that the Grand Lucayan and the area was still not restored from the hurricane, glad to hear you had a nice time. We have resort passes to Lighthouse Pointe Resort in Oct.

Oh no, we have resort passes to Lighthouse Pointe Resort. I hope it is better by the time we arrive in October. I loved that area when i visited years ago and I hope they are able to recover.

Thank you for the reply, I did read on Margaritaville’s website FAQs: Margaritaville Beach Resort welcomes non-hotel guests. Non-hotel guests who have been vaccinated and have passed the two-week immunity period are exempt from COVID-19 testing when visiting the property. For unvaccinated non-hotel guests, Margaritaville Beach Resort requires proof of a negative COVID -19 rapid antigen test taken within 5 days.

Is there any need for vaccine cards any where in the Bahamas? Seems I read something somewhere that vaccine cards were required somewhere but I cannot remember or find it again.

I have heard others mention taxis to Lighthouse Pointe Resort at Port Lucaya cost around $30-40 round trip but a shuttle is like $7? Can anyone shed light on this? Haven’t been to Freeport in over 5 years and no knowledge of how to negotiate a round trip taxi (will the same taxi pick up at required time?) and is there a shuttle that goes that far, do you schedule it or is it like public transportation? Thanks for any info! There will be 6 of us in our group!

How would they know? Do they check the contents when returning to the ship?

Any restrictions on Carnival for refillable bottles? Can I bring it back to the ship without having to empty it? I use a large one with ice/water etc. Been a minute since my last cruise and these weren’t really a thing then. thanks!

Thanks for the info! With cruise port parking at almost $20 a day, that is a great deal!

We have a 12 hour drive to Port of Mobile so we are planning a day before arrival. Any suggestions for a night before stay? Safe area, possible close restaurants?