jagoffee Posted June 21, 2021 #1 Share Posted June 21, 2021 I have a few questions. I have tried the search function without success. 1. I know the ACL pre cruise hotel includes transfers to the port. (Which is no big deal at the Red Lion). Does it also include transfers from Airport to the hotel? 2. If no, does anyone have any recommendations for getting to the Red Lion hotel? 3. If we want to stay two nights at the hotel instead of one, do we book the extra night with ACL or the hotel directly? 4. Does anyone know which type of accommodations are included in the pre cruise Red Lion stay? Queens, King Bed, view, etc? Thank you in advance for input. We are very much looking forward to our first ACL experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray in NH Posted June 22, 2021 #2 Share Posted June 22, 2021 20 hours ago, jagoffee said: I have a few questions. I have tried the search function without success. 1. I know the ACL pre cruise hotel includes transfers to the port. (Which is no big deal at the Red Lion). Does it also include transfers from Airport to the hotel? 2. If no, does anyone have any recommendations for getting to the Red Lion hotel? 3. If we want to stay two nights at the hotel instead of one, do we book the extra night with ACL or the hotel directly? 4. Does anyone know which type of accommodations are included in the pre cruise Red Lion stay? Queens, King Bed, view, etc? Thank you in advance for input. We are very much looking forward to our first ACL experience. Hi jagoffee, We did this itinerary on 11 October 2019 (before Covid). We did stay one night pre-cruise at the Red Lion Hotel -- do not recall any option to book additional pre-cruise nights, but did not even inquire if possible (or how to do it). Getting a taxi from the airport was easy -- I recall the fare was about $50.00 (not including gratuity). It was probably about a 25 minute ride?? As to the hotel accommodations, they were just fine. We had a king size bed -- not specifically requested, but we were fine with that option. Overall, we were very pleased with the entire trip (our seventh with ACL). We do enjoy the product that they put forth. Hope this helps -- Enjoy the cruise. NRayH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveinCharlotte Posted June 22, 2021 #3 Share Posted June 22, 2021 On 6/21/2021 at 4:09 PM, jagoffee said: Does it also include transfers from Airport to the hotel? If no, does anyone have any recommendations for getting to the Red Lion hotel? You have to get yourself from the airport to the hotel. We used the Trimet MAX Red Line to get to downtown; the station is right there at the airport Cost $2.50/pp. See trimet.org for details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loveh2ofl Posted June 23, 2021 #4 Share Posted June 23, 2021 It can't hurt to call the hotel and see if it offers an airport shuttle. On my Mississippi Cruise - that was the case.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagoffee Posted June 23, 2021 Author #5 Share Posted June 23, 2021 20 hours ago, Ray in NH said: Hi jagoffee, We did this itinerary on 11 October 2019 (before Covid). We did stay one night pre-cruise at the Red Lion Hotel -- do not recall any option to book additional pre-cruise nights, but did not even inquire if possible (or how to do it). Getting a taxi from the airport was easy -- I recall the fare was about $50.00 (not including gratuity). It was probably about a 25 minute ride?? As to the hotel accommodations, they were just fine. We had a king size bed -- not specifically requested, but we were fine with that option. Overall, we were very pleased with the entire trip (our seventh with ACL). We do enjoy the product that they put forth. Hope this helps -- Enjoy the cruise. NRayH Yes, helpful. We are staying an extra night because AA changed our non stop flight and we did not want to arrive in Portland at midnight CST. We booked the extra night directly with the Red Lion. ACL has informed us that we need to call them a week or so before our cruise date, so they can let the hotel know to book us in the same room for the ACL included hotel. We booked a King premium view room. We are cruising with another couple. I checked car rental prices and they are outrageous. We will probably use Uber or a taxi, (the hotel is too far for a hotel shuttle to the airport, but I will double check) Thank you for the good wishes for our cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray in NH Posted June 24, 2021 #6 Share Posted June 24, 2021 9 hours ago, jagoffee said: Yes, helpful. We are staying an extra night because AA changed our non stop flight and we did not want to arrive in Portland at midnight CST. We booked the extra night directly with the Red Lion. ACL has informed us that we need to call them a week or so before our cruise date, so they can let the hotel know to book us in the same room for the ACL included hotel. We booked a King premium view room. Thank you for the good wishes for our cruise. Jagoffee, I was happy to hear that you received the same type of info, about booking an additional nights to link with the comped night offered by ACL. We are doing the same thing in September this year, only in St. Louis, before our Ohio River Cruise. Both the hotel and ACL have assured us that we will be in the same room for both evenings. NRayH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagoffee Posted June 24, 2021 Author #7 Share Posted June 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Ray in NH said: Jagoffee, I was happy to hear that you received the same type of info, about booking an additional nights to link with the comped night offered by ACL. We are doing the same thing in September this year, only in St. Louis, before our Ohio River Cruise. Both the hotel and ACL have assured us that we will be in the same room for both evenings. NRayH I will come back and let you know how it worked for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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