Mobile departures, where to stay night before?

[mcderrk]

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?

[nydney1]

We drove down from Chicago and stayed at the Hampton Inn Downtown on Royal street. 
 

We parked at the Hampton lot the first night and used spot hero to find parking downtown for the cruise. Then took an uber for $5 to the port. 
 

I think the garage was $8 a day.

 

[nydney1]

The garage was at the Admiral Somme’s Hotel 251 Government Street.. There is a Wyndham hotel here (but I used points for the Hampton)

[mcderrk]

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

[coldinkansas]

We just cruised out of Mobile in September. We stayed at Fort Conde Inn and loved it. The room cost a little more than I usually pay but they offered free parking for the entire 10 days we were gone.  I think we paid around $140 but free parking was the game changer. Only about a 4-5 minute walk to the port and we could see the ship from the balcony. You can drop off luggage after 10am then go park or site see until check in time.