My family and returned from the Dec. 17th - Dec. 24th cruise and we had a great time.
We flown into Orlando from California on Dec. 16th and used Spaceport Transport to shuttle us to our hotel in Cocoa Beach. We stayed at the Courtyard Marriott which needed a little fixing up but was very nice. I choose this hotel because I had a free night from using Marriott hotels for Business.
On Dec. 17th we took a short walk down to the beach and walked around a bit before our shuttle picked us up at the hotel at 11:30 to take us to the dock.