I will provide as much details of the entire experience and some helpful tips for the will be travelers. Apologies for the lengthy reviews but hope it will be helpful:

We travelled in a group of 13 people and arrived the night before sail date. Originally we were to stay at the Hyatt Place directly in the airport for convenience but decided to save a bit by staying at the Sheraton a mile away. If you travel in smaller group then I would recommended staying at the hotel inside the airport for $200 per night because you get the convenience of walking distance to breakfast and coffee (McDonalds, Starbucks, etc). However for us we saved $100 a night per room by staying at the Sheraton Suite. For 4 rooms we can save $400. The Sheraton Suite was nice, clean, comfortable, free shuttle from airport to hotel. We arrived late evening and called Sheraton for the courtesy ride, waited 5 minutes and shuttle came to pick us up and take back to the hotel. The ride was 3 minutes. Upon checking in, I walked to Hooters to pick up food because it is the closest place for food and opens until midnight,

The morning of the cruise, we were picked up by Noble Transportations. I checked several transportations and decided to use these guys because of the good reputations. Their prices are competitive and perhaps the cheapest of the ones I checked. We were picked up in a van, had the 5 car seats I requested, with additional hitch for all our luggages. We made a quick stop at Target on the way to get water, last minutes items, snacks, etc. Read more