This was our 1st experience with Port Canaveral and we were very pleasantly surprised.

First a little about ourselves. We are sisters that live together in Dallas, TX. This was our 11th cruise, all with Carnival. We have been traveling VIP due to our CVC membership, but we just got our 1st 2 cruises added to our past guest history a few weeks before this cruise, so we not only were VIP for embarkation/debarkation but had all of the other Platinum perks for the 1st time as well.

We flew in a day early and stayed at the Best Western on Coco Beach. Clean neat hotel, right on the water with a great steakhouse (Durango's) for dinner. We rented a car through Budget since we wanted to do some running around. This was extremely convenient mode of transportation from the airport and they were very efficient in our transfers to and from the port. Read more