We stayed at the Hyatt Bonaventure in Weston before the cruise. We picked this hotel as we wanted to do some shopping at Sawgrass Mills. If you stay there, you need a car as there isn't anything within walking distance.

We took the Go Shuttle from the airport as we figured it would be cheaper then a cab. Be aware, it wasn't. They charged us $21.00 each one way, for a shared ride, dropping people off along the way. We took a cab from the hotel to the port and it came out to $47.00. So Go Shuttle was definitely not a deal.

Despite arriving at the port to a huge line-up, it went fairly quickly which was nice. The other nice surprise was how quickly our baggage arrived to our room. Our last 2 cruises (one with Princess and one with Royal C.) was really slow. Read more