We live in Florida so we drove to Ft. Lauderdale the day before the cruise commenced and stayed overnight. We did not participate in any excursions. ...
Embarkation and Disembarkation were surprisingly smooth at Port Everglades. Keep in mind that we're not dealing with a glamor location -- these are glorified warehouses -- but the idea is to spend as little time in them as possible. Having Aqua Class meant expedited boarding, although not necessarily expedited disembarkation. Still, we found getting off the ship to be surprisingly smooth, and ...
Upon disembarkation we taxied to the main beach. There are toilets behind life guard station #2, otherwise you must use a local restaurant. Something to keep in mind if its an issue. It was a little cool and and a little windy when we were there, but we enjoyed lunch at Bubba Gumps on the beach there. Caught a cab to the airport. 9$20.00 with tip for three of us) ...
We stayed the night before at the Hilton. Returned our rental car ( hertz) at the crown plaza across from the cruise port. They shuttled us across the street and we were on the ship in less than 45 min. ...
