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Old 08-20-2024, 08:48 AM
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I will be cruising out of Ft Lauderdale soon and I would like to stay at a nearby hotel that I can leave my car there (with a fee of course) and a reliable shuttle to the port with a charge is fine. I never parked at Ft Lauderdale because I always did the bus from The Villages. Looking for your experience doing this. TY
There are several close by the port that do this. Can't recall the names but that info should be available online.

One thing I would suggest, if you haven't done it already, is to arrange your ride from the hotel to the port with the same company that you're cruising with--in our case Royal Caribbean though other companies probably also do it. Fort Lauderdale was insane both times we sailed from there: once it took 20 minutes from the hotel to the port gate, and over two hours from the gate to the ship. Less than a mile. The advantage of using transportation arranged by Royal Caribbean was that, if we were late, they'd hold the ship until we got there. If it was our own transportation, we'd be SOL.