Golden, the hotels you mention go from $429 for th Marriott, The Sheraton FLL, formerly the Yankee Clipper is $309,and the least pricey is ES, at $249, for the random January dates I put in...
Just looking for my cruise in March, I was surprised to see such high rates. It's too bad Amerisuites sold out to Hyatt...used to be able to get reasonable rates there, but, they are now Hyatt prices.
I realize some are leary of not knowing, via Priceline, but, bidding 4 star there, downtown, you really can't go wrong. I got the Reanissance via PL, a couple of times with good deals as well.