Hi all! This will be my 3rd cruise but my first in Port Canaveral. We are landing in Orlando and have purchased the Carnival transfer to get to Port Canaveral. Any tips on embarking?
Hi all! This will be my 3rd cruise but my first in Port Canaveral. We are landing in Orlando and have purchased the Carnival transfer to get to Port Canaveral. Any tips on embarking?
I have never done the transfer as we drive down but Port Canaveral is one of the easier ports... Carnival has dedicated piers/ports for their ships and it seems to go smoothly. I think the transfer bus does check in your luggage and you don't see it again until it's delivered to your room, and on the way back it's the same... you see it at your home airport.
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Get your luggage at Orlando and look for somebody in a Carnival shirt. They will direct you to where the bus will pick you up. You give them your luggage and begin to enjoy your cruise. Once you arrive at the port, porters unload the bus, you take your carry on lugguage and go through embarkation as you always have.
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Princess: Ruby 2010
Yep, Port Canaveral is second only to Tampa for ease of embarkation IMO. They generally have all their "ducks in a row", and it goes rather smoothly. You'll be aboard before you know it, drinking those "foo-foo" drinks, and dancing the lambada.
Have a GREAT cruise.
In Orlando or near the port? Orlando is 50+ miles from the port.
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5/25/2009 Carnival Triumph
2009 Carnival Fascination
2008 Carnival Sensation
2007 discovery to GBI
2006 discovery to GBI
2005 discovery to GBI
2004 discovery to GBI
2003 Carnival Sensation
1999 Carnival Fascination
1998 Majesty of the Seas
1996 Carnival Fantasy
1992 Celebration
1991 "the big red boat" - before disney lines
several freighters
sailboat in the ocean off USVI
several cruises as "guest" of USA Navy
Panama Canal on frieghter
It depends on what you want to spend. There is a Ron Jon's Resort almost next door to the cruise terminal. Use your favorite travel search engine and look at Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral. Most hotels are on A1A, the higher the address the closer it is to the port. You would have to take a shuttle over to the beach from the airport and most hotels have a shuttle to the port.
And check out the Embarkation/Disembarkation Ports thread for more information.
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Bob
A Bad Day At Sea Always Beats A Good Day At Work
Carnival: Glory 2004, Destiny 2008, Splendor 2009, Freedom 2011
Celebrity: Summit 2011
Princess: Ruby 2010
Hi all! This will be my 3rd cruise but my first in Port Canaveral. We are landing in Orlando and have purchased the Carnival transfer to get to Port Canaveral. Any tips on embarking?
The only tip I have to embark is dont fall off the gangway unless you are wearing your bathing suit and flippers!
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