Royal Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral

Posted by Mike

My family and I just got back from a
Royal Caribbean cruise this past week which left from Port Canaveral. We had a great time and Royal Caribbean certainly has great service and quality.

We flew down on Allegiant air the day prior, as the schedule doesn't allow to arrive on the same day as the cruise departs. Allegiant flies into Sanford, the other Orlando airport about 20 miles north of Orlando. Allegiant air is not an IATA carrier, and therefore do not have to adhere to all the "protection" rules a normal carrier would. The service was fine and the equipment was MD-8x series which has a 2x3 configuration. The flights were on time and check-in was pretty much like a normal carrier.

We rented a car and drove to Port Canaveral and stayed at the
Radisson in Port Can. The Radisson is only 2 miles from where the ships depart and they offer free parking and also free shuttle service to the ships.

Avis also is close by and offers free shuttle service to and from ships and generally no drop charge.

The drive from Sanford is only about 75 minutes, and for the savings of taking another carrier to Orlando, you can more than pay for the extra night hotel cost.

On the way back we opted to hire a service that picked us up at the pier and took us to Sanford. We used Capital One limo, and got a 15 passenger van (which holds 10 passengers plus luggage) one way for $150, which worked out to $15 per person. Someone else on the cruise just took a cab and it cost the same.