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3 Dec 21, 06:32 PM |
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Miami departure Sep 2022
Hey all
Well my very very very first cruise is now booked for Sep 2022 A cruise is on bucket list since being widowed, so thought lets do it Disney. I travel solo mostly, as children with grandchildren are very limited to their holidays (due to cost) So questions as a newbie: I am staying at POR for 5 nights before cruise. (not driving) Cannot do the disney cruise transport to Miami, so... 1) I will uber/lyft down and guessing this will be about 3 hours - do you know what time I need to be there for boarding? How much Lyft would costish? 2) Is it then easy to get a Lyft back to Orlando? Will probably end with a couple of nights at universal. 3) Day at Nassau, what can I book? What should I avoid? 4) Tipping, I have been explained about the tickets to put in envelopes at end of trip, anything else I should know about tips? 5) ALL other tips and what to do's for a single adult please do drop them here. Thank you |
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3 Dec 21, 09:10 PM |
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Imagineer
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How exciting I’m sure you will love your first cruise.
I’m quite sure it was more like 4 hours from Orlando to Miami. I really would look at a flight from Orlando to Miami. An Uber return would be extortionate. We did one way car hires. We really didn’t like Nassau. If we went again I wouldn’t get off and we would enjoy an empty ship for the day. |
6 Dec 21, 08:35 AM |
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Join Date: Aug 06
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Can I ask did you look at options out of Port Canaveral? Seems like a bit of a hike just to cruise a standard itinerary (Nassau)
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6 Dec 21, 09:24 AM |
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Imagineer
Join Date: Jun 16
Location: God's Own Country
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Nassau is a few hours’ wonder around. There is honestly not much to see there. It was absolutely sweltering the day we went so the family went back to ship after about an hour and a half, I had another hour taking photos and walked quite a way out of the centre.
Lots of high end shops, a market, a few buildings like the pink courthouse/ town hall I think it was. Some very ‘dodgy’ areas with shops selling fake goods etc mixed in. A McDonalds for a drink. The beaches near the centre are not all that. You can take trips off to ‘Blue Lagoon’ or Atlantis but frankly I’d have rather been back on the quiet ship, enjoying the pool and my drinks package (was on Royal Caribbean). We also went to Coco Cay. Now that was something else. I’d much rather have cruised there, stayed 2 days and come back, it was amazing. This was taken in port:
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7 Dec 21, 11:17 AM |
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Imagineer
Join Date: Aug 06
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Ha ha - so other cruiser is on Disney and they don't do a drinks package unfortunately but completely agree.
Disney have Castaway Cay as their private island and it is lovely
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