Ms.Mouseketeer
Mouseketeer
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- Jan 8, 2017
have you stayed near the beach in the days prior to your cruise? Where did you stay? Was a cab from the airport/to cruise port sufficient?
We stayed at Springhill Suites near the airport. We used Uber and I can not recommend it enough. It was fast and easy. We had friends that got stuck at the port waiting for "scheduled transportation
We stayed at the Intercontinental. Not the beach, but very close to the port (we woke up to see the ship in port from our room). We took a short cab ride to port. Super easy.
We've cruised out of Miami twice. The first time we got a fabulous deal on a room at the Intercontinental through Hotwire for less than $100 (mid-October). The second time we were unable to score a good deal and stayed on the beach on Fort Lauderdale a couple of weeks ago. I WILL NEVER AGAIN SET FOOT IN FORT LAUDERDALE DURING SPRING BREAK AGAIN. Sorry to yell. It was a nightmare. Drunken college kids were everywhere. They were obscene and vulgar and half naked and barfing and fighting. It was awful. So, if you're staying near a beach, just don't do it during spring break!
You don't happen to remember the size of the sofa bed, do you?We stayed at the Marriott Residence Inn. It was awesome. Great pool, free shuttle from the airport to the hotel, awesome free breakfast, bigger suite rooms for the family, we paid $8/person for their shuttle to the port at the time we chose to leave the hotel to the port in the morning...can't recommend this hotel enough!
The bed itself was a king. And the sofa bed was a queen. And the sofa at Residence Inn's usually have this little chaise lounger part on the end that can be used as a little place for a toddler to sleep. The kitchenette also has full sized appliances if you're wanting to cook there. It was spacious enough that it would've easily fit a rollaway twin if we had needed it.You don't happen to remember the size of the sofa bed, do you?
Thanks! I looked at the room details and it didn't mention the size. It also said rollaways not permitted in both the one and two bedrooms. :\The bed itself was a king. And the sofa bed was a queen. And the sofa at Residence Inn's usually have this little chaise lounger part on the end that can be used as a little place for a toddler to sleep. The kitchenette also has full sized appliances if you're wanting to cook there. It was spacious enough that it would've easily fit a rollaway twin if we had needed it.