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Port Canaveral rental car facilities
Planning on sailing on the Freedom of the Seas next December. Planning on
visiting relatives before we sail. They live in West Palm. We plan on being with them for a few days and then drive up to the Orlando area and do a few days at Universal. Finally on Sunday the 12th of December head to Port Canaveral and board the Freedom of the Seas. My question am I able to drop off my rental car at the port saving me time from traveling from either the airport or some other place to the pier after dropping off the car. If I am able to drop the rental off at the pier which rental agencies are located at the pier for this service? Any rental company preference should there be more than one company located there? Secondly where do you think would be a good location to stay while in central Florida? Near Port Canaveral or near Universal? Also along those lines which hotel would you recommend after deciding which location to stay in? Ron |
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Port Canaveral rental car facilities
"ron felder" wrote in message ... Planning on sailing on the Freedom of the Seas next December. Planning on visiting relatives before we sail. They live in West Palm. We plan on being with them for a few days and then drive up to the Orlando area and do a few days at Universal. Finally on Sunday the 12th of December head to Port Canaveral and board the Freedom of the Seas. My question am I able to drop off my rental car at the port saving me time from traveling from either the airport or some other place to the pier after dropping off the car. If I am able to drop the rental off at the pier which rental agencies are located at the pier for this service? Any rental company preference should there be more than one company located there? Secondly where do you think would be a good location to stay while in central Florida? Near Port Canaveral or near Universal? Also along those lines which hotel would you recommend after deciding which location to stay in? Ron From the Universal area of Orlando the drive time to the port is about 1 hour and 15 minutes or so depending on traffic. South on I-4 to the Bee Line Expressway (Fl 528) and it is a straight shot to the port area. If doing Universal only I would stay in a hotel near the attraction as traffic in and around that area can be horrendous at times, especially on I-4. Not knowing how much you want to pay for a hotel room or if you have enough loyalty points for any particular hotel chain it is hard to tell you what hotel to stay at. If you are doing Universal Studios exclusively, you can stay at the properties associated with them. See: http://www.universalorlando.com/Hote...d_offers.aspx# for information on their properties. I especially like the "free" line-pass system if staying at their hotels. There are plenty of hotels in the Orlando/Kissimmee area, as well as West and North of Universal area that have good rates. As for car rental drop-off Avis, Hertz, and Budget all have rental offices close to the pier. There are free shuttles at the pier for pick-up, and passengers can drop the car off at the nearby rental office and the rental companies have free shuttles to the pier. There may be an associated cost for the one-way drop-off rental so check before just dropping the car off. Hope this answers most of your questions. Let us know if we can help more. |
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