BethW

Thank you @AshleyDillo and @ScooterScott22! It will probably be easier on everyone for all of us to be together for the whole boarding process. Again, all adults, but I'm the mom and they're the "kids" and I think we will all be more comfortable if we are all together so I will take your advice and put some of us into the hotel transport. It will cost a little more for that hotel room but I think it will be worth it. I appreciate your explanations!

This is our first time on any cruise, ever. I am pretty OCD and would like to know every detail of what the embarkation process is like. There are 9 of us cruising, all adults. We are all arriving on Friday, the day before embarkation. 7 of us are flying in, 2 are driving, so we will have 1 car that can hold a max of 5 people. We're staying at the SpringHill Suites Fort Lauderdale Airport & Cruise Port, so very close to Port Everglades. I'm thinking we can take one carload of people to the port, drop them off, go back to the hotel for the second carload of people, drop them off, then someone parks the car at the terminal. Is this a dumb idea? It's the "drop them off" part that I'm worried about as I don't know anything about this process. Would that take way too long? Is it like an airport where there's a lane for drop-off or is it more involved? Any specific details anyone can provide about how the drop-off/parking/embarkation process works for Odyssey of the Seas Port Everglades is most appreciated!