Parking Situation + Embarking Day

[hjw]

My fiancee and I are going on a cruise for our honeymoon in January. We're on Brilliance out of Tampa. He's only been once, this is my first time, so I'm doing all of the research to get prepared and ready. How does parking work? We are within driving distance, so we're going to drive down the night before we embark to stay with friends in Orlando, then head over to Tampa in the morning to head to port. I know that currently RC is doing "check-in times", but how long does is typically take to get through that? How much time should we budget? Any recommendations on specific things to make sure we have in our carry on bags (i.e. swimsuit, the approved size bottles of wine) that we should not leave in our checked luggage? 

[Matt]

There's a parking garage across the street from the terminal.

Tampa also offers valet parking for only $15 total more. I do the valet everytime.

If you choose to park yourself, drive to terminal and drop off luggage with porters, and then go park the car and walk back.

[Matt]

1 hour ago, hjw said:

how long does is typically take to get through that?

If you do all the check-in steps at home, usually you can get through in under a half hour.

 

1 hour ago, hjw said:

Any recommendations on specific things to make sure we have in our carry on bags (i.e. swimsuit, the approved size bottles of wine) that we should not leave in our checked luggage? 

The best packing for a cruise list

[hjw]

Awesome, thank you Matt!!