OasisQueen Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 What are somethings you do or can recommend for a family of, 4 once you disembark. Our flight is in the evening which leaves us ample time to kill (like 10 hours). I'd love to hear some recommendations. I thought perhaps reaching out to the hotel we will stay at, may allow us to store luggage while we find something to do, otherwise we're stuck sitting at the airport (which is what we did last year). We've been cruising for over 10 years and you'd think by now we'd have a plan. LOL. Any helpful advise please and thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 There's often post-cruise excursions that occupy at least a few hours of your time and deliver you, and your luggage, to the airport later that day. That's what we've decided to do in Boston to keep us out of Logan Airport for a little while. ChessE4 and OasisQueen 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda R Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 Yes, an excursion could be done. I have also done partial day hotel stays. You can watch TV, enjoy the pool, nap, or whatever. You could also pay to go to a sky club. Maybe one of those options would work for you. OasisQueen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RafaellaCG Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 7 hours ago, OasisQueen said: What are somethings you do or can recommend for a family of, 4 once you disembark. Our flight is in the evening which leaves us ample time to kill (like 10 hours). I'd love to hear some recommendations. I thought perhaps reaching out to the hotel we will stay at, may allow us to store luggage while we find something to do, otherwise we're stuck sitting at the airport (which is what we did last year). We've been cruising for over 10 years and you'd think by now we'd have a plan. LOL. Any helpful advise please and thank you. What port will you be in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 7 hours ago, OasisQueen said: What are somethings you do or can recommend for a family of, 4 once you disembark. Our flight is in the evening which leaves us ample time to kill (like 10 hours). I'd love to hear some recommendations. I thought perhaps reaching out to the hotel we will stay at, may allow us to store luggage while we find something to do, otherwise we're stuck sitting at the airport (which is what we did last year). We've been cruising for over 10 years and you'd think by now we'd have a plan. LOL. Any helpful advise please and thank you. This has been us a few times post-cruise and it's a real pain. We have done the cruise line's post-cruise excursion with airport drop-off on several occasions, which usually works well but could be expensive for a family of four. We have also done the day room thing and that's also a good choice, especially if you have younger kids who'll be happy with a pool and/or a beach. It also means a nap is possible. That is potentially a cheaper option and can work well if you have quite a late flight as you can usually keep the room until about 6 pm. I have also seen people suggest hiring a car for the day as it gives you a place to store your luggage and the freedom to do your own thing. We have not tried this so I can't offer an opinion. We (read "I" ) have decided that, moving forward, we will likely book a post-cruise hotel stay for disembarkation night, since it will be a lot less stressful and we're probably going to spend almost as much keeping ourselves busy for just those few hours anyway. Obviously, though, that's not going to work for everyone. OasisQueen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OasisQueen Posted September 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 On 9/8/2022 at 11:30 PM, RafaellaCG said: What port will you be in? We'll be in Ft. Lauderdale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OasisQueen Posted September 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 Sadly, our hotel that we're staying at doesn't offer a day rate. With that being said, do you know of hotels that DO offer that (in Ft. Lauderdale)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharla Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 29 minutes ago, OasisQueen said: We'll be in Ft. Lauderdale. There is a lot to do in Fort Lauderdale! The issue will definitely be luggage though, but if you rent a car you could store it in the trunk/back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddy Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 I’ve stayed at a lot of hotels where I’ve left my luggage with the desk/concierge for a few hours after checking out. I tip $5-$10 depending on how many bags. The only down side to this is if you have to backtrack from the airport/train station area to get your bags. Alternatively, we’ve used resortpass.com post cruise in Miami with good results. A quick check of random dates shows many options in Fort Lauderdale. https://www.resortpass.com/ OasisQueen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 20 minutes ago, OasisQueen said: Sadly, our hotel that we're staying at doesn't offer a day rate. With that being said, do you know of hotels that DO offer that (in Ft. Lauderdale)? You can find places by just putting something like "day use hotels fort lauderdale" into Google. That will give you various third party sites that offer this sort of service. If you're uncomfortable using a third-party site then you can just see which hotels they offer and then contact the hotels direct to check availability and pricing. If you use Hilton hotels you can check if they have a day use room available for your dates by putting the same date for both arrival and departure into their booking engine. OasisQueen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OasisQueen Posted September 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 19 minutes ago, teddy said: I’ve stayed at a lot of hotels where I’ve left my luggage with the desk/concierge for a few hours after checking out. I tip $5-$10 depending on how many bags. The only down side to this is if you have to backtrack from the airport/train station area to get your bags. Alternatively, we’ve used resortpass.com post cruise in Miami with good results. A quick check of random dates shows many options in Fort Lauderdale. https://www.resortpass.com/ I had no idea this existed!. thank you. teddy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OasisQueen Posted September 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 Reading reviews in resort pass and quite a few people have said they're treated "differently" (as one put it second class citizens). Things such as "we were not allowed to use the pool" and we were sent to a "corner section". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OasisQueen Posted October 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 Resort pass ended up being totally worth the money. teddy, fireclan and USCG Teacher 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 31 minutes ago, OasisQueen said: Resort pass ended up being totally worth the money. Where did you go to in the end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USCG Teacher Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 2 hours ago, OasisQueen said: Resort pass ended up being totally worth the money. Just as an aside, thank you for coming back and posting this! Most people take the info and just move on with their lives (which is fine!), but I appreciate that you took the time to come back and "pay it forward." fireclan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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