Vee2525 Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 Hello, My boyfriend and I are going on a RC cruise in May 2018 to the Bahamas on Adventure of the Seas. One of the ports is Orlando Florida. My question is: would we be close enough to visit The Hard Rock Cafe while in port from 12 am to 9 pm.? We are casino fanatics and would like to go there on our own accord, not with a private journey. Any thoughts and/or info would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arebee Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 If you're talking about the casino in Tampa, that would be a maybe (I assume you didn't mean the one in Universal, don't thing they have a casino). Its about 2 hours from the port. So if you want to spend half the time getting there and back, give it a try. But you'll have to rent a car and hope the orlando and tampa traffic is moving, only take one person with a flat tire to stop I4 in both directions. Orange Crush, MikeK and Vee2525 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Crush Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 There's no casino at Hard Rock Universal, Renting a car and driving to Tampa's pretty much your only option. Now, if you happen to be at Port Canaveral on a Sunday and the ship arrives a little before noon, you might *just* be able to catch the Victory Casino Cruise, but the timing is going to be pretty tight. They leave at noon and want you aboard 30 minutes prior to sailing, so the stars would have to align to make that feasible. Vee2525 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS8VN Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 Welcome to the blog board! I feel cruise lines calling a port of call "Orlando" is a bit misleading as Orlando is pretty well inland. The actual city is Cape Canaveral, and it is about an hour drive from Orlando/Disney/Universal. If you are not taking an excursion then you will need to rent a car or get a ride (private car/bus/Uber/Lyft/taxi/etc). With the closest casino being in Tampa then that's not worth the drive IMO. I mean, there's one on the ship so why pay to spend half your day driving to one when you can just hit that one after you leave port? Also there is at least one in Nassau that is much closer to the port. Enjoy your cruise! Vee2525 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vee2525 Posted December 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 Thank you all for your insight. Sounds like a far trip to make without a private journey - a risk I doubt we will take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrysea13 Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 omg no there is no casino in Orlando at least legal ones hard rock is a sight to see though nearest real casino is in tampa very risky in the time you are allotted sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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