We suggest traveling the day before cruise to embarkation city for a stress free start of your vacation. At least it's the only thing within your control to start things on the right foot.
Following our own advice, we departed for Orlando, Florida midday the day before embarkation. The flight was on time, which is unusual, so we were off to a good start. After just over two hours we were in Orlando. As we exited the plane we saw lightening in the distance. Because of the storms in the area,the tarmac was shutdown and luggage could not be unloaded from the planes.
We got to baggage claim and weren't surprised to see the sign indicating bags would be delayed due to the severe lightening in the area. They wouldn't resume unloading luggage until it was safe to do so.
We waited for more than hour before bags started appearing on the conveyor belt. Imagine the stress that would be added if this happened on cruise embarkation day. We did have two aces in our pocket even if this had been cruise day - travel insurance and cruise line transfers to the pier. At least we would have had someone to assist us if necessary.
We selected Homewood Suites by Hilton Orlando Airport as our pre-cruise hotel because of several factors: airport shuttle, price, value, and location to food choices. There are several restaurants within walking distance which is helpful when you are relying on shuttles for transportation.
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