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Train Attendant
I will be going on a cruise which leaves from Ft Lauderdale. I am looking at taking one of the Silvers from RVR to FTL. Is there transportation available from FTL to the Port? Cab. public transportation, etc?
Gary
Gary
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Gary
Thanks for your response. It was very helpful. The more I look at it, I think I will go down on the Meteor and come back on the Star.Hello,
I actually just did this 2 weeks ago! Flew to Orlando and took the silvers south to Fort Lauderdale to catch a cruise. There are PLENTY of taxis at the Fort Lauderdale Amtrak station. All types too.... Cars, Station Wagons, and even MiniVan cabs. Fort Lauderdale is a piece of cake if you have lots of luggage. You actually check and claim all your luggage right from the little luggage train that drives up to the baggage car, right on the platform.
Now to answer your question - TIME - I beleive it took "us" 25 minutes from the Port Everglades Port to the FTL Amtrak station by taxi. This includes getting out of the Port Everglades terminal area.
The beautiful thing about leaving a FTL cruise by amtrak train is that we DONT have to get to the amtrak station 2 hours early, like the folks going to the airport do. BUT the cruise ship ASSUMES that all passengers ARE leaving by airport, therefore (now bear with me for a moment)....
If you are boarding the Silver Star at 12:30pm, the ship assumes you are taking a 12:30pm flight, and therefore you are scheduled to disembark with the 8:30am - 9:30am crowd (who by the way are still rushing thru the customs line to get to the airport). We actually WAITED till around 9:30-10:00 to start heading off the ship. As soon as we were through customs, the taxis were right outside, then 25 minutes later, we were at the Amtrak station. Basically, the amtrak people always get a 2 hour head start over the airplane people.
We actually still had at least 1 1/2 hours to wait at the amtrak station before the silver star arrived.
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Now pre-cruise was EVEN BETTER.... because we stayed at the Hampton Inn North Cruise Port, right on 12th street. It is almost smack dab in between the amtrak station and Port Everglades. This meant that we had a 10 minute $12 cab ride from amtrak to Hampton Inn. Then the free shuttle to Port Everglades the next morning - the additional 15 minutes.
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A little bit about ORLANDO:
I think the taxis charge a different "lower" rate, if you are traveling North towards downtown Orlando and the Amtrak station, instead of South towards Disney World. We had a 30 minute cab ride between Orlando Airport and Orlando Amtrak Station, and it came out to around $30, both ways, 2 different taxi companies. And I could have sworn that a taxi ride to Disney is at least $80..... So if this is true, good news for Amtrak -> Orlando Airport commutes.
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