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From: Rosalie B. on 2 Dec 2009 09:46 Susette <cruiseoutlets(a)aol.com> wrote: >On Dec 1, 12:05�am, Rosalie B. <gmbeas...(a)mindspring.com> wrote: >> George Leppla <geo...(a)cruisemaster.com> wrote: >> >Mr Met 06 wrote: >> >> When we started cruising back in 1981 .The two main ports were NY & >> >> Miami .NY being at the end of her long run as top port and Miami >> >> taking over. But it seems that Port Everglades is �the top cruise port >> >> in the world now .How did she over take the port of Miami ? It seems >> >> all the great new ships and high end cruise lines want to us >> >> Everglades more now ! Is it because �people feel safer in �Ft >> >> Louderdale �then Miami ! Or is Ft Louderdale a more visitor �vacation >> >> friendly city . Or is it that horn blowing back and fourth when going >> >> from port everglades from the condo"s LOL !! >> >> >Port Everglades has room for more ships than Miami. �The FLL airport is >> >only minutes away from the port and much more "passenger friendly" than >> >Miami. �The Miami Customs and Immigration office is inefficient, >> >creating long lines of people waiting to get off the cruise ships, where >> >the wait in Port Everglades is usually minimal. �The port facilities >> >themselves are cleaner and traffic patterns are better laid out. >> >> >I don't have much good to say about the Port of Miami and not much bad >> >to say about Port Everglades. �I really have to think twice... maybe >> >three times before booking a cruise out of Miami. �When we do, it is >> >only because there is a ship there that I want to go on and have no >> >other choice. >> >> We've visited Miami frequently and for fairly long periods of time >> like several weeks. �(The first visit I remember was in 1950 when we >> went to the Orange Bowl Parade.) � I find lots of interesting things >> to do and places to go in Miami. �And we have a daughter and >> grandchildren there. � It's like Key West - we lived there for three >> years in the late 60s, one daughter was born there and since then, >> we've visited frequently. �I like it. �But we have more background >> than the average tourist. >> >> We have only rarely been to Ft L. �I feel that it is kind of bland as >> a city and it doesn't appeal to me. But it is a more convenient port >> for cruise ships, and Miami immigration is the pits.- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > >Oh FT L is much more resort like then Miami-so much crime and city, >and nothing like Key West! We just left Ft l and we are now in >Redington Beach/Clearwater which is WONDERFUL, and then on Friday >heading to Key West, MY Sig. other Bob lived there as a teen, so we >are going back to see it and to go down front and duval to a fave Wine >place.... so different then Miam What I was saying was - when you know a place fairly well, you have a different perspective than if you just visit for a day from a ship. My perspective on Miami and Key West is different from those people that are just passing through. I don't know Ft. L well (We've disembarked there twice, we stayed there overnight once to take a cruise and we stayed there for a couple of days on our own boat, but that's not enough to really know the place) and since I don't have family there, it isn't a place I'm attached to. Saying it is 'resort-like' doesn't make it more appealing, as I don't do resorts. The main thing about Ft. L for us is Blue Water Books, but I can order from them by phone. The other interesting place is Sailorman which is a recycling boat equipment place, but in spite of the name it is mostly power boat stuff, and Bob thinks that it is very disorganized. Sailors Exchange in St. Augustine and Bacons in Annapolis are much better. I don't mind the Miami airport at all, but that's partly because I know what to expect and partly because our daughter is a pilot who flies out of Miami and she can make things easier.
From: Charles on 2 Dec 2009 19:16 In article <mjsch5151rk2hjdr889r9i1b53lvgfmi41(a)4ax.com>, Rosalie B. <gmbeasley(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > I don't mind the Miami airport at all, but that's partly because I > know what to expect and partly because our daughter is a pilot who > flies out of Miami and she can make things easier. I thought I knew what to expect a few weeks ago flying American Airlines back from my cruise but a few days earlier American had moved to a new Terminal and everything was different. The check in lines were actually shorter but that might have been because it was a Monday. There was no clear direction then as to the correct line and some had to start over. Getting to the gate after check in was about a 20 minute walk after going through security as my plane was at some weird satellite gate. The whole thing thing is not finished. They are building a mover system to take people to the gate. Hopefully that will make it better when that is done and the whole project is finished. -- Charles
From: Rosalie B. on 2 Dec 2009 21:04 Charles <fort(a)his.com.remove.invalid> wrote: >In article <mjsch5151rk2hjdr889r9i1b53lvgfmi41(a)4ax.com>, Rosalie B. ><gmbeasley(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > >> I don't mind the Miami airport at all, but that's partly because I >> know what to expect and partly because our daughter is a pilot who >> flies out of Miami and she can make things easier. > >I thought I knew what to expect a few weeks ago flying American >Airlines back from my cruise but a few days earlier American had moved >to a new Terminal and everything was different. The check in lines were >actually shorter but that might have been because it was a Monday. >There was no clear direction then as to the correct line and some had >to start over. Getting to the gate after check in was about a 20 minute >walk after going through security as my plane was at some weird >satellite gate. The whole thing thing is not finished. They are >building a mover system to take people to the gate. Hopefully that will >make it better when that is done and the whole project is finished. That's where my daughter would have helped - she would have known where to go or else could have found out for me (or you if you were a friend of hers or mine)
From: Dillon Pyron on 6 Dec 2009 01:19
[Default] Thus spake Kurt Ullman <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com>: >In article <aot8h5tkjqpc1fhl9urpeg60vv7niulr5o(a)4ax.com>, > Joseph Coulter <none(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:18:34 -0600, George Leppla >> <george(a)cruisemaster.com> wrote: >> >> >e now ! Is it because people feel safer in Ft >> >> Louderdale then Miami ! Or is Ft Louderdale a more visitor vacation >> >> friendly city . Or is it that horn blowing back and fourth when going >> Oasis is in FLL (as is Independence) because RCI just got tired of the >> hassles of dealing with the authorities in Miami. FLL is user >> friendly, Miami, is well, Miami. > > Permeates the area. I have a frequent flyer friend who says "Friends >don't let friends fly through Miami". You misspelled Atlanta -- - dillon I am not invalid Money can't buy happiness. But you can rent it. |