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From: Mr Met 06 on 30 Nov 2009 20:06 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 !! Ken G............>
From: George Leppla on 30 Nov 2009 20:18 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. -- George Leppla Countryside Travel http://www.CruiseMaster.com Blog http://cruisemaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/CruiseMaster
From: Joseph Coulter on 30 Nov 2009 20:54 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. Joseph Coulter Joseph Coulter Cruises and Vacations www.josephcoulter.com
From: Rosalie B. on 1 Dec 2009 00:05 George Leppla <george(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.
From: Tom K on 1 Dec 2009 00:34
"Rosalie B." <gmbeasley(a)mindspring.com> wrote in message news:cd89h5l28bb99l9o17pcvlrmfr2hnl5vlm(a)4ax.com... > > 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. Just the opposite for me. I love FLL. Because it's NOT a big city like Miami. It's more suburbs. Kinda like what we have here in Central NJ. In fact, here in Central Jersey, I'm about a mile away from US Route 1... the same US Route 1 that runs right through FLL. Very similar neighborhoods, there and here... except we don't have canals with sailboats in our back yards in this part of NJ. FLL is the kind of town in FL that I could actually live in. --Tom |