Ft. Lauderdale/Cruise Terminal Miami

Can anyone tell me the distance between the Ft. Lauderdale airport and the cruise terminal in Miami. We are taking a Carnival cruise and were wondering if it is possible to fly to Ft. Lauderdale/ Southwest and take a taxi to the cruise terminal in Miami. I am sure it is possible but is it reasonable?

You are talking about a 45 minute drive. ..more in traffic. I would look into a ride share or some other form of transportation than a metered cab..unless of course you negotiate a flat rate with them.

We used this shared ride service a few years back:

http://www.broward.org/Airport/Transportation/Pages/Default.aspx

It worked very well for us and was very economical.

Actually, this is a better link:

http://www.broward.org/Airport/Transportation/Pages/ToMIA.aspx

I paid $12 per person each way last year. I had to wait about 15 minutes to be picked up but the van was waiting for me on the return. I think taxi cost $75

We were on a Disney cruise in April and flew home out of Fort Lauderdale. We hit no traffic (Sunday) and was in the FLL area in about 35-40 minutes. It was an easy ride.

Also, loved the FLL airport. Small, clean and easy to navigate.

I had a rental at the port, so can't help you out on other options.

Why not fly into Miami?

BocaBoy said:

Why not fly into Miami?

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I'm not the OP, but I will tell you why I didn't. I used Southwest Points - they don't fly in/out of Miami.

BocaBoy said:

Why not fly into Miami?

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Another reason is that, many times you can get a more favourable flight schedule from your home airport flying to FLL as opposed to MIA.

And, of course, there's cost. Some flights might be cheaper. I know when we plan to fly to S. FL, I always compare schedule and costs with each of the two airports. I also factor in other (in)conveniences and compare.

Heck, even doing two one-way flight segments with our inbound flight landing at FLL and outbound flight leaving MIA (or vice-versa) can be cheaper. We just have to book a one-way car rental picking it up at one airport and dropping it off at the other.

BocaBoy said:

Why not fly into Miami?

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You are both correct..SW does not fly to Miami and we have some credit left on SW plus they were the best priced plus no baggage fee.