Cruise lines ask you to board at least two hours before the ship’s scheduled departure. However, most cruise lines do not begin boarding passengers prior to noon. For your convenience and to avoid traffic, we strongly suggest you do not arrive at Port Everglades prior to 11 a.m.

Find Things to Do in Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades) on Viator

• Everglades Tour.
• City Tour.
• Water Taxi.
• Shopping.
• Walking Tour.
• Cocoa Beach Transfer.
• Museum.
• Tulum Ruins.

Fort Lauderdale (Ft. Lauderdale) is used by several cruise lines as an embarkation and disembarkation point for Caribbean cruises. The actual port in Ft. Lauderdale is known as Port Everglades, and it is the third-busiest cruise port in the world, drawing almost 3 million cruise passengers in its 11 cruise terminals.

We have walked from the hotel into the pier 2 area with luggage. There is no problem and as someone else mentioned, no longer security checkpoint prior to that first area. People walk that route all the time; coming and going. You do not need a taxi.

Shared Shuttle The Fort Lauderdale airport offers the GO Airport Shuttle, which provides a shared van back and forth from the cruise port. Rates for the shuttle are around $21 per person, each way.

Cruise lines at Port Everglades

Hertz car rentals serving Port Everglades are based at 455 SR 84 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Fort Lauderdale. The advantage of the hotel location is that renters can return cars after hours and hand in their car keys at the reception desk.

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There are 12 rental car providers located at the airport:

• ACE Rent a Car (888) 826-6893.
• Alamo Rent a Car (888) 826-6893.
• Avis Rent a Car (954) 359-2500.
• Budget Car Rental (954) 359-2400.
• Dollar Rent a Car (866) 434-2226.
• Enterprise Rent-a-Car (954) 760-9888.
• Fox Rent a Car (954) 903-2750.
• Hertz (954) 712-5200.

If you’re planning to spend more than a day in Fort Lauderdale, you should have a car to explore the city and its surroundings. You’ll find the freedom and ease of driving around the area a joy. The majority of the city is on a standard north-south grid. Note: “avenues” run north-south and “streets” run east-west.

Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, also known as FLL, is an international airport located 21 miles North of Miami that served more than 23.5M passengers in 2012.

Lauderdale Airport Car Rental. Choose Enterprise Rent-A-Car as your car rental provider at Fort Lauderdale Airport. The Enterprise at Hollywood International Airport offers a wide variety of cars from compact to luxury sedans, from minivans to SUVs to explore the beautiful southern coast of Florida.

Rental companies often price their vehicles in peculiar ways, too. For example, cars rented at the airport are almost always more expensive because of added taxes and fees. Rent at an off-airport location and you could save 20 percent or more.

Cheap car rentals at Fort Lauderdale Airport

You must pay the entire cost of the rental when you pick up the car, plus a minimum deposit of between $100 and $300, depending on the location. If you pay with cash, Enterprise will issue your security deposit refund by check, which you can receive by mail or pick it up at the rental location.

Many rental car companies require that you be at least 21 and have a credit card in your name to rent a car. Some may go down to age 18 and take cash or a debit card. If you have a credit card with a $1,000 limit and a $200 current balance, your available balance is $800, which should be enough – most of the time.

Do you require a deposit to rent a vehicle? Yes. Your deposit type, amount and method of payment will vary by Budget location. Generally, at the time of a U.S. corporate-operated location rental, we’ll require a credit card hold of total estimated rental charges plus 25% or $200, whichever is greater.