#3
. . .  and beyond?

After our plans were set and the cruise was booked, it turned out that our friend wasn't able to get the time off work to accommodate the drive both ways.  Thus we had to really scramble to get

    - parking in Syracuse while we're on the cruise
    - flight tickets from Syracuse to Orlando and back
    - hotel accommodations in Orlando
    - shuttle bus from Orlando to Port Canaveral and back

Whew, I don't know how she managed, but everything just seemed to fall into place, and in a hurry. Well done, Mrs. G.  You could be a travel agent with those talents.

It turned out that there weren't any direct flights from Toronto that would get us to Orlando at the right time.   We had to coordinate a shuttle ride to Port Canaveral so we would be there before the ship's loading cut off which was about 2 p.m.  Things were getting a bit too complicated and if we have to do this another time, my choice would be to simply fly into Fort Lauderdale, take the 5 minutes taxi ride to the port, and be done with it!

Oh yes, everyone is more than ready to have a relaxing, soothing, tranquil holiday in the Caribbean.