Oct 18, 2013 - JCCC4: Hotels, Shuttles, PLANNING!
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:04:52
Subject: JCCC4: Hotels, Shuttles, PLANNING!
From: JoCo Cruise Crazy Booking
We appreciate everyone's patience while we have been finalizing plans for this year's "official" JCCC4 hotel. Finding the right combination of location, amenities, and affordability has frankly been more difficult in Fort Lauderdale than it was last year: Fort Lauderdale is a larger city with higher overall hotel demand, and JCCC4 falls during its high season. But at last, the finalizing has been finalized, and we can now announce…
The "official" JCCC4 hotel this year will the the Embassy Suites Fort Lauderdale, located at 1100 SE 17th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Complete information about the hotel can be found on our Travel and Accommodations page (specifically, in the Hotel section). But here's the "bullet points" version:
- All suites with either two double beds or one king bed, plus a sitting area with a queen pullout sofa
- Conveniently located near the cruiseport and Fort Lauderdale attractions
- Free in-room wi-fi
- Complimentary, cooked-to-order breakfast
- Nightly complimentary Evening Reception with free beer, wine, cocktails and light snacks for hotel guests
- Plenty of indoor and outdoor public space for Sea Monkeys to hang out, play games, etc., including a dedicated meeting room for Sea Monkeys
- Heated pool (for swimming in water that isn't cold)
For those of you new to JCCC: you are by no means obligated to stay at the Embassy Suites, and are welcome to make your own hotel arrangements. But Sea Monkeys in previous years have found it both fun and convenient to stay together the night before the cruise and ease into the overall process. Plus, many folks find roommates to share the overall cost of their hotel room. (This is often arranged via the Discussion Forums, or on Facebook)
We have a large block of rooms set aside for our group on Saturday, Feb. 22 (the night before we sail), and we've arranged a discount rate of $239 per night for single- through quad-occupancy. In addition, this discounted rate will be available up to five days prior to sailing (Feb. 18-21), and for up to three nights post-cruise (March 1-3), if you're just not ready to go home yet. (Subject to availability)
Once again, for complete hotel and booking information, visit the JCCC website Travel and Accommodations - Hotel section.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: our Feb. 22 block of rooms WILL SELL OUT, and likely much faster than last year's hotel did. This is the cruising high season, and Fort Lauderdale is a larger city with higher hotel demand than Port Canaveral was; plus, our overall group is larger than last year's. You are strongly advised to book sooner rather than later if you want to be sure to get the discounted rate. While we are working with both the Embassy Suites and other nearby hotels to make more rooms available, we cannot guarantee the availability of additional rooms at this rate. If you do not book early enough and our block sells out, you may be forced to make your own hotel plans, at prevailing rates.
We also have complete airport/hotel/port shuttle pricing and booking information available in the Travel and Accommodations - Airport and Ship Shuttles section of the JCCC website. But the short version is: $8 per person per travel leg for the following travel legs: FLL to hotel; hotel to cruiseport; and cruise port to FLL.
More puzzle pieces in place, yay!
The Home Office