Ft. Lauderdale quick visit-can we make it?
 

We are arriving in Fort Lauderdale at 7:35pm, at FLL. We will have checked luggage. We really want to go to the Mai Kai show at 10pm. The Mai Kai suggests that you make a dinner reservation two hours before the show. We could make a reservation for 8:30.

Can we make it?

Rental car or taxi?

We are staying at the Hyatt Pier 66 and would like to go to the Bonnet House the next morning. We have to check in for Twin Air flight at noon. -can we make it?- I understand that Twin Air is in another part of the airport. Does the rental car return tram drop off to that part of the airport?

We really had our hearts set on visiting the Mai Kai and the Bonnet House but now I am wondering if the rental car pick up and drop off will add too much time and make it impossible.

Would it be super spendy to take a cab instead? Any idea what that would run?

Any suggestions would be welcomed.

Thank You!!!

I would use a cab. The Mai Kai is pretty close to the airport and close to the Hyatt. I would bet each would only be about $10-15.

FLL is notorious for long waits for checked luggage. The rental places are very far offsite.

I'm not familiar with where the twin air part is but they should drop you off there. FLL is also noted ofr having the longest security checkpoint waits by the Wall ST. Journal - so be aware of that too.

HTH!

Thank you for the great information!

While I have no idea how much a cab ride to the Mai Kai would be, I can tell you that I don't consider it "close" to the airport. It's about a 15 minute drive from Pier 66.

If you'll only be in town a day or so, I'd suggest taking cabs, would be quicker and possibly cheaper than a rental car.

If you take a taxi, where are you going to stash you luggage while you are at the Mai Kai show? I don't know if there is time to make it or not, but I'd think you need a rental car to hold the luggage, no?

sparkl, if you click on your screen name, you will find all of your previous posts on this subject. http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34523437

Good luck and let us know how it turns out!

Even though we got our luggage very quickly, it took about 45 min. to 1 hr. to get out rental car from Dollar, and they were on site and we were Fastlane members. I would take a taxi if you want to make dinner and the show.

Thanks for the great tips. We have decided to go by taxi and check our luggage at the Mai Kai. After reading about jd's experience at the rental car agency, I think that we would miss the show if we tried to rent a car.