Port Canaveral Cruise Hotels
Norwegian Prima sailing out of Port Canaveral

Port Canaveral hotels with a free cruise shuttle

No Port Canaveral hotel runs a free ship shuttle on a plain room rate. Three include the ride in a package; the rest charge $8–12 a person.

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When do you sail?

Prices and availability open on Booking.com for the night you need. Most Port Canaveral sailings board between late morning and early afternoon, so the night before is the safe choice.

Quick answer

No hotel near Port Canaveral gives every guest a free ride to the ship. The ride comes included only in package rates: Radisson Resort at the Port (Stay and Cruise or Park & Cruise), and the DoubleTree and TownePlace Suites by Orlando airport (Go Port's Fly Snooze Cruise). Everywhere else in Cape Canaveral, shuttles cost $10–12 a person each way.

Checked and updated November 14, 2026.

3 hotels, closest to the port first

  1. Rock-grotto pool at Radisson Resort at the Port, in Cape Canaveral1.1 mi to the port · ~4 min#1

    Radisson Resort at the Port

    Cape Canaveral$$
    • Shuttle in package
    • Park & cruise package

    No shuttle on a room-only rate; the cruise packages and the extended-parking add-on include it.

  2. DoubleTree Orlando Airport at night, near Port Canaveral45 mi to the port · ~55 min#2

    DoubleTree Orlando Airport

    Orlando Airport$$$
    • Shuttle in package
    • Free airport shuttle

    Pickup is 10:30 to 11:30am, possibly with other stops; the return leaves the port from 7am, so avoid flights before 11am.

  3. Lobby at TownePlace Suites Orlando Airport, near Port Canaveral45 mi to the port · ~55 min#3

    TownePlace Suites Orlando Airport

    Orlando Airport$$
    • Shuttle in package
    • Free airport shuttle

    The package covers the MCO, hotel and port transfers on Go Port shuttles.

Where the ride is included

Hotel How to get the ride included What else the package covers
Radisson Resort at the Port Book a Stay and Cruise or Park & Cruise package rate (no shuttle on a room-only rate) Round-trip ship shuttle; parking for 4 or 8 nights on Park & Cruise
DoubleTree Orlando Airport Go Port’s Fly Snooze Cruise package, from about $189 total Airport pickup, the night, a coach to the ship
TownePlace Suites Orlando Airport Go Port’s Fly Snooze Cruise package, from about $246 total Airport, hotel and port transfers

The Orlando packages pick up at the hotel between 10:30 and 11:30 am, possibly with other stops, and the return leaves the port from 7 am, so avoid flights home before 11 am.

What the paid shuttles cost

Most Cape Canaveral hotels sell rides through local transfer companies: $10 a person at Country Inn & Suites and Hilton Garden Inn Cape Canaveral, $12 at Homewood, Residence Inn, Hampton, Home2 and TownePlace, and about $8 from Holiday Inn Express Cocoa Beach. For a family of four that is $40–48 each way. A rideshare from the Cape Canaveral hotels is a 3–11 minute trip, so it often costs less for a group.

Is a package worth it?

Add up what you would pay anyway. At the Radisson, Park & Cruise replaces the port’s $20 a day parking and the shuttle fare; for a week-long cruise that is $140 plus tax in parking alone. Compare that against a room-only rate plus port parking before you book.

Every hotel with a paid shuttle is on the cruise shuttle hotels page.

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Questions cruisers ask

Do any Port Canaveral hotels have a free cruise shuttle?

Not on a plain room rate. Radisson Resort at the Port includes a round-trip ship shuttle with its Stay and Cruise and Park & Cruise packages, and Go Port's Fly Snooze Cruise packages include the ride from the DoubleTree and TownePlace Suites by Orlando airport.

How much is a hotel shuttle to Port Canaveral?

About $10–12 a person each way from Cape Canaveral hotels, and about $8 from Holiday Inn Express Cocoa Beach. Most are run by local transfer companies booked through the hotel.

Sources

  1. Go Port: Fly Snooze Cruise package (DoubleTree Orlando Airport) (goport.com)
  2. Go Port: Snooze Park Cruise package (Holiday Inn Express Cocoa Beach) (goport.com)
  3. Port Canaveral: directions and parking (portcanaveral.com)
  4. Go Port: Orlando airport to Port Canaveral shuttle (goport.com)