When making your own Air and Ground transportation arrangements please read below.

There are several advantages to coming in a day or two early:

• Less stress in case your flights are delayed!
• Gives you extra time in case of inclement weather.
• Flights are more readily available during non week-end days into the cruise port city because the cruise lines reserves most of the air flights for their customers on the sail dates. (10/31 or 11/7).
• Better chance of using your air miles
• Flights are also less expensive during the week days.
• Best of all it gives you a chance to start the party early at the host hotel.

There are 4 airports to choose from. Daytona(DAB), Melbourne(MLB) , Orlando/Sanford (SFB) and the most popular, Orlando(MCO).

Melborne is the closest, also generally the most expensive and most difficult to book. Orlando (MCO) is our airport of choice. It takes approx. 1.5 hours from plane touch down to get to the port. That’s 30 minutes through the airport and a 1 hour bus ride. Although Orlando is a big airport it is very organized. You don’t feel like you’re in a foreign country, people are very friendly, everything is where it is should be and it runs smoothly. Disney’s influence has definitely rubbed off on the Orlando airport and the bus service is efficient and comfortable.

If you are making your air arrangements to Port Canaveral on the same day we sail and return:

• Arrival Flights on Oct 31st should arrive no later
  than 1:00pm. You must be on the ship by 2:30pm
• Departure Flights on Nov 7th should depart no earlier than 12:30 pm. Remember it takes about 45 minutes to travel from the Orlando airport to the ship, and it takes about 2 hours from the time you arrive at the airport, get through security, and actually get to your gate.
  *Should your return flight home from the cruise be scheduled for late afternoon Sunday, here is an option instead of sitting in the airport for hours. Book the Kennedy Space Center tour for the afternoon. They pick up you and your luggage up at the ship, you spend the day on a guided tour of Kennedy Space Center, eat lunch, and then they drop you off at the Orlando Airport that afternoon.
• Remember to book your ground transportation. Shuttle services and car rental information are listed below (it's a 45 minute trip to the port from the Orlando airport).

For those flying into Orlando Airport (MCO) or Melbourne (MLB), some will even pick up at Sanford (SFB) heck out these transportation companies. They will provide transfers any day of the week to Port Canaveral and the hotels. Make sure you tell them you are with High Seas Rally.

• Basik Shuttle 877-459-1177 or 407-249-1177 www.basikshuttle.com

• Cocoa Beach Shuttle 888-784-4144 or 321-631-4144 and ask for Marissa Maniotti www.cbshuttle.com Cocoa Beach Shuttle offers several choices Shared Shuttle for $ 35.00 per person round trip. Private Town Car Service $85.00 + 20% tip for 1 to 3 people, one way. Mini Vans 4 or 6 people Occ. Handicapped Vans 4 people Occ. If you have a large group let them know they can accomidate you. They have new buses for 2010. They service the following airports Orlando (MCO), Melbourne (MLB) and Sanford (SFB)

• TraveLynx 800-226-5969 They have several different pricing options. Shared shuttle service $35.00 per person round trip. Exclusive service - 1 to 3 people $25.00 each , 4 people $ 85.00 25 people $350.00 each way. They have limo service, MiniVan service, Handicapped service. If you have a big group just let them know. For big groups call Elliott 321-403-6228 www.travelynx.net

• Florida Town Car 800-525-7246

Car Rental companies that have drop off in Port Canaveral:

Hertz, Avis, Budget, Thrifty

Port Canaveral is like a small Midwest town. Organized, super clean, well landscaped, hardly any traffic (only one highway), everyone speaks English, no-one asking for a tip, no more stress, frustration or dreaded missed flights because of poor or no communication. There is only one ship docked at our port (OURS). The port has inside parking for cars, pick-ups, and bikes. Outside parking for trucks, R.V.’s, and campers only 200 yards from the terminal is also available. Plus handicap parking is available only 50 yards from the terminal. You’ll be amazed!!

Directions to Port Canaveral:

Driving either North or South on I-95, take exit 205 East to Hwy 528 East the Beeline. Drive 11.5 miles on Hwy 528 East and exit to the “A” cruise terminals onto SR 401 North. Drive 1 mile on SR 401 North and exit right to cruise terminals. Follow signs to correct cruise terminal. The second terminal to your left is Cruise Terminal 9/10 Royal Caribbean's, Freedom of the Seas

Parking at Port Canaveral's Cruise Terminals: is paved, gated, and under 24-hour surveillance. Parking is located at each terminal and is well sign-posted. Passengers at Cruise Terminal 9/10 have a choice of outdoor parking or the new six-level parking garage.
There are special areas designed for parking for the disabled, however they do not provide free parking unless it is (1) a vehicle with specialized equipment, such as ramps, lifts, or foot or hand controls, for use by a person who has a disability, or (2) a vehicle that is displaying the Florida Toll Exemption permit (call 1-800-983-2435 #2 for exemption form).

Otherwise, parking fee is $14.00 per day for vehicles up to 20 feet in length and $25.00 per day for vehicles over 20 feet. The total amount for the time the vehicle is to be parked must be paid in full upon entering the parking area. Visa, MasterCard, Traveler's Checks issued in U.S. dollars and Cash are accepted in payment of fees. All fees stated above are subject to change without notice by
Canaveral Port Authority.

Check out this link for more information on Port Canaveral

http://www.portcanaveral.org/portinfo/directions.htm

STORE YOUR PERSONAL BIKE WHILE ON THE CRUISE

We now have a great option for those bikers located in Southern climate during Nov to ride to Port Canaveral: You can now keep your bikes high, dry, secure and INDOORS while enjoying the High Seas Rally!!  Our NEW warehouse provider for our Vendors/Bike builders has room for up to 100 bikes. American Cruise-Aid Logistics, Inc. would like to offer dry, secure, 24 hour security monitored, bonded and insured indoor storage at their nearby warehouse to any High Seas Rally passenger that may be riding in to this event. 
Costs is $10.00 per bike per day for 8 days. $15 if towing a trailer and ACAL will provide free shuttle service back to the host hotels and pick up at the ship on day of return. Cash or Traveler’s check accepted only and reservations are suggested.  

Call Jay Hood, Operations Manager and biker at 321-784-8120 to reserve or email at jhood@cruise-aid.com .  
For 2010, storage intake times will be on Saturday Oct. 30 (day before the cruise) from 12 noon – 3PM and pick up times on Sunday Nov. 7th (day the ship returns) from 8-12 noon. Earlier pickups can be arranged, but shuttle service will run from ship during 9am-12 only. American Cruise-Aid Logistics Storage

Warehouse is located only 1.3 miles from our host hotel (The Radisson) at 9008 Marlin Street, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920.
Now we can have groups riding in from all over the country..weather permitting. Remember, it is early November..We have been asked in the past to recommend a shipper for our passengers' bikes to our events, so you can ride before the cruise.

Rent a Bike to Ride - before or after the cruise

EagleRider® of Destination Daytona®, in association with High Seas Rally®, is now offering Harley Davidson® motorcycle rentals to all Rally cruise participants.  

EagleRider® pioneered the Harley-Davidson® motorcycle rental concept and the guided motorcycle tour business. Today, they are the world's largest motorcycle tourism company specializing in rentals of Motorcycles, ATVs, Dirt Bikes, Scooters, Snowmobile, and Watercraft. EagleRider® understands the needs of motorcycle enthusiasts and adventure travelers; they offer a huge selection of perfectly maintained Harley Davidson® motorcycles for rentals or guided tours to and from the most desirable tourist destinations in the world.

Depending on just how early your arriving or how long your staying after the cruise, the've designed (4) great packages for beautiful Florida riding!

These 2 , 3, 5 or 7 day packages include 24 hours per day unlimited miles of riding  your choice of a 2009 or later Harley Davidson® Touring or Softail model , their best theft and damage waiver, personal injury protection with a life benefit, $1million in liability insurance and our bring it back empty fuel program. 

Pick-up and drop off right at the Radisson hotel in Port Canaveral and the best part is: A portion of the proceeds will go directly to the rally HOHS Dialysis Fund.  MUST mention you are a registered High Seas Rally® participant to receive these discount prices.

2-day package   $387.89             

3-day package  $538.13 

5-day package $883.56 *

7-day package $1,228.98 *

( * 5 & 7 day packages -POSSIBLE Pick-up and drop off at Radisson hotel if enough participation)

This is the total, out the door prices, tax too!

To make your reservation e-mail ken@eaglerider. com Eaglerider will then contact you via phone to book your reservation. Or you can call Ken at 1-386-673-2677

Ship Your Personal Bike to Florida to ride

before or after the cruise

We have been asked in the past to recommend a shipper for our passengers' bikes to our events, so you can ride before the cruise.
We have looked but never quite found a company we could recommend that met our standards.

This year we needed a shipper to move our HOHS Dialysis Fund Raffle Bike, back from Daytona. We had to find someone and our shipping luck in the past had been poor. We have shipped twice...and been damaged twice. While we were scratching our heads in Daytona this year, one of our passengers and helper Kenny Detig recommended we check this guy out:

Sam Terry of KEYBOARD MOTORCYCLE SHIPPING. We are hard to impress but I've never seen a set up like this. They go over your bike with a fine tooth comb before it's ever loaded. They found stuff I never even noticed and I cleaned this bike every day for 9 days. After the white glove show bike inspection, your bike is put into its very own pallet on wheels and secured by the bike's wheels not by ratcheting it down until the suspension bottoms, sometimes blowing out the seals. Not only can your bike not move but the pallet extends out so no other bike can even get near your bike. With over 85 tractors, 110 trailers and a warehouse on both coasts, it's like the Fed-Ex of motorcycle moving. Talk about service. Say your bike got the paint scratched while you were at Sturgis and you really didn't want it to show up back home with that scratch? They will do the paint work for you (for a fee), and when it's delivered, your baby is like new again, and that includes custom paint touch-ups too. So if you want to have your bike shipped anywhere in the US, these guys should be your first call, mention you're a HSR crewmember. Maybe in the future, if enough of our passengers start using them we can get a rally discount.

Keyboard Motorcycle Shipping:  Office phone 270-737-5797

www.keyboardmotorcycleshipping.com

As you enter Port Canaveral and pass through the very 1st red light it is about 100 yards on your right It's the one that reads "Welcome High Seas Rally" on there road sign. And the public beach is less than ¾ mile away. But wait, there’s more. Within 1 mile of the Radisson there are 4 rental car companies. Budget, Avis, Thrifty and Hertz. All will pick you up or bring you back to the Radisson. Especially nice if you fly into Orlando, rent a car, see the sights and want to drop your car off at the hotel. Speaking of sights. Kennedy Space Center is within sight of the hotel, Daytona and Disney are a 40-60 min. interstate drive away and Space Coast H-D is approx. 20 minutes away and we will have bike rental info. announced later. This is a very friendly bike riding area. Never heard a horn blow while we were there.

The Radisson Hotel itself is gorgeous. Waterfall pool, tiki bar, restaurants and it’s sea coral pink, what a great way to start out your trip. For our 2009 rally they added 2 more Tiki bars by the waterfall pool and talks of a live music.

Hundreds of our rally passengers arrive early each year to start the party on Friday and Saturday before we ship out on Sunday. In 2008 our passengers booked up the entire hotel 11 months in advance. Our 2009 passengers filled the hotel by March of 2009! Expect up to 1000 of our passengers from all over the world there on Friday and Saturday nights this year, plus the local bikers have now discovered we're there.

Check out their web site at http://www.radisson.com/capecanaveralfl

Radisson Resort at the port

8701 Astronaut Blvd

Cape Canaveral, FL 32920

2009 pricing   $ 139.00 Queen    or   $ 169.00 King Suite

To make your hotel reservations call 321-784-0000

You must tell them you want a hotel room under the block for High Seas Rally.

Do Not use their 800 reservation service.

Don’t forget to reserve your shuttle time to the ship when you arrive at the hotel.

ROOMS STILL AVAILABLE

We have reserved block of 100 rooms at the Courtyard Marriott in Cocoa Beach, Florida about 3 or 4 miles from the Radisson Host Hotel. Hotel has been a newly remodeled Bistro style. Pool & Spa available. Check out their website below.

Only 200 yards from the Ocean

Room rate is $ 109.00 ( Room only)

Room rate is $ 121.00 including(2) one way transfers to the ship

Free parking is offered with hotel stay.

$6.00 per person additional person transfer charges each way (for return to hotel, or extra hotel guest in each room) . Please make the transfer arrangements when you get to the hotel.

We will be making arrangements with TraveLynx for a shuttle to run from the Courtyard to the Radisson on Saturday night for the party. More info on this later.

Courtyard Marriott

3435 North Atlantic Avenue

Cocoa Beach, Florida 32931

Phone 321-784-4800 Option #0

Make sure you are talking directly with the hotel in Cocoa Beach, not an 800 reservation line.

Tell them you are with high seas Rally group

www.courtyardcocoabeach.com