Land and Sea Vacation, 2015!

[nicynot]

My plan is to do a land and sea vacation next september, but i have some questions/thoughts/ideas...
Planning on the Monday the 14th cruise for 4 nights. A halloween cruise!!! and my first cruise ever...
From where i fly out of we couldn't fly in the morning of the cruise, so we need to arrive a day before hand. My thought is to catch the magical express bus from MCO to a disney resort and then, if things work out the way they should, that night, (sunday) should be a MNSSHP night. If i buy tickets i'd get into MK without having to have a regular day pass, so we could just go in for the night! This will make me sleepy for the next day for sure, so i am a little apprehensive about that.
Question- I would want to catch a bus from the resort to the port the next morning, is it a cruise line bus we would be getting on? and will the hotel be able to get us our departure day envelope in time to get the bus the next morning? we probably wouldn't be checking into the hotel until 3 or so that day..


After the cruise, we want to head back to WDW, and hopefully get free dining again of course. Is there a bus that will take us from the cruise back to WDW, what time does that usually happen, and do they drop us off at the resort we will be staying in?

 

[staceyrhood]

Yes it is a DCL bus that picks you up and takes you to the port then returns you after the cruise. You can call DCL as soon as you book to add it to your reservation. At the end of the cruise you usually are on the bus back around 8:30/9:00 am, you would arrive at the resort around 10:30ish most likely.