I don't know if this will help, but when we were on a cruise in December, the couple at our dinner table was doing the same thing, only in reverse. They were renting a car and driving to Fort Lauderdale for their second cruise. They were getting the car at the Tampa airport, after their first cruise, and then dropping it off at the Lauderdale airport, and from there they took a cab to the port. All of the ports involved are close to the airports. As for your luggage, I don't see how it would be a problem for you to take off your own. In fact I read somewhere, where this perosn said they always take off their own luggage. Have wonderful back to back cruise, lucky you. I leave next week for a week on the Millineum. :wink: