First vacation post

The vacation started with some drama. The cruise departed from Ft. Lauderdale. Two people from the group were in Orlando going to Ft. Lauderdale. Another was in Ft. Myers heading to the same location. The remaining four of us were meeting in Canton at 6:30AM at the home of the three other than me. We got to the airport and were checking in 27 minutes before the flight and they wouldn't let us on. This was a problem because the only other flight to Ft. Lauderdale didn't get there until 6:30PM which was a couple of hours after the cruise left. We ended up getting a flight half an hour after the original one but it was to Ft. Myers. We rented a car and drove about two hours to Ft. Lauderdale. We did end up getting there with over an hour to spare.