FABULOUS, we did a pre and post cruise stay over in Tampa's Ybor City Historic District. Lots of Cuban influence restaurants, bars, shops and traditional cuban style cigar shops on and in the 7th Avenue part of the district. You need to take the free electric street car that runs from Ybor to downtown Tampa, its about 2.5 miles and takes about a 1 hour RT ride. ...
Embarkation is the worst in the history of cruises and that is due to the poor antiquated port set up. HINT: get there after 1PM and you won't stand in line for 2 to 3 hours. ...
Beautiful city. 20 min. port access from TPA (airport) Uber/Lyft gave good access.
Don't pay $21 pp for cruise shuttle on disembark to TPA. Shuttle vans available for $8 pp (cash) from private vendor once you get off the ship. ...