re: Disney cruise for Mardi Gras, looking for places to stop, St Augustine?

It's not about desire, it's about what's smart. If you stay a couple hours away and something happens (car accident, medical issues, etc) you don't want to be too far away from the boat so you can still board. It's the same reason people font' fly into the debarkation city the day the ship sails, it just isn't a good idea.

Leave on Friday and do whatever you want but if you're sailing from Port Canaveral on Monday, the smart decision is to stay in Orlando or Port Canaveral on Sunday.

What you do on Friday and Saturday doesn't really make much of a difference.