We were on the Splendor in May (and had a great trip until we disembarked).  The port terminal escalators weren't working and so it took a long time for us to get off the ship.  We had arranged for transportation back to LAX through Carnival transport.  It was a disaster.  The bus took an hour to load and since LAX requires check-in no later than one hour before flight departure, almost everyone on our bus missed their flights. 

We had used a shuttle to get to Long Beach on the way there and it worked very well.  Does anyone know if the shuttles are at the pier waiting to take you back to the airport when you disembark?  I honestly didn't pay attention to that the last time we were there because we were in such a hurry and we were frazzled.  Thanks.

Were you on the May 24-31 sailing?

If you want to use a shuttle from the Long Beach cruise terminal to an airport you really should have a reservation in advance. There may be some space available on a walk-up basis but you might have to wait a while. The other option is to take a taxi, which if you have more than 2 people in your group will probably work out cheaper.

~ MattInSoCal 

We have used Prime Time Shuttle, you can make resversations on their web site.  In fact we have booked them to take use to the ship Monday, to Disneyland when we return & from the hotel to the airport next Sunday, all was done on the computer.  I'm not sure about the timeing from the ship to Disneyland, but if there is a problem we can always take a cab.