From $89 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to Casa Victoria Orchid Hotel in a chauffeured SUV or van.
One number per vehicle covers the full trip one way. Select by how many people ride and how many bags come along.
Walk off, clear the terminal, and the private vehicle is already outside. The driver knows which terminal the ship uses and times the pickup to the real disembarkation, with the curbside greeting included in the fare and the Meet & Greet at the terminal available for $40 if you want it. Bags in, and the car heads out of the port.
Casa Victoria Orchid Hotel sits at 507 Española Way, in the heart of South Beach at the 33139 zip. Española Way itself is one of the district’s most photographed lanes — a short pedestrian stretch of pastel facades and cafe tables that feels tucked away from the traffic even though the rest of Miami Beach is only steps in every direction. Arriving with your cruise luggage, you are set down right on the block where the stay begins, not several turns away from it.
Step out the door and the classic Miami Beach postcard is all within walking reach. Lincoln Road Mall and its open-air shops and restaurants are close by, and the Art Deco Historic District — the pastel hotels and neon that define this part of town — surrounds the neighborhood. The New World Center is nearby as well, so an evening walk can just as effortlessly lead to a concert as to dinner. Everything here is laid out on a compact, walkable grid, which is part of why guests tend to leave the car behind once they arrive.
A little farther on, Ocean Drive runs along the water and Lummus Park opens onto the sand, putting the beach within an easy stroll of Española Way. From the pastel facades of Ocean Drive to the palm-lined park at the shore, South Beach concentrates the Miami Beach the postcards promise into one neighborhood you can cover on foot. Casa Victoria Orchid Hotel plants you in the middle of it, close to the water and the walking streets alike.
The run from the cruise terminal to Casa Victoria Orchid Hotel covers about 6 miles and takes roughly 17 to 19 minutes, depending on the hour and the traffic. Your chauffeur meets you at the exact terminal your cruise line uses, so once you clear disembarkation there is no line to stand in and no scramble to sort out on the sidewalk. The bags go from the terminal curb straight into the vehicle, and the route runs by MacArthur Causeway and SR A1A as one direct leg toward South Beach.
The vehicle is reserved for your group alone, door to door, with a bilingual chauffeur who works the port regularly and knows the terminals. Traffic on the causeway is the one variable, which is why the pickup is planned around your ship’s actual arrival with room to spare rather than a slot cut to the minute. Tell us the ship and the date, and the vehicle is staged for the morning so the driver is ready as you come off and step outside.
From the Port of Miami, plan on about 19 minutes and 6.2 miles to reach Casa Victoria Orchid Hotel in Miami Beach via MacArthur Causeway and Alton Road (SR 907). Prices are per vehicle, not per seat: $89 for the Black SUV, $140 for the Van, $200 for the Van XL. Pickup is at your cruise terminal curb at PortMiami.
| Road distance | 6.2 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $89 |
| Drive time | 19 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $140 |
| Main roads | MacArthur Causeway, Alton Road (SR 907) |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $200 |
| Back from Casa Victoria Orchid Hotel | $89 / $140 / $200 |
For the trip back, your driver picks you up at the main entrance of the hotel and drives the 6.2 miles to your cruise terminal at PortMiami in about 19 minutes. The return fare is $89 for the Black SUV, $140 for the Van and $200 for the Van XL. The booking box opens with Casa Victoria Orchid Hotel as the pickup; just add the date and time. Book the return
The 6.2 miles from the Port of Miami to Casa Victoria Orchid Hotel take about 19 minutes without heavy traffic via MacArthur Causeway and Alton Road (SR 907). At busy hours, allow extra time. Each vehicle has a fixed fare, no traffic or surge charges: $89 for the Black SUV, $140 for the Van and $200 for the Van XL.
Choose the moment you will be on the curb with your luggage. The driver is at your terminal at the agreed time, then covers the 6.2 miles to Casa Victoria Orchid Hotel.
At the curb outside your own cruise terminal (the terminals are listed below). Before the pickup you get the driver’s name, car and plate; when you are outside with your bags, message us and the car pulls up for the ride to Casa Victoria Orchid Hotel.
The Black SUV holds up to 5 passengers, with passengers plus big suitcases up to 10; on this route it costs $89. Six to nine travelers with their cases take the Van ($140), ten to fourteen the Van XL ($200). All three go door to door to Casa Victoria Orchid Hotel.
On sailing day the ride from Casa Victoria Orchid Hotel to your terminal is $89 for the Black SUV, $140 for the Van and $200 for the Van XL. The 6.2 miles take about 19 minutes in light traffic, so leave early enough for boarding.
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Última etapa de un día largo sin complicaciones.
Our group came off the ship together and booked one private van from the port to Casa Victoria Orchid Hotel. The night before, we got a text with the driver’s name and plate number, so there was nothing to figure out on the way out. We were dropped at the entrance of Casa Victoria Orchid Hotel, not on a corner with the bags.
My partner and I came down the gangway at PortMiami and a private car was right there for us to take us to Casa Victoria Orchid Hotel.
Los dos salimos en crucero desde PortMiami y tener un auto privado esperándonos en la terminal para el viaje hasta Casa Victoria Orchid Hotel nos quitó todo el estrés. La tarifa estaba fija desde la reserva, exactamente lo acordado. La noche anterior recibimos un mensaje con el nombre del conductor y la placa, así que no había duda de cuál era el auto al salir.
The group of us walked off at once and it was a relief to have one private van ready at the curb for the ride to Casa Victoria Orchid Hotel — nobody splitting up. Honestly the most stress-free part of the whole trip — the port end was completely handled. There was a name sign at the exit, so we spotted the driver immediately.