From $600 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park in a chauffeured SUV or van.
One number per vehicle covers the full trip one way. Choose 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.
Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park sits in the Davenport and Clermont region, out west of the Disney exits along I-4. It is a corner of Central Florida where large resorts and rental villas spread out instead of stacking up, so the theme parks stay only minutes away while the crowds that fill them tend to stay behind. For a family stepping off a cruise, that combination of closeness and calm is the whole appeal of landing here rather than in the thick of the action.
The surrounding neighborhood is anchored by ChampionsGate and Reunion Resort, both known for golf resorts and clusters of vacation villas. The parks are a short drive in one direction, and the open country of the Davenport and Clermont region rolls out in the other. It is the kind of base that works whether your days ahead are packed with attractions or set aside for slower mornings, since the hectic stuff and the quiet stuff both sit within easy reach of where you are staying.
There is more than pavement out this way, too. The Clermont chain of lakes lies nearby, along with Lake Louisa State Park, giving the region a green, watery edge that comes as a surprise so close to the resort corridor. After days at sea, arriving to that kind of open Florida landscape makes the transition from ship to stay feel like a genuine change of pace rather than just another stop on the itinerary.
The trip runs as one direct leg from your ship’s terminal to the front of Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park. Your chauffeur meets your group right at the curb once you clear the hall, loads every bag into the vehicle, and points north on Florida’s Turnpike. There is no second stop and no shuffle between vehicles; the luggage stays with you the entire way, and the pickup is timed to your actual disembarkation rather than to whatever the morning traffic happens to be doing.
Plan on roughly 243.8 miles from the Port of Miami cruise terminal to the resort door, a ride that typically takes somewhere between 248 and 274 minutes depending on how heavy the Turnpike traffic runs that day. Because the route is a single straight shot and the fare is fixed at booking, the whole thing stays predictable from the moment you step off the ship to the moment you reach.
Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park in Kissimmee is 228.8 miles from the Port of Miami by road, about 3 hours 40 minutes without heavy traffic via Florida’s Turnpike. The fare is per vehicle: $600 for the Black SUV, $850 for the Van and $1050 for the Van XL. Pickup is at your cruise terminal curb at PortMiami.
| Road distance | 228.8 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $600 |
| Drive time | 3 hours 40 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $850 |
| Main roads | Florida’s Turnpike |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $1050 |
| Back from Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park | $600 / $850 / $1050 |
Going back works the same way. The driver meets you at the main entrance of the resort and takes you to your cruise terminal at PortMiami, 228.8 miles away, in about 3 hours 40 minutes with light traffic. Fares for the return from Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park are $600 (Black SUV), $850 (Van) and $1050 (Van XL). The booking box below opens with the two points swapped. Book the return
Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park is 228.8 miles by road from the Port of Miami. In light traffic the drive takes about 3 hours 40 minutes via Florida’s Turnpike; rush hour can add time, but it is a fixed fare, no traffic or surge charges: $600 for the Black SUV.
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 228.8 miles to Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park.
Outside the cruise terminal, at the curb. Driver, car and plate arrive by message ahead of the pickup, so you know who to look for; the drive to Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park starts as soon as the bags are loaded and takes about 3 hours 40 minutes.
In the Black SUV ($600 to Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park) passengers plus big suitcases can add up to 10, so five people with five cases fit. The Van ($850) carries 9 passengers and 9 big cases, the Van XL ($1050) 14 and 14, and everyone keeps a carry-on.
Yes. The return from Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park to the Port of Miami costs $600 in the Black SUV, $850 in the Van and $1050 in the Van XL. Allow about 3 hours 40 minutes for the drive, plus a margin, before your boarding time; the return section above has the booking link.
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Vale cada peso, primera vez organizando un transfer así y todo encajó.
Mi esposo y yo salimos del barco en PortMiami y había un auto privado listo en la terminal para llevarnos a Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park. Sin caos en el puerto — caminamos de la terminal a un auto que ya estaba ahí. El viaje de la terminal a Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park fue cómodo y sin apuros, y pudimos ver pasar la ciudad.
We got off the ship with the kids worn out after the cruise, and a private van there at the terminal made the run to Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park so easy. Booking was easy, we got clear pickup details, and everything lined up perfectly. Getting to Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park first thing meant we could settle in without waiting around.
My wife and I had a great sailing and capped it off with a private car ready at the curb to take us to Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park — not one worry at the terminal. The car was roomy enough for all the cruise luggage, and there was space for everything. The ride from the terminal to Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park was smooth and steady, and we could just watch the city go by.
We got off the ship with the little ones and a mountain of luggage, and a private van there at the terminal made the run to Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park painless. Getting to Gaylord Palms Resort & Water Park first thing meant we could settle in without waiting around.