From $89 per vehicle: a private one-way ride from Port of Miami to Gladeview, driver waiting curbside at your cruise terminal.
One flat figure covers the whole vehicle for your group, set the moment you reserve and never nudged by traffic or demand.
Pickup happens right where you step off the ship. Once your party clears the PortMiami arrivals hall with its bags, the assigned driver is already at the curb, ready to take the luggage and pull away. Send the ship name, terminal, and disembarkation window ahead of time and you are pointed to the exact spot to walk toward, so nobody circles the sidewalk hunting for a car. A printed name sign is held up when you ask for one over WhatsApp. Because a cruise morning can slide by an hour, the driver follows your vessel’s real arrival rather than a fixed clock and sets out to reach the terminal as you actually come through.
Gladeview is a settled, working neighborhood near the urban middle of Miami-Dade County, built around family houses, small churches, and the everyday shops and eateries a residential area runs on rather than tourist frontage. The streets stay quiet, the feel is local, and patches of green break up the blocks. One is the county-run Gladeview Park, used for recreation and local get-togethers, while the Gladeview Christian School is part of daily life on these streets. Nothing here is built for show, and that is the appeal: it is a place people actually live, reached door to door instead of by a shared shuttle.
The trip from the cruise port to Gladeview stays inside the city, well within the Miami metro instead of heading up the coast, which makes it one of the quicker runs out of the port. That central footing keeps the rest of Miami a simple car ride away — the downtown business districts, the museums and shopping, the waterfront — which is exactly what a private door-to-door transfer is built to handle with luggage aboard. Real time behind the wheel rides on the day and the hour: mid-morning and midday tend to flow, while a heavy disembarkation, with several ships emptying together, thickens the terminal exits and the surface streets. Whatever the road does, the flat fare you agreed to holds.
Yes. Reserve the return in the same booking and the round trip comes to double the one-way figure, with no separate booking charge. The same class of vehicle is held for both directions, so your outbound SUV or van matches the one that carries you back to the cruise terminal. Share the sailing date for the return and the pickup is set to it.
Yes. Past Gladeview, the same private SUV or van runs cruise passengers straight from the PortMiami terminal to Miami International or Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, on one flat per-vehicle fare with tolls and fuel already inside it. Pass along the flight time and the pickup is planned around it, so the drive to the departures curb keeps a cushion.
From the Port of Miami, plan on about 23 minutes and 8.2 miles to reach Gladeview via the Airport Expressway (SR 112) and SR 9. 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 | 8.2 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $89 |
| Drive time | 23 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $140 |
| Main roads | Airport Expressway (SR 112), SR 9 |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $200 |
| Back from Gladeview | $89 / $140 / $200 |
Going back works the same way. The driver meets you at your address in Gladeview and takes you to your cruise terminal at PortMiami, 8.2 miles away, in about 23 minutes with light traffic. Fares for the return from Gladeview are $89 (Black SUV), $140 (Van) and $200 (Van XL). The booking box below opens with the two points swapped. Book the return
Plan on about 23 minutes for the 8.2 miles from the Port of Miami to Gladeview via the Airport Expressway (SR 112) and SR 9 when the roads are clear. Peak hours can stretch the trip; it is a fixed fare per vehicle, no traffic or surge charges: $89 for the Black SUV.
Set the pickup for when you expect to clear the cruise terminal, allowing for customs and the luggage hall. From the terminal, Gladeview is 8.2 miles away, about 23 minutes in light traffic.
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 Gladeview starts as soon as the bags are loaded and takes about 23 minutes.
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 Gladeview.
We do. The driver picks you up at Gladeview and takes you to your cruise terminal for $89 (Black SUV), $140 (Van) or $200 (Van XL). Plan on about 23 minutes for the 8.2 miles, more at rush hour.
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Todos juntos, segunda reserva, misma calidad. el wifi funcionó, los chicos se entretuvieron en el camino. Reservaremos con antelación la próxima.
Nuestra familia de seis bajó del barco en PortMiami y el conductor ayudó con toda la pila de equipaje para el viaje a Gladeview. Ya los reservamos|p:Ya los apartamos para nuestro próximo crucero desde PortMiami.
La forma fácil de manejar el desembarque en PortMiami. No podría recomendarlo más.
A few friends and I came off the ship together and arranged one private van from the port to Gladeview. For a stress-free way to get from the port to Gladeview, it was absolutely worth booking. There was a thirty-minute cushion from the agreed time, so we never had to rush through customs.
Bajamos del barco listos para instalarnos y un auto privado desde la terminal a Gladeview fue justo lo indicado. La tarifa estaba era el número que nos dieron, sin sorpresas en una mañana de desembarque cargada. Sinceramente la parte más tranquila del viaje — bajar del barco y subir a un auto que esperaba, sin estrés.