From $630 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to Greenswamp Lodge in a chauffeured SUV or van.
The fare is locked per vehicle for the one-way trip, and it already covers the tolls, the fuel and the driver’s time.
The driver is outside the PortMiami terminal when you come through, plans around the ship’s real arrival time, and loads the bags. The curbside greeting is covered by the fare and the Meet & Greet at the terminal is offered for $40. Then it is one private vehicle straight to the destination.
Greenswamp Lodge is a lodge set in Polk City, part of Central Florida. It sits well inland from the coast, away from the noise of the port and the crowds of the shoreline, in the quieter middle of the state. For travelers stepping off a cruise, it is the kind of destination that trades the tight streets of the waterfront for open Central Florida country, and the drive up from the terminal carries you steadily out of the city and into that calmer stretch of the map.
Because Greenswamp Lodge falls inside Polk City, the address belongs to Central Florida rather than the Miami area you are leaving behind. That distance is part of what makes the private ride worth booking ahead: it is a single long run from the ship to the lodge, not a short hop, and having one vehicle wait for your group means the whole trip is settled the moment you clear the terminal. You reach at the door with your bags still aboard, ready to check in.
What you find on arrival is a proper handoff from sea to stay. Wherever within the Polk City area the lodge sits, the ride is door to door, so there is no second leg to arrange and no parking lot to cross with your luggage. The chauffeur brings you all the way in, unloads at the entrance, and leaves you where your Central Florida stay actually begins. After a morning of disembarkation lines, that clean final step, straight from the vehicle to the lodge, is the point of the whole arrangement.
The trip runs about 255.5 miles from the Port of Miami cruise terminal to Greenswamp Lodge, taking roughly 258 to 267 minutes depending on the hour, mostly along Florida’s Turnpike. Your chauffeur meets you curbside at your own terminal, not off in a parking lot, so once you walk out of customs and the luggage hall the vehicle is already there. Bags go straight into the vehicle, and from the pier it is one steady run north with no added stops.
Because the pickup is planned around your ship’s actual arrival, a hectic disembarkation morning does not throw off the plan. The Central Florida distance is priced into the flat rate from the start, and luggage assist is included at both ends. You settle in, the driver handles the road, and the ride ends at the door of Greenswamp Lodge in Polk City with the whole vehicle reserved for your group alone.
The ride from the Port of Miami to Greenswamp Lodge covers 250.4 miles and takes about 4 hours 8 minutes in light traffic via Florida’s Turnpike. Each vehicle has its own fare: Black SUV $630, Van $900, Van XL $1115. Pickup is at your cruise terminal curb at PortMiami.
| Road distance | 250.4 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $630 |
| Drive time | 4 hours 8 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $900 |
| Main roads | Florida’s Turnpike |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $1115 |
| Back from Greenswamp Lodge | $630 / $900 / $1115 |
Going back works the same way. The driver meets you at the main entrance of the hotel and takes you to your cruise terminal at PortMiami, 250.4 miles away, in about 4 hours 8 minutes with light traffic. Fares for the return from Greenswamp Lodge are $630 (Black SUV), $900 (Van) and $1115 (Van XL). The booking box below opens with the two points swapped. Book the return
Greenswamp Lodge is 250.4 miles by road from the Port of Miami. In light traffic the drive takes about 4 hours 8 minutes via Florida’s Turnpike; rush hour can add time, but it is a fixed fare, no traffic or surge charges: $630 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, Greenswamp Lodge is 250.4 miles away, about 4 hours 8 minutes in light traffic.
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 Greenswamp Lodge.
In the Black SUV ($630 to Greenswamp Lodge) passengers plus big suitcases can add up to 10, so five people with five cases fit. The Van ($900) carries 9 passengers and 9 big cases, the Van XL ($1115) 14 and 14, and everyone keeps a carry-on.
We do. The driver picks you up at Greenswamp Lodge and takes you to your cruise terminal for $630 (Black SUV), $900 (Van) or $1115 (Van XL). Plan on about 4 hours 8 minutes for the 250.4 miles, more at rush hour.
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Éramos nove descendo no PortMiami, e um traslado privativo até Greenswamp Lodge foi bem mais simples que dividir em carros. O motorista cuidou das malas para não precisarmos carregar nada. Tínhamos os dados do motorista com antecedência, então não sobrava com o que se preocupar no terminal.
My partner and I walked off the ship at PortMiami and a private car was waiting at the terminal curb to take us to Greenswamp Lodge. We were dropped right at the front door of Greenswamp Lodge, not across the street.
Cruising with the kids, we didn’t want any disembarkation-day chaos, so a private van straight over to Greenswamp Lodge was perfect. It was a private car for our party alone — no one else’s stops — so much nicer than piling in with strangers. The last thing you want after a week at sea is a ride that falls through, and this was reliable and on time.
My husband and I finished a wonderful cruise and capped it off with a private car waiting right at the terminal to take us to Greenswamp Lodge — no fuss at the port. There was a board with our name on it at the exit, so we knew right where to go.
We didn’t want to juggle the little ones and the bags looking for a ride at the port, so we booked a private van to Greenswamp Lodge. The fare was locked in at booking, nothing added at the curb.