From $600 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to Hilton Garden Inn Orlando East / UCF Area in a chauffeured SUV or van.
The prices are flat and quoted per vehicle for the whole one-way ride: no meter, no surge, nothing added at the curb.
Book with the ship’s name and the date, and the driver handles the rest at PortMiami: waiting at the correct terminal, helping with the suitcases, and leaving the port without a queue. The curbside greeting costs nothing extra; the Meet & Greet at the terminal with a name sign adds $40.
The Hilton Garden Inn Orlando East / UCF Area sits on the eastern side of Orlando, in the corridor around the University of Central Florida. It gives cruise travelers a settled place to land after a week at sea — a hotel address in the city rather than out among the theme-park sprawl, so you finish the long haul from the coast at a front door and not a parking structure.
Orlando has a real city beyond the attractions, and this stretch keeps you close to it. Downtown, Lake Eola Park draws people to its walking loop and its swans, and the Kia Center hosts arena nights when a game or a show is on. A short reach north puts you in Winter Park, where Park Avenue lines up boutiques and cafes and the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum holds its collection. Guests here frequently fold a couple of those stops into their first day ashore.
For the practical details of your stay — room types, parking, and what time check-in opens — the property’s own page is the place to confirm, since those specifics belong to the hotel and can shift. What we handle is the part before that: getting your whole group from the terminal to this door in one ride, with the luggage that came off the ship riding along. You step out of the vehicle at the entrance, bags carried to the curb beside you, and the rest of Orlando is yours to sort out at your own pace.
Book before you dock and the morning takes care of itself. Once you clear the terminal, your driver is already staged and waiting at the curb, so there is no scramble for a car after disembarkation. The bags go straight into the vehicle, everyone climbs in together, and you leave the port as one group with one arrival time — no second pickup, no detour.
From Port of Miami the route runs up Florida’s Turnpike and I-95, covering roughly 227.8 miles to Hilton Garden Inn Orlando East / UCF Area. Plan on about 228 to 241 minutes door to door, depending on the hour you set out. The driver takes it straight through and drops your party at the hotel entrance, luggage handed to the curb beside you. Fuel and typical tolls are already inside the fare, so the price you reserved is the price when you reach.
The ride from the Port of Miami to Hilton Garden Inn Orlando East / UCF Area covers 228.0 miles and takes about 3 hours 48 minutes in light traffic via Florida’s Turnpike and I-95. Each vehicle has its own fare: Black SUV $600, Van $850, Van XL $1050. Pickup is at your cruise terminal curb at PortMiami.
| Road distance | 228.0 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $600 |
| Drop-off address | 1959 N Alafaya Trl, Orlando |
| Drive time | 3 hours 48 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $850 |
| Main roads | Florida’s Turnpike, I-95 |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $1050 |
| Back from Hilton Garden Inn Orlando East / UCF Area | $600 / $850 / $1050 |
For the trip back, your driver picks you up at the main entrance of the inn (1959 N Alafaya Trl) and drives the 228.0 miles to your cruise terminal at PortMiami in about 3 hours 48 minutes. The return fare is $600 for the Black SUV, $850 for the Van and $1050 for the Van XL. The booking box opens with Hilton Garden Inn Orlando East / UCF Area as the pickup; just add the date and time. Book the return
Plan on about 3 hours 48 minutes for the 228.0 miles from the Port of Miami to Hilton Garden Inn Orlando East / UCF Area via Florida’s Turnpike and I-95 when the roads are clear. Peak hours can stretch the trip; it is a fixed fare per vehicle, no traffic or surge charges: $600 for the Black SUV.
Book the time you expect to walk out of the terminal with your bags, not the docking time. The waiting rules for slow disembarkation days are on the FAQ page linked below. The drive to Hilton Garden Inn Orlando East / UCF Area then takes about 3 hours 48 minutes.
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 Hilton Garden Inn Orlando East / UCF Area.
Count people and big suitcases together: up to 10 fit the Black SUV at $600. Larger groups going to Hilton Garden Inn Orlando East / UCF Area take the Van at $850, for 9 passengers and 9 cases, or the Van XL at $1050, for 14 and 14. One carry-on each is included.
Yes. The return from Hilton Garden Inn Orlando East / UCF Area 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 48 minutes for the drive, plus a margin, before your boarding time; the return section above has the booking link.
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Primer viaje solo en muchho tiempo, buena suspensión, no sentimos los baches. incluso con tráfico la ruta tuvo sentido. Ya guardamos el número para el próximo viaje.
Llegamos al puerto antes de embarcar.
Stepping off the ship solo, the last thing I wanted was to drag my bags around looking for a ride at the port, so I had a private car booked ahead for the run to Hilton Garden Inn Orlando East / UCF Area. It was a private car just for me — no one else’s stops — exactly right for the morning. The van was fresh and comfortable, and the AC was perfect after the ship.
Easiest disembarkation we’ve had — met right at the terminal, luggage sorted, straight to the door of Hilton Garden Inn Orlando East / UCF Area. There was a board with our name on it at the curb, so we spotted the driver immediately.
First time cruising solo out of PortMiami, and having a private car waiting at the terminal for the trip to Hilton Garden Inn Orlando East / UCF Area could not have been smoother. Honestly the most stress-free part of the whole trip — everything just fell into place at the terminal.