From $89 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to La Fuente Hotel 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.
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 desire it. Bags in, and the car heads out of the port.
La Fuente Hotel sits in Hialeah, the hectic band of ground north of Miami International Airport where working industry, dense residential blocks, and a few long-standing landmarks all share the same few square miles. It puts you away from the cruise-port crowds while keeping the expressways that thread this side of the county within easy reach, so getting to the water or back out to the county is a short hop rather than a project.
The surrounding stretch of Hialeah gives arriving guests ample to fill a day once the bags are down. Hialeah Park Racing & Casino, the century-old track and gaming floor that anchors this part of town, is close by, and so are the green spaces of Amelia Earhart Park and Milander Park. The Palmetto Expressway runs nearby as well, which keeps the wider metro area open to you without a long slog through surface traffic.
What you locate on arrival is a straightforward base in a neighborhood that mixes everyday city life with those older landmarks, rather than a resort strip. Anything about the rooms, rates, or the stay itself belongs to the hotel’s own official page; our part is the ground transportation, delivered to the entrance with your group and your luggage together. Roll off the ship, ride straight here, and step out at the door with the day still ahead of you and the details of the trip already settled at booking.
The trip is door to door and built around your ship. After you disembark and clear the terminal exit, your chauffeur is already staged at the curb, so the morning crush at the port is the driver’s wait, not yours. Bags go straight into the vehicle with the group, and the car pulls away for La Fuente Hotel without a detour to a parking lot or a shared pickup point.
From the terminal, the driver follows the Airport Expressway and the SR-112 Toll for the run north into Hialeah, a stretch that usually takes about twenty-one to twenty-nine minutes depending on how the traffic is moving. Tolls and fuel are already inside the flat fare, so nothing is added along the way. You are dropped at the entrance and the bags are set down beside you at the door.
The ride from the Port of Miami to La Fuente Hotel covers 8.9 miles and takes about 23 minutes in light traffic via the Airport Expressway (SR 112) and Okeechobee Road (US 27). Each vehicle has its own fare: Black SUV $89, Van $140, Van XL $200. Pickup is at your cruise terminal curb at PortMiami.
| Road distance | 8.9 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $89 |
| Drop-off address | 151 E Okeechobee Rd, Hialeah |
| Drive time | 23 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $140 |
| Main roads | Airport Expressway (SR 112), Okeechobee Road (US 27) |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $200 |
| Back from La Fuente Hotel | $89 / $140 / $200 |
The return covers the same 8.9 miles: pickup at the main entrance of the hotel (151 E Okeechobee Rd), drop-off at your cruise terminal at PortMiami after about 23 minutes. From La Fuente Hotel the Black SUV costs $89, the Van $140 and the Van XL $200. Open the booking box with the points swapped and choose the date and time. Book the return
The 8.9 miles from the Port of Miami to La Fuente Hotel take about 23 minutes without heavy traffic via the Airport Expressway (SR 112) and Okeechobee Road (US 27). 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.
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 La Fuente Hotel then takes about 23 minutes.
Curbside at the terminal your ship uses. Leave the building with your luggage, send a message, and the driver comes to that curb. From there it is 8.9 miles to La Fuente Hotel.
In the Black SUV ($89 to La Fuente Hotel) passengers plus big suitcases can add up to 10, so five people with five cases fit. The Van ($140) carries 9 passengers and 9 big cases, the Van XL ($200) 14 and 14, and everyone keeps a carry-on.
Yes. The return from La Fuente Hotel to the Port of Miami costs $89 in the Black SUV, $140 in the Van and $200 in the Van XL. Allow about 23 minutes for the drive, plus a margin, before your boarding time; the return section above has the booking link.
Every policy in full: FAQ
Smooth and easy. No phone tag, no confusion at pickup.
We came off the ship ready for a real bed and a driver already waiting to take us to La Fuente Hotel was the right call. For a reliable way to get from the ship to La Fuente Hotel, it was money well spent. It was a private car for our party alone — no one else’s stops — exactly right for the morning.
Couldn’t have been simpler — met at the curb, luggage handled, and an easy ride over to La Fuente Hotel.
El grupo entero bajamos juntos y fue un alivio tener una van privada esperando en la terminal para el viaje a La Fuente Hotel — sin dividirnos. Teníamos todo el plan antes de que el barco atracara, así que no había que adivinar nada en el puerto.
Con los niños, reservar un auto privado de la terminal a La Fuente Hotel significó cero estrés la mañana del desembarque. El conductor cargó todas nuestras maletas del crucero para que no tuviéramos que batallar con todo.