From $600 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to Lake Nona Wave Hotel in a chauffeured SUV or van.
Every fare below is per vehicle, one way, with the driver, fuel and tolls inside the number. Pick the row that fits your group and luggage.
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.
Lake Nona Wave Hotel sits in Orlando, within Central Florida, in the Lake Nona region that the property takes its name from. It is the endpoint of this ride from the ship: a hotel with its own front entrance, reached by road rather than by any airport people-mover or terminal shuttle. When your group books this transfer, that entrance is exactly where the day is headed.
Because the transfer runs terminal-to-door, you are not dropped at a corner or a parking region a short walk away. The vehicle pulls up to the property’s own entrance and the drive ends there, luggage and all. At the hotel, look for your driver at the main entrance for the return leg as well, so both directions meet at the same clear, easy-to-find spot rather than somewhere you have to hunt for.
Everything about the stay itself lives on Lake Nona Wave Hotel’s official page, and that is the right place to check rooms, dining, and property details before you journey. Our part is the ride to and from the ship, handled as a private, reserved run for your group alone. That keeps the two things separate and simple: the hotel looks after the stay, and we look after getting you between the Orlando property and the Port of Miami cruise terminal on a fixed, agreed-in-advance basis, with a bilingual chauffeur and full bag help built into the price you booked.
This is one straight run from the pier to the hotel door. After you disembark, your chauffeur meets your group at the terminal curb, loads every bag into the vehicle, and drives north along Florida’s Turnpike to Lake Nona Wave Hotel. There is no changing cars and no shared stops along the way; the vehicle is reserved for your party alone, door to door.
Plan on roughly 223 to 233 minutes between the Port of Miami and Lake Nona Wave Hotel, depending on the hour. Disembarkation mornings back up fast at the terminal exits, so your driver is staged before you clear the hall, which means the waiting is theirs and not yours. Once everyone is aboard, the Turnpike does the rest of the work, with your own climate, space to stretch, and stops only when you ask.
From the Port of Miami, plan on about 3 hours 38 minutes and 226.7 miles to reach Lake Nona Wave Hotel in Orlando via Florida’s Turnpike. Prices are per vehicle, not per seat: $600 for the Black SUV, $850 for the Van, $1050 for the Van XL. Pickup is at your cruise terminal curb at PortMiami.
| Road distance | 226.7 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $600 |
| Drop-off address | 6100 Wave Hotel Dr, Orlando |
| Drive time | 3 hours 38 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $850 |
| Main roads | Florida’s Turnpike |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $1050 |
| Back from Lake Nona Wave Hotel | $600 / $850 / $1050 |
For the trip back, your driver picks you up at the main entrance of the hotel (6100 Wave Hotel Dr) and drives the 226.7 miles to your cruise terminal at PortMiami in about 3 hours 38 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 Lake Nona Wave Hotel as the pickup; just add the date and time. Book the return
Plan on about 3 hours 38 minutes for the 226.7 miles from the Port of Miami to Lake Nona Wave Hotel via Florida’s Turnpike 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.
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 226.7 miles to Lake Nona Wave Hotel.
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 226.7 miles to Lake Nona Wave Hotel.
In the Black SUV ($600 to Lake Nona Wave Hotel) 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 Lake Nona Wave Hotel 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 38 minutes for the drive, plus a margin, before your boarding time; the return section above has the booking link.
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With the whole crew, pre-booking a private car from the port to Lake Nona Wave Hotel meant nothing to sort out on disembarkation morning. The kids were done after a week at sea, and getting straight to Lake Nona Wave Hotel without a scramble at the port was exactly what we needed. We went from the ship to the front desk of Lake Nona Wave Hotel with zero hassle along the way.
Nuestro grupo entero reservó una van directo del puerto a Lake Nona Wave Hotel, y salió buenísimo.
Mi esposo y yo bajamos por la pasarela en PortMiami y había un auto privado ahí mismo para nosotros para llevarnos a Lake Nona Wave Hotel. Lo último que quieres tras una semana en el mar es un viaje que falle, y este fue confiable y puntual.
Al salir del barco solo, lo último que quería era arrastrar las maletas buscando transporte en el puerto, así que tenía un auto privado coordinado para ir a Lake Nona Wave Hotel. Lo último que quieres tras una semana en el mar es un viaje que falle, y este fue confiable y puntual.
Traveling with the kids, we booked a private van to be waiting at the curb and take everyone over to Lake Nona Wave Hotel. It was a private car for our party alone — no one else’s stops — a relief after a week aboard. Honestly the smoothest part of the whole trip — the port end was completely handled.