From $600 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to Marriott Royal Palms Resort 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.
Tell us the ship and the driver times the pickup to its arrival, then waits at your terminal’s curb at PortMiami. The curbside greeting there is included in the fare; the Meet & Greet at the terminal is a $40 add-on. From the port the ride is direct, with no other passengers.
Marriott Royal Palms Resort sits in the Orlando area, along the stretch of hotels that lines International Drive. It is a resort address rather than a downtown one, set on the long boulevard that gathers so many of the city’s visitor draws into a single corridor. For a family stepping off a cruise, it makes a natural landing point after the drive up from the coast, with the hotel’s own front door as the finish line.
The setting is the appeal. International Drive strings together Universal Orlando Resort, SeaWorld Orlando, and ICON Park with its tall observation wheel, and runs past the convention center along the way. The Orlando International Premium Outlets sit neighboring on the same corridor, so the shopping and the theme parks are within the same familiar stretch of road. Staying here places you close to the parts of Orlando that most cruise travelers add to the front or back of a sailing.
On arrival, your chauffeur brings you to the lobby door at the agreed hour and helps with every bag from the vehicle to the entrance. The hotel side of the stay — its amenities, luggage holds, and early check-in — is handled through Marriott Royal Palms Resort’s own official page, so you can confirm those details directly. Our part is getting you and your cruise luggage there in one private run, dropped exactly where you are staying rather than at a curb some distance away. From there, the resort and the whole International Drive corridor are yours to settle into.
This is one direct run from the cruise terminal to the resort door. Your driver is staged at your ship’s terminal on Dodge Island, timed to your disembarkation, with sixty minutes of free waiting built in so a slow customs line never costs you the ride within that time. Your bags go straight into the vehicle, which stays reserved for your party alone from the pier all the way to Marriott Royal Palms Resort — no pooling, no extra stops, no second address.
From the terminal it is a single stretch along Florida’s Turnpike, roughly 231.2 miles end to end. Plan on about 228 to 248 minutes on the road, depending on the hour and traffic, from a quiet early morning to the thick of rush hour. Fuel and typical tolls are already in the flat per-vehicle rate, so the price agreed up front is the price on the day. When you reach the resort, your chauffeur helps with every bag from the vehicle to the lobby.
The ride from the Port of Miami to Marriott Royal Palms Resort covers 227.4 miles and takes about 3 hours 38 minutes in light traffic via Florida’s Turnpike. 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 | 227.4 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $600 |
| Drop-off address | 8404 Vacation Way, Orlando |
| Drive time | 3 hours 38 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $850 |
| Main roads | Florida’s Turnpike |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $1050 |
| Back from Marriott Royal Palms Resort | $600 / $850 / $1050 |
Going back works the same way. The driver meets you at the main entrance of the resort (8404 Vacation Way) and takes you to your cruise terminal at PortMiami, 227.4 miles away, in about 3 hours 38 minutes with light traffic. Fares for the return from Marriott Royal Palms Resort are $600 (Black SUV), $850 (Van) and $1050 (Van XL). The booking box below opens with the two points swapped. Book the return
The 227.4 miles from the Port of Miami to Marriott Royal Palms Resort take about 3 hours 38 minutes without heavy traffic via Florida’s Turnpike. At busy hours, allow extra time. Each vehicle has a fixed fare, no traffic or surge charges: $600 for the Black SUV, $850 for the Van and $1050 for the Van XL.
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 227.4 miles to Marriott Royal Palms Resort.
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 227.4 miles to Marriott Royal Palms Resort.
Count people and big suitcases together: up to 10 fit the Black SUV at $600. Larger groups going to Marriott Royal Palms Resort 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.
We do. The driver picks you up at Marriott Royal Palms Resort and takes you to your cruise terminal for $600 (Black SUV), $850 (Van) or $1050 (Van XL). Plan on about 3 hours 38 minutes for the 227.4 miles, more at rush hour.
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Everything ran on time from the terminal curb to the front door of Marriott Royal Palms Resort — exactly as promised.
Our family of five came off the ship at PortMiami and the driver loaded every cruise bag for the ride to Marriott Royal Palms Resort. It was a private car for our party alone — no side pickups — exactly right for the morning.
Getting all of us off the ship and over to Marriott Royal Palms Resort is usually a headache, but one pre-booked private van made it effortless. We’ve already saved them for our next cruise out of PortMiami. There was a board with our name on it at the exit, so we didn’t have to look around.
My partner and I finished a wonderful cruise and capped it off with a private car waiting right at the terminal to take us to Marriott Royal Palms Resort — not one worry at the terminal. The fare was locked in at booking, the same number we were quoted.
We came off the ship ready for a real bed and a private car straight to Marriott Royal Palms Resort was the right call.