From $600 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to Monumental Hotel Orlando 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.
On disembarkation morning the driver plans around the ship’s arrival and waits at the curb outside your terminal at PortMiami. The curbside greeting at the terminal is included; the Meet & Greet at the terminal, your driver holding a name sign, is available for $40. Luggage goes straight from the terminal into the vehicle and the ride leaves private and direct.
Monumental Hotel Orlando sits at 12120 International Drive, right along the strip that locals merely call I-Drive. This is Orlando’s main tourist artery, and the address places you in the middle of it rather than off on some quiet side road. Everything the corridor is known for — the attractions, the outlet malls, the convention crowd — is lined up end to end within the same stretch, so arriving here means arriving where the action already is.
What makes the location work is how much sits within simple reach of the door. Universal Orlando Resort and ICON Park are both close by, and the Orange County Convention Center and SeaWorld Orlando are nearby on the same International Drive. That mix suits a lot of different trips at once: families chasing theme parks, couples wandering the entertainment complex at ICON Park, and business travelers who need the convention center without a long transfer each morning. You are not choosing between them — they are all part of the neighborhood you land in.
Anything about the stay itself — rooms, dining, the amenities on site — lives on the hotel’s own official page, and that is the right place to plan those details. Our part of the trip is simpler and just as important: getting your group from the ship to this exact address on I-Drive with the bags handled and no detours along the way. When the car pulls up at 12120 International Drive, the long day of travel is genuinely over and the rest of Orlando is waiting a short walk away.
This is a door-to-door private transfer, booked before you dock so disembarkation is the simple part. Your driver is staged at your ship’s terminal on Dodge Island before your group clears the exit hall, meets you at the curb, and loads every bag into the vehicle. From there it is one straight run to Monumental Hotel Orlando with no stops and no shared seats — your group only, from the pier to the hotel entrance.
The route follows Florida’s Turnpike for about 228.6 miles, and a realistic window is 225 to 237 minutes depending on the hour you leave. Cruise mornings back up fast at the terminal exits, so the wait belongs to the driver, not to you, with 60 minutes of courtesy time built into every port pickup. Fuel, typical tolls, and luggage assist are already inside the flat fare, and the car drops you at the door at 12120 International Drive.
Monumental Hotel Orlando is 228.8 miles from the Port of Miami by road, about 3 hours 42 minutes without heavy traffic via Florida’s Turnpike. The fare is per vehicle: $600 for the Black SUV, $850 for the Van and $1050 for the Van XL. Pickup is at your cruise terminal curb at PortMiami.
| Road distance | 228.8 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $600 |
| Drop-off address | 12120 International Dr, Orlando |
| Drive time | 3 hours 42 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $850 |
| Main roads | Florida’s Turnpike |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $1050 |
| Back from Monumental Hotel Orlando | $600 / $850 / $1050 |
The return covers the same 228.8 miles: pickup at the main entrance of the hotel (12120 International Dr), drop-off at your cruise terminal at PortMiami after about 3 hours 42 minutes. From Monumental Hotel Orlando the Black SUV costs $600, the Van $850 and the Van XL $1050. Open the booking box with the points swapped and choose the date and time. Book the return
Plan on about 3 hours 42 minutes for the 228.8 miles from the Port of Miami to Monumental Hotel Orlando 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 228.8 miles to Monumental Hotel Orlando.
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 Monumental Hotel Orlando.
The Black SUV holds up to 5 passengers, with passengers plus big suitcases up to 10; on this route it costs $600. Six to nine travelers with their cases take the Van ($850), ten to fourteen the Van XL ($1050). All three go door to door to Monumental Hotel Orlando.
On sailing day the ride from Monumental Hotel Orlando to your terminal is $600 for the Black SUV, $850 for the Van and $1050 for the Van XL. The 228.8 miles take about 3 hours 42 minutes in light traffic, so leave early enough for boarding.
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Comfortable ride, easy pickup, and a driver who handled the terminal like a pro. Recommend. No line to stand in — we just walked from the terminal to a car that was already there.
Traveling with our little ones, we booked a private van to be waiting at the curb and take everyone over to Monumental Hotel Orlando. We were dropped straight at the door of Monumental Hotel Orlando, not on a corner with the bags.
Everything ran on time from the port to the front door of Monumental Hotel Orlando — exactly as promised.
My partner and I finished a wonderful cruise and followed it with a private car ready at the curb to take us to Monumental Hotel Orlando — not one worry at the terminal. We went from the ship to the front desk of Monumental Hotel Orlando with nothing to worry about in between.
Mi esposa y yo tuvimos una travesía genial y lo rematamos con un auto privado listo en la acera para llevarnos a Monumental Hotel Orlando — sin líos en el puerto. Había treinta minutos de margen desde la hora acordada, así que nunca tuvimos que apurarme para bajar del barco. La tarifa estaba acordada de antemano, sin sorpresas en una mañana de desembarque cargada. Muy recomendable.