From $600 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to Orlando Palms Hotel in a chauffeured SUV or van.
One number per vehicle covers the full journey one way. Select by how many people ride and how many bags come along.
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 want it. Bags in, and the car heads out of the port.
Orlando Palms Hotel stands at 8601 S Orange Blossom Trail, inside the International Drive corridor that runs through the heart of Orlando’s visitor district. It is a straightforward place to land after a long ride north from the coast, set on one of the city’s main hospitality boulevards rather than tucked away on a back road. When your driver pulls up, the drop-off happens right at the property, bags and all.
The location does most of the work here. International Drive lines up Universal Orlando Resort, SeaWorld Orlando, and the ICON Park observation wheel along one long, hotel-lined stretch, with the Orange County Convention Center close by on the same corridor. If your reason for heading to Orlando is the parks or a convention, the hotel keeps you within easy reach of all of it without a second long drive across town. That mix of theme parks, attractions, and meeting space in one spot is what draws most travelers to this address.
Arrival is meant to be simple. You are delivered to the door with your luggage carried curb to lobby, not left at a distant lot to sort out the last stretch yourself. The hotel side of things — check-in timing, luggage holds, and the amenities on offer — is handled by the property itself; our part ends the moment you and your bags are standing at the entrance. From there the whole International Drive lineup is a short local hop, so the cruise-to-Orlando journey closes out exactly where you planned to stay.
The journey begins at your ship’s own terminal on Dodge Island. Rather than sending you off to find a parking garage, your driver is organized by message as you come off the ship and meets your group at the curb, luggage included. Once everyone is aboard and the bags are loaded, it is one continuous run north on Florida’s Turnpike toward Orlando Palms Hotel.
Disembarkation mornings back up fast at the terminal exits, so the driver is staged before you clear the hall — the waiting is theirs, not yours. Plan on roughly 220 to 230 minutes from the pier to the hotel door, depending on the hour and the traffic. It is a genuine road journey, which is exactly where a private vehicle earns its place: your own space, your own climate zone, and stops only when you ask for them.
From the Port of Miami, plan on about 3 hours 37 minutes and 224.7 miles to reach Orlando Palms Hotel 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 | 224.7 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $600 |
| Drop-off address | 8601 South Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando |
| Drive time | 3 hours 37 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $850 |
| Main roads | Florida’s Turnpike |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $1050 |
| Back from Orlando Palms Hotel | $600 / $850 / $1050 |
The return covers the same 224.7 miles: pickup at the main entrance of the hotel (8601 South Orange Blossom Trail), drop-off at your cruise terminal at PortMiami after about 3 hours 37 minutes. From Orlando Palms Hotel 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
The 224.7 miles from the Port of Miami to Orlando Palms Hotel take about 3 hours 37 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.
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 Orlando Palms Hotel then takes about 3 hours 37 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 Orlando Palms Hotel.
Count people and big suitcases together: up to 10 fit the Black SUV at $600. Larger groups going to Orlando Palms Hotel 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.
On sailing day the ride from Orlando Palms Hotel to your terminal is $600 for the Black SUV, $850 for the Van and $1050 for the Van XL. The 224.7 miles take about 3 hours 37 minutes in light traffic, so leave early enough for boarding.
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Nos sorprendió para bien, el SUV se veía recién lavado.
Privado, puntual, y no tuvimos que pensar en nada entre el barco y Orlando Palms Hotel. Lo último que quieres tras una semana en el mar es un viaje que falle, y este fue confiable y puntual.
I was cruising solo and set up a private car to meet me at the terminal curb once the ship docked and take me straight to Orlando Palms Hotel. I’ve already saved them for my next cruise out of PortMiami.
Disembarking alone, I had a driver already at the curb for the ride to Orlando Palms Hotel — nothing left to chance. I went from the ship to the front desk of Orlando Palms Hotel with zero hassle along the way.
Everything ran on time from the port to the front door of Orlando Palms Hotel — couldn’t ask for more.