From $140 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to The Ocean Gate 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.
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.
The Ocean Gate Hotel is a Fort Lauderdale stay set within easy reach of the coast, so a beach day and a night out both start from the same front door. After the long stretch at sea, it is the kind of arrival that lets you drop your bags and be outside again within minutes rather than planning a second journey across town.
The setting is what makes it. Fort Lauderdale Beach and the Riverwalk sit close by, and the city’s canals thread all the way from Las Olas to the Intracoastal — the reason people call this the Venice of America. The beachfront promenade runs for miles, so a slow walk along the water is consistently an choice. For a change of pace, the Bonnet House and Hugh Taylor Birch State Park are both nearby, trading the sand for gardens, shade, and a quieter kind of afternoon.
What that adds up to is a base that fits the tail end of a cruise. You are close to the beach when you want it, close to Las Olas and the Riverwalk when you want food or a walk, and close to green space when you want neither. The hotel gives you a real place to land, and the surrounding stretch of Fort Lauderdale gives you ample to fill the hours before your flight or your next leg. Arrive, settle in, and let the location do the rest of the planning for you.
This is one clean run from the ship to The Ocean Gate Hotel. Your chauffeur meets you after disembarkation at your own terminal, loads the luggage, and drives north — no taxi line, no dragging bags along the curb while you wait on an app. The pickup is timed to your actual arrival, and the included wait absorbs customs and the luggage hall, so you walk out and the vehicle is already there. One group, one vehicle, straight through to the door.
Plan on roughly 58 to 75 minutes between the port and the hotel, depending on the hour. Saturday and Sunday mornings are the port’s busiest, when thousands of passengers step off the ships at once, so that traffic is already built into the plan rather than left to chance. The chauffeur is bilingual in Spanish and English and knows the port well, and luggage help is part of the service at both ends of the journey.
From the Port of Miami, plan on about 59 minutes and 32.0 miles to reach The Ocean Gate Hotel in Fort Lauderdale via I-95. Prices are per vehicle, not per seat: $140 for the Black SUV, $290 for the Van, $350 for the Van XL. Pickup is at your cruise terminal curb at PortMiami.
| Road distance | 32.0 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $140 |
| Drop-off address | 725 N Birch Rd, Fort Lauderdale |
| Drive time | 59 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $290 |
| Main roads | I-95 |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $350 |
| Back from The Ocean Gate Hotel | $140 / $290 / $350 |
Going back works the same way. The driver meets you at the main entrance of the hotel (725 N Birch Rd) and takes you to your cruise terminal at PortMiami, 32.0 miles away, in about 59 minutes with light traffic. Fares for the return from The Ocean Gate Hotel are $140 (Black SUV), $290 (Van) and $350 (Van XL). The booking box below opens with the two points swapped. Book the return
The Ocean Gate Hotel is 32.0 miles by road from the Port of Miami. In light traffic the drive takes about 59 minutes via I-95; rush hour can add time, but it is a fixed fare, no traffic or surge charges: $140 for the Black SUV.
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 The Ocean Gate Hotel then takes about 59 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 The Ocean Gate Hotel.
Count people and big suitcases together: up to 10 fit the Black SUV at $140. Larger groups going to The Ocean Gate Hotel take the Van at $290, for 9 passengers and 9 cases, or the Van XL at $350, for 14 and 14. One carry-on each is included.
Yes. The return from The Ocean Gate Hotel to the Port of Miami costs $140 in the Black SUV, $290 in the Van and $350 in the Van XL. Allow about 59 minutes for the drive, plus a margin, before your boarding time; the return section above has the booking link.
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Buenísimo. el vehículo estaba impecable por dentro.
El desembarque más tranquilo que hemos tenido — conductor en la acera, maletas resueltas, directo a la puerta de The Ocean Gate Hotel.
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 The Ocean Gate Hotel — no fuss at the port. The night before, we got a message with the driver’s name and plate number, so there was no wondering which car was the right one on the way out.
My husband and I stepped off the ship at PortMiami and a private car was waiting at the terminal curb to take us to The Ocean Gate Hotel. For a stress-free way to get from the ship to The Ocean Gate Hotel, it was well worth it.
My partner and I had a great sailing and capped it off with a private car waiting right at the terminal to take us to The Ocean Gate Hotel — not one worry at the terminal. The ride from the terminal to The Ocean Gate Hotel was easy the whole way, and we could just settle in. No scramble at the port — we just stepped out and the car was ready.