From $600 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to Tropical Palms Resort in a chauffeured SUV or van.
One number per vehicle covers the full journey one way. Choose by how many people ride and how many bags come along.
The driver is outside the PortMiami terminal when you come through, plans around the ship’s real arrival time, and loads the bags. The curbside greeting is covered by the fare and the Meet & Greet at the terminal is offered for $40. Then it is one private vehicle straight to the destination.
Tropical Palms Resort places you in Kissimmee, the resort belt that stretches south of Disney and lines the Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway. It is a part of Central Florida built around vacations, where hotels, cottages, and pool-home communities sit shoulder to shoulder along the same hectic corridor. When you reach from the coast, you trade the cruise-terminal bustle for a quieter stretch of Florida that runs on theme-park time.
The setting is easygoing and spread out rather than urban. Around Tropical Palms Resort you locate the mix that defines this end of Kissimmee: places to stay, families settling in for a week, and the low-slung Florida landscape that opens up once you leave the highway. It is close enough to the parks to make early mornings simple, yet far enough south to feel like its own pocket of the region rather than a downtown.
Nature stays within simple reach, too. Lake Toho lies neighboring, and its airboats are one of the local draws for anyone who wants to see the marshes and wildlife between park days. That blend is what makes this address work for a lot of travelers: a home base on the Irlo Bronson corridor, the attractions a short drive off, and a genuine slice of Central Florida water and wetland close at hand. Your chauffeur brings you straight to the door here, so the first thing you do after a long day on the road is walk inside and start the vacation, not hunt for the entrance.
This is a single, direct run from the PortMiami cruise terminal to the door of Tropical Palms Resort, with no shared stops along the way. After you disembark, your chauffeur coordinates the pickup by message as you walk off the ship, loads your bags at the terminal curb, and points the vehicle toward Florida’s Turnpike. From there it is one clean leg north, roughly 230.2 miles, with the tolls and fuel already built into the flat rate.
Plan on about 228 to 237 minutes terminal to door, with traffic on the Turnpike the main variable. Because cruise ships rarely clear everyone at the same minute, the pickup is planned around your ship’s actual arrival, and an included 60-minute wait window absorbs the slow gangways, customs, and the luggage hall. You walk out, the vehicle is waiting, and the next stop is Tropical Palms Resort. At the resort, your driver handles the luggage again at the entrance, so both ends of the journey are covered.
From the Port of Miami, plan on about 3 hours 44 minutes and 230.9 miles to reach Tropical Palms Resort in Kissimmee 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 | 230.9 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $600 |
| Drive time | 3 hours 44 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $850 |
| Main roads | Florida’s Turnpike |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $1050 |
| Back from Tropical Palms Resort | $600 / $850 / $1050 |
The return covers the same 230.9 miles: pickup at the main entrance of the resort, drop-off at your cruise terminal at PortMiami after about 3 hours 44 minutes. From Tropical Palms Resort 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 230.9 miles from the Port of Miami to Tropical Palms Resort take about 3 hours 44 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 230.9 miles to Tropical Palms Resort.
Outside the cruise terminal, at the curb. Driver, car and plate arrive by message ahead of the pickup, so you know who to look for; the drive to Tropical Palms Resort starts as soon as the bags are loaded and takes about 3 hours 44 minutes.
Count people and big suitcases together: up to 10 fit the Black SUV at $600. Larger groups going to Tropical 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.
Yes. The return from Tropical Palms Resort 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 44 minutes for the drive, plus a margin, before your boarding time; the return section above has the booking link.
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My husband and I weren’t up for the chaos outside the terminal, so we reserved a private ride to Tropical Palms Resort before we even sailed. Booking was simple, we got everything in writing, and everything went exactly as planned. There was a thirty-minute cushion from the agreed time, so we never had to rush through customs. Made getting off the ship so easy.
We cruised as a group and wanted all of us and the bags in one private ride to Tropical Palms Resort after disembarking. No lot to comb through — we just went straight from the curb into the car.
For an easy morning off the ship, my wife and I had a private driver meet us at the cruise terminal to run us over to Tropical Palms Resort. The ride from the terminal to Tropical Palms Resort was smooth and steady, and we could just watch the city go by.
No íbamos a hacer malabares con niños y maletas buscando transporte en el puerto, así que reservamos una van privada a Tropical Palms Resort. Reservar fue fácil, recibimos una confirmación sólida, y todo calzó perfecto.
Couldn’t have been simpler — a driver waiting, bags loaded, and an easy ride over to Tropical Palms Resort. The last thing you want after a week at sea is a ride that falls through, and this was there exactly when we needed it.