From $600 per vehicle: a private, one-way ride from Port of Miami to West Gate Resort And Spa in a chauffeured SUV or van.
These are fixed one-way fares for the whole car or van, tolls and fuel included, so the total is known before anyone gets in.
Disembarkation at Port of Miami is easier with a driver already outside the terminal. The greeting at the curb is part of the price, the Meet & Greet at the terminal adds $40, and the vehicle is yours alone from the port to the destination, luggage included.
West Gate Resort And Spa sits along International Drive, the corridor most Orlando visitors already have in mind. I-Drive is the city’s busiest tourist strip, with theme-park gateways, outlet shopping, and the large convention halls set one after another down its length. Settling in here means the things people come to Orlando for are gathered close, rather than scattered across the region.
The location puts a lot within short reach. Universal Orlando Resort and ICON Park are both simple to obtain to from the resort, and two more of the area’s anchors — the Orange County Convention Center and SeaWorld Orlando — sit neighboring on the same I-Drive spine. For a family coming straight off a cruise, that clustering is the appeal: you unpack once and the days that follow don’t ask for long drives.
What you locate on arrival is a resort pitched at exactly this kind of journey. After a week at sea, the pull is a place where the parks, the outlets, and the dining all sit a short hop away and the planning stays simple. Your chauffeur brings you to the address itself and helps with the bags at the door, so the switch from the cruise terminal to your Orlando base is one clean handoff rather than a scramble with luggage. From here, the rest of the stay is yours to shape around whichever corner of I-Drive you came for.
The journey runs as one direct leg from PortMiami to West Gate Resort And Spa. Once your group clears the terminal, the chauffeur meets you at the curb, loads the luggage, and heads out on Florida’s Turnpike — no stops, no detours along the way. The bags stay in your own vehicle the whole time, and the group travels together in a single climate-controlled cabin.
Plan on roughly 228.9 miles from terminal to door, with driving time in the variety of 235 to 244 minutes depending on how the Turnpike is moving. Because the pickup is staged around your ship’s actual arrival, there’s room built in for how long disembarkation takes rather than a slot timed to the minute. You step off the ship, locate your driver, and the run to Orlando starts on your schedule.
From the Port of Miami, plan on about 3 hours 52 minutes and 229.1 miles to reach West Gate Resort And Spa in Orlando 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 | 229.1 miles |
|---|---|
| Black SUV, 1-5 | $600 |
| Drive time | 3 hours 52 minutes |
| Van, 6-9 | $850 |
| Main roads | Florida’s Turnpike |
| Van XL, 10-14 | $1050 |
| Back from West Gate Resort And Spa | $600 / $850 / $1050 |
The return covers the same 229.1 miles: pickup at the main entrance of the resort, drop-off at your cruise terminal at PortMiami after about 3 hours 52 minutes. From West Gate Resort And Spa 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
West Gate Resort And Spa is 229.1 miles by road from the Port of Miami. In light traffic the drive takes about 3 hours 52 minutes via Florida’s Turnpike; rush hour can add time, but it is a fixed fare, no traffic or surge charges: $600 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 West Gate Resort And Spa then takes about 3 hours 52 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 West Gate Resort And Spa.
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 West Gate Resort And Spa.
We do. The driver picks you up at West Gate Resort And Spa and takes you to your cruise terminal for $600 (Black SUV), $850 (Van) or $1050 (Van XL). Plan on about 3 hours 52 minutes for the 229.1 miles, more at rush hour.
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Grupo de siete con mucho equipaje, más organizado q el rideshare. incluso con tráfico la ruta tuvo sentido. Recomendación fácil.
Nothing to complain about, nothing at all.
Glad we booked. felt like a regular drive, no chaos.
Everything ran on time from the port to the front door of West Gate Resort And Spa — couldn’t ask for more.
After our cruise, my husband and I didn’t feel like chasing a ride at the terminal, so we lined up a private car to West Gate Resort And Spa. The ride from the terminal to West Gate Resort And Spa was quiet and relaxed, and we could just settle in.