MIA to Port Everglades Transfer

Port Everglades sits just south of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport, which means passengers who fly into Miami International face a 25-mile repositioning leg before they ever see their ship. The drive runs 30 to 45 minutes up I-95, and on embarkation mornings the port access roads add their own queue. We run this route constantly during cruise season and plan pickups so you reach the terminal inside the boarding window, not at the back of the all-aboard scramble.

Port Everglades is not one dock; it is a spread of terminals across a working harbor. Princess sails from Terminal 2, Celebrity from Terminals 4 and 25, Royal Caribbean from 18 and 25, Holland America from 21, and Carnival from 19, 26, and 29. Your driver takes you to the door of your terminal, not a generic port entrance, and helps unload luggage where the porters collect it. If you tell us your ship at booking, the terminal routing is handled before you land.

Most ships begin boarding around 11:00 and close the gangway 60 to 90 minutes before departure. For a typical late-afternoon sailing, an MIA pickup by mid-morning leaves comfortable margin even with an I-95 slowdown. Fixed fares start at $89 for a Business sedan, and larger groups can move together in a Suburban or a 14-passenger Sprinter for the same door-to-terminal service.

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