Plenty of cruisers sailing out of Port Everglades fly into Miami International instead of FLL - fares are often better and the flight schedule is deeper. The catch is the transfer: about 27 miles north on I-95, which runs 35 to 50 minutes in normal traffic and can stretch past an hour when the northbound express lanes clog on a Friday afternoon. This is exactly the kind of leg where a fixed-fare, pre-booked car earns its keep, because a metered taxi or surging rideshare across county lines gets expensive quickly.
We stage your pickup around your actual arrival, not your scheduled one. Your chauffeur tracks the flight, meets you inside MIA arrivals with a name sign, helps with luggage, and takes the S.R. 112 or Dolphin connection to I-95 north depending on how traffic is metering that hour. At the Fort Lauderdale end we enter the port through the correct gate for your terminal - Eller Drive off US-1 for the Midport terminals where Royal Caribbean, Carnival and Holland America berth, or the SE 17th Street side for Northport Terminals 1, 2 and 4.
For embarkation-day peace of mind, we recommend a pickup that puts you at the terminal between 10:30 AM and 1:00 PM, inside the standard boarding window and comfortably ahead of the all-aboard cutoff. Book the return leg at the same time: debarkation at Port Everglades typically runs 7:30 to 10:00 AM, and a car waiting at your terminal beats negotiating the morning taxi scrum with cruise luggage in hand.
What to expect
- Meet and greet inside MIA arrivals with a name sign
- Flight tracking - pickup automatically re-timed if you are delayed
- 35-50 minute run up I-95 with a driver who knows the express-lane patterns
- Correct port gate for your terminal, no circling Eller Drive
- Fixed fare from $89, tolls included