Terminals 2 · 4 · 18 · 19 · 21 · 25 · 26 · 29
Private chauffeured transfers to and from every Port Everglades cruise terminal in Fort Lauderdale. Chauffeurs hold commercial port credentials and know the terminal assignment for each cruise line and sailing date — Carnival at T-21, T-25, and T-26, Royal Caribbean at T-18 and T-29, Celebrity at T-25, Holland America at T-26, Princess at T-2. Luggage is handled from your door to the terminal porter. Fixed all-in pricing — tolls, port access fees, and fuel included. FLL to Port Everglades in 8 to 15 minutes via Eller Drive.
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Port Everglades sits in Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood, bracketed by the Intracoastal Waterway to the east and US-1 (Federal Highway) to the west. The port has two vehicle entrances: Eller Drive off SE 17th Street serves the east-side terminals (2, 4, 18), and Eisenhower Boulevard off US-1 serves the south-side terminals (19, 21, 25, 26, 29). Entering through the wrong gate means a 15-20 minute reroute through a working commercial port with container trucks and restricted lanes.
A Port Everglades cruise transfer is a pre-booked, fixed-rate private ride between a Florida address — an FLL airport pickup, a hotel, a residence — and a specific cruise terminal at Port Everglades. The chauffeur drives a late-model Luxury Sedan, Executive SUV, or Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, handles luggage from pickup to the terminal porter station, and routes to the exact terminal building assigned to your cruise line and sailing date.
Port Everglades is the second-busiest cruise port in Florida after PortMiami. It serves as a home port for Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Holland America, and Princess, with multiple ships embarking and debarking on the same day during peak season (November through April). On double-embark days, the port processes over 15,000 passengers — the road queues at both entrances reflect that volume. Commercial port credentials give our chauffeurs access to the separate commercial vehicle lanes, bypassing the general traffic line.
The fixed rate quoted at booking includes the fare, fuel, all tolls (I-95 express lanes, I-595, SunPass), and port access fees. There is no surge pricing on embark-day mornings, no per-minute charge in port traffic, and no early-morning premium for 6:00 AM debark pickups.
Eight active cruise terminals across two port entrances. Terminal assignments rotate by cruise line, vessel, and sailing date. Dispatch confirms the exact terminal from the port manifest before every trip.
Princess Cruises
Royal Caribbean (select vessels)
Royal Caribbean (large vessels)
Additional berths, seasonal rotations
Carnival Cruise Line
Celebrity Cruises, Carnival (rotating)
Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line
Royal Caribbean (Icon-class vessels)
Eller Drive entrance (east side)
Terminals 2, 4, 18 — via SE 17th Street from US-1 or FLL
Eisenhower Boulevard entrance (south side)
Terminals 19, 21, 25, 26, 29 — via US-1 South from I-595
Three airport corridors feed into Port Everglades. FLL is the primary connection at 8-15 minutes. MIA and PBI are secondary corridors for passengers whose cruise line sails from Fort Lauderdale rather than their arrival airport city.
Five hotel zones that originate the highest volume of Port Everglades cruise transfers. Times reflect typical traffic.
Cruise lines at Port Everglades open check-in between 10:30 AM and 11:00 AM, with boarding through 3:00 PM and all-aboard at 4:00 PM. The chauffeur calculates departure time by working backward from your assigned check-in slot: the drive time based on live traffic, plus 15 minutes of buffer for the port entry queue, plus 5 minutes for luggage unloading at the terminal curb.
For transfers originating from FLL airport, the 8-15 minute corridor means the chauffeur can meet you at baggage claim and still have you at the terminal 30 minutes after leaving the airport. For MIA connections, the 30-45 minute corridor requires earlier positioning. The booking is linked to your flight arrival feed for automatic adjustment.
At the terminal, the chauffeur enters the commercial drop-off lane — not the general traffic loop — and stops at the porter station. On double-embark days at Port Everglades, when two or three Carnival ships board simultaneously from Terminals 21, 25, and 26, the Eisenhower Boulevard general queue can stretch back to US-1. The commercial lane bypasses this entirely. Luggage porters load your bags onto a cart and tag them for your stateroom. You walk from the vehicle into the terminal check-in hall. Typical time from vehicle door to the check-in desk: five to ten minutes during peak embark windows.
For airport-to-Port-Everglades transfers on embark day, if the inbound flight is delayed, dispatch recalculates the port arrival time against the ship departure and sends the passenger an updated margin notification. If the delay is severe, dispatch contacts the cruise line port agent to flag the late arrival.
Ships at Port Everglades begin releasing passengers around 7:00 AM. Self-assist passengers — those carrying their own bags off the ship — clear first. Checked-luggage passengers are called by deck and color-coded luggage tag through the morning, which can stretch to 10:00 AM on larger Royal Caribbean and Carnival vessels.
CBP customs clearance at Port Everglades is generally faster than at PortMiami because most Port Everglades terminals handle smaller passenger volumes per ship relative to the mega-terminals on Dodge Island. U.S. citizens with Global Entry or automated passport control typically clear in 10 to 15 minutes. Non-U.S. citizens may take 30 to 45 minutes depending on the queue.
The chauffeur does not require a fixed pickup time. Staging begins before the first passengers are released — the vehicle holds in the commercial lot at the Eller Drive or Eisenhower Boulevard entrance, depending on your terminal assignment. When you text after clearing customs, the vehicle pulls to the terminal curb within minutes. Bags are loaded, and you depart directly to FLL, MIA, a hotel, or a residential address.
For passengers connecting to a flight after debark, dispatch builds in the drive time plus airport check-in buffer when recommending a debark tag color to request from the cruise line. Early self-assist debark (7:00-7:30 AM) followed by the 8-minute FLL run puts you at the airport by 8:00 AM for a mid-morning departure.
Each cruise line operates from designated terminals with different embark procedures, luggage handling protocols, and check-in windows.
T-21, T-25, T-26 — Eisenhower Boulevard
Carnival operates the largest terminal footprint at Port Everglades with three terminals handling Mardi Gras, Celebration, Sunrise, and other vessels. Double- and triple-Carnival embark days occur during peak season, creating the highest volume on the Eisenhower Boulevard corridor. The commercial vehicle lane is essential on these mornings. Carnival check-in typically opens at 11:00 AM with boarding through 3:30 PM.
T-18, T-29 — Eller Drive (T-18) / Eisenhower Blvd (T-29)
Royal Caribbean splits across both port entrances — Terminal 18 via Eller Drive for Oasis-class and Freedom-class ships, and Terminal 29 via Eisenhower Boulevard for Icon-class vessels including Icon of the Seas. Terminal 29 processes 5,000+ passengers on embark days. Check-in opens at 10:30 AM. Dispatch confirms which terminal and entrance before every trip.
T-25 — Eisenhower Boulevard
Celebrity operates from Terminal 25 at Port Everglades for Edge-class and Solstice-class vessels. Terminal 25 is shared with Carnival on alternating sailing dates. Celebrity check-in typically opens at 11:00 AM. The Celebrity app check-in process is streamlined, and terminal wait times at T-25 are generally shorter than the Carnival terminals on double-embark days.
T-26 — Eisenhower Boulevard
Holland America shares Terminal 26 with Carnival on a rotating schedule. Nieuw Amsterdam and other mid-size vessels operate from this berth. Holland America passengers tend to arrive earlier (10:00-11:00 AM), which means the T-26 queue peaks before the Carnival terminals. The commercial lane bypasses the general queue at all hours.
T-2 — Eller Drive
Princess operates from Terminal 2 on the east side of Port Everglades, accessed via Eller Drive off SE 17th Street. This is the quieter side of the port on most embark days. Terminal 2 check-in opens at 11:00 AM. The Eller Drive approach from FLL is a straight 8-minute run with no interchange merges.
Cruise transfers carry more luggage per passenger than airport transfers. A family of four on a seven-day sailing typically has four large suitcases plus carry-on bags, strollers, and shore excursion gear. Vehicle selection accounts for this volume.
Mercedes-Benz S-Class / BMW 7 Series
Couple to Port Everglades from FLL or Las Olas
Mercedes-Benz E-Class / BMW 5 Series
Solo or couple from Boca Raton or Hollywood
Cadillac Escalade / Lincoln Navigator
Families with strollers and full cruise luggage
Chevrolet Suburban / GMC Yukon XL
Families from Miami Beach or MIA airport
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 3500
Groups, extended families, back-to-back sailings
No distance meter, no per-minute charge in port traffic, no embark-day surge. The price quoted at booking is the price billed after the trip.
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Dispatch confirms the exact terminal and entrance — Eller Drive or Eisenhower Boulevard — for your cruise line and sailing date.
Chauffeurs carry the credentials required at Port Everglades to access the commercial vehicle lanes at both entrances, bypassing the general queue.
Bags are loaded at your pickup and transferred to the terminal porter cart at the curb. No hauling suitcases through a parking garage or shuttle bus.
I-95 express lanes, I-595, SunPass, Florida Turnpike, and Port Everglades access fees built into the quoted rate.
Departure time calculated backward from your check-in window with buffer for the Eller Drive or Eisenhower Boulevard entry queue.
Chauffeur stages in the commercial lot and pulls to the terminal on your post-customs text. No fixed pickup time required.
Rear-facing, forward-facing, and booster seats pre-installed before pickup at no extra charge. Common on Carnival and Royal Caribbean family sailings.
Chauffeur name, phone number, and vehicle plate sent by SMS before pickup. Airport pickups trigger at wheels-down.
The FLL-to-Port Everglades corridor is one of the shortest airport-to-cruise connections in the country — 8 to 15 minutes via US-1 South to Eller Drive. Passengers flying into Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and sailing from Port Everglades on the same day routinely land in the morning and board by early afternoon without a hotel layover.
We combine the airport transfer and cruise port transfer into a single booking. The chauffeur meets you at the FLL terminal baggage claim with a printed name board, loads luggage into the vehicle, and drives directly to the correct Port Everglades terminal entrance. The booking is linked to the airline live-arrival feed — if the flight is delayed, dispatch adjusts and monitors the margin against the ship departure time.
For passengers arriving at MIA and connecting to a Port Everglades sailing, the corridor is 30-45 minutes via I-95 North. The chauffeur meets at MIA baggage claim and transfers directly to the assigned terminal. This is the reverse of the more common MIA-to-PortMiami corridor, used when the passenger's cruise line (Carnival, Celebrity, Holland America) sails from Fort Lauderdale rather than Dodge Island.
The 17th Street Causeway bascule bridge between FLL and the Eller Drive entrance opens on the hour and half-hour for boat traffic during daylight hours. A poorly timed departure can add 6 to 10 minutes. During boating season and embark mornings, we route via US-1 to Davie Boulevard as an alternate when the 17th Street corridor is congested.
Flight lands at FLL
Chauffeur moves from NW 9th Ave cell phone lot to your terminal.
Meet at baggage claim
Name board at the carousel. Luggage loaded into the vehicle.
8-15 min transfer
US-1 South to Eller Drive or Eisenhower Blvd to your terminal.
Terminal curb drop-off
Commercial lane. Porters transfer bags to stateroom tag carts.
Board the ship
Walk from vehicle to check-in desk in under 10 minutes.
Every Port Everglades cruise transfer is quoted as a fixed flat rate at booking. The fare is calculated from two inputs: the pickup or drop-off address, and the selected vehicle class. Tolls (I-95 express lanes, I-595, SunPass, Florida Turnpike), port access fees, and fuel are included in the quoted number.
There is no distance meter, no per-minute charge sitting in the Eller Drive or Eisenhower Boulevard queue, no surge pricing on embark-day mornings, and no early-morning premium for 6:00 AM debark pickups. A Saturday embark-morning transfer from Fort Lauderdale Beach to Terminal 21 during peak cruise season is quoted at the same base structure as a Tuesday transfer in September.
The only post-booking fare changes are passenger-initiated: adding a stop (for example, picking up a second party at a different hotel), upgrading the vehicle class, or extending wait time beyond the included debark grace period. Gratuity is discretionary and typically 15 to 20 percent.
Cancellations more than twenty-four hours before pickup are refunded in full. Cancellations within twenty-four hours are billed at fifty percent. No-shows are billed at one hundred percent. If the cruise line cancels the sailing and issues official notice before the scheduled pickup, the cancellation fee is waived. Flight cancellations documented by the airline also waive the fee for airport-to-Port-Everglades transfers.
Enter pickup address, cruise line, sailing date, and vehicle class. Receive a binding fixed rate within minutes — tolls and port fees included.
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Answers to the most common questions about private transfers to and from Port Everglades cruise terminals in Fort Lauderdale.
The chauffeur meets you at your FLL terminal baggage claim, loads luggage into the vehicle, and drives to Port Everglades via US-1 South to Eller Drive or Eisenhower Boulevard, depending on your terminal assignment. FLL to Port Everglades is 8 to 15 minutes. Terminal 18 (Royal Caribbean) and Terminal 2 (Princess) use the Eller Drive entrance. Terminals 21, 25, 26, and 29 (Carnival, Celebrity, Holland America) use the Eisenhower Boulevard entrance. The chauffeur drops you at the correct terminal entrance with luggage transferred to the curb porter.
Carnival Cruise Line operates from Terminal 21, Terminal 25, and Terminal 26 at Port Everglades, depending on the vessel and sailing date. Carnival Mardi Gras typically sails from Terminal 21. Carnival Celebration and Carnival Sunrise rotate between Terminal 25 and Terminal 26. All three Carnival terminals are accessed via Eisenhower Boulevard, not Eller Drive. Dispatch confirms the exact terminal from the port manifest before every trip.
Royal Caribbean operates from Terminal 18 and Terminal 29 at Port Everglades. Terminal 18 handles Oasis-class and Freedom-class vessels and is accessed via Eller Drive. Terminal 29 is the newer high-capacity terminal built for Icon-class vessels including Icon of the Seas, accessed via Eisenhower Boulevard. The terminal assignment depends on the specific ship and sailing date — dispatch confirms before departure.
Port Everglades has two vehicle entrances on opposite sides of the port. The Eller Drive entrance off SE 17th Street serves Terminals 2, 4, and 18 on the east side. The Eisenhower Boulevard entrance off US-1 serves Terminals 19, 21, 25, 26, and 29 on the south and west sides. Entering through the wrong gate means a 15-20 minute detour through the working commercial port. The chauffeur confirms the correct entrance before departing.
Most cruise lines at Port Everglades open check-in between 10:30 AM and 11:00 AM, with boarding through 3:00 PM and all-aboard typically at 4:00 PM. The chauffeur calculates departure time backward from your assigned check-in slot: drive time based on live traffic, plus 15 minutes buffer for the port entry queue, plus 5 minutes for luggage unloading at the curb. During peak embark mornings (10:30 AM to 1:00 PM), the Eller Drive queue can stretch back to US-1 — the commercial vehicle lane bypasses this.
On debark day at Port Everglades, ships begin releasing passengers around 7:00 AM. Self-assist passengers carrying their own bags clear first. Checked-luggage passengers are called by color-coded tag groups through the morning. CBP clearance at Port Everglades is generally faster than PortMiami because of smaller average ship capacity at most terminals. The chauffeur stages in the Eller Drive or Eisenhower Boulevard commercial lot and pulls to the terminal when you text after clearing customs.
Yes. Miami International Airport to Port Everglades is 30 to 45 minutes via I-95 North to I-595 East to US-1 South. This is the reverse corridor for passengers flying into Miami but sailing from Fort Lauderdale. The I-95 northbound express lanes save 8-12 minutes during weekday afternoon peak. Morning embark-day traffic is lighter in this direction. The booking is linked to your MIA flight arrival feed — the chauffeur adjusts for delays automatically.
Every airport-to-Port-Everglades transfer is linked to the airline live-arrival feed. If the flight is delayed, dispatch monitors the updated ETA against the ship departure time (typically 4:00 to 5:00 PM). If the margin is tight, the chauffeur pre-positions at the airport and executes a direct no-stop transfer to the terminal. The 8-minute FLL-to-Port-Everglades run provides more margin than any other Florida airport-to-cruise corridor. Dispatch can also contact the cruise line port agent to flag the late arrival.
A Luxury Sedan handles 3 full-size bags for solo travelers or couples. The Executive SUV (Cadillac Escalade or Lincoln Navigator) fits 6 full-size suitcases plus carry-on bags, strollers, and car seats for a family of six. The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Executive holds 12 full-size bags and seats 12 passengers — used for extended family groups and back-to-back sailing parties. Note your total bag count at booking and the vehicle is sized to match.
Yes. Chauffeurs assigned to Port Everglades transfers hold the commercial port credentials required to access the commercial vehicle lanes at both the Eller Drive and Eisenhower Boulevard entrances. These lanes are separate from the general traffic queue. On embark mornings, when the Eller Drive general queue stretches back to US-1, the commercial lane bypasses the wait entirely. The chauffeur pulls directly to the terminal porter station at the curb.
Yes. Fort Lauderdale Beach hotels along A1A between Sunrise Boulevard and SE 17th Street are approximately 10 minutes from Port Everglades. The chauffeur arrives at the hotel entrance, loads luggage, and drives south on A1A to SE 17th Street, then to the port entrance. During Tortuga Music Festival in April, A1A closures reroute to Birch Road. The Bahia Mar area is the closest hotel neighborhood to the Eller Drive port gate.
Yes. The quoted price includes the fare, fuel, all tolls (I-95 express lanes, I-595, SunPass), and port access fees. There is no surge pricing on embark-day mornings, no per-minute charge in port traffic, and no upcharge for early-morning debark pickups at 6:00 or 7:00 AM. The only post-booking adjustments are passenger-initiated: adding a stop, upgrading the vehicle class, or extending wait time beyond the included grace period.
Yes. Rear-facing infant seats, forward-facing toddler seats, and high-back boosters are available at no extra charge. Specify each child age and weight at booking. The seat is pre-installed before the chauffeur arrives at your pickup location. This is a frequent request for family sailings on Royal Caribbean and Carnival out of Port Everglades, particularly for groups with toddlers who also need strollers loaded.
Cancellations more than twenty-four hours before pickup are refunded in full. Cancellations within twenty-four hours are billed at fifty percent. No-shows are billed at one hundred percent. If the cruise line cancels the sailing and issues official notice before the scheduled pickup, the cancellation fee is waived regardless of timing. Flight cancellations documented by the airline also waive the fee for airport-to-Port-Everglades transfers.
Yes. Travel agents submit a group booking request with passenger names, flight numbers, hotel addresses, and the ship name and sailing date. Dispatch coordinates the full manifest — multiple vehicles arriving at Port Everglades at staggered times based on each passenger pickup. The agent receives one confirmation covering all transfers. Billing can be consolidated to the agency account or split per passenger. This is common during peak season when Port Everglades runs multiple embarkations daily.
Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) to Port Everglades is 50 to 70 minutes via I-95 South to I-595 East to US-1 South. The corridor passes through three counties — Palm Beach, Broward, and into the port. I-95 construction zones between Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale can add time; the Florida Turnpike via Sawgrass Expressway is the alternate. For Saturday embark-day travel during cruise season, budget the full 70-minute estimate and depart PBI 2 hours before your check-in slot.
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