I took my mom and aunt on a Carnival cruiseship for our birthdays this past spring and we stayed at the Hampton Inn Blue Lagoon Airport Hotel. It was phenomenal!! They had a free shuttle that picked us up at the airport and brought us to the hotel!!! The room was large and accomadating! We just had a room with two beds. The amenities were nice and plentiful. There was a FREE full breakfast with the best eggs/omelettes and waffles I have ever had in my life!! Oh my goodness!! The hotel is across from a Publix-grocery store and pharmacy and several restaurants will deliver. The staff is lovely and we want to COMMEND a lady named LOURDES (she probably doesn't remember us, but we brought her a bottle of champagne day of our embarkment). Lourdes was so kind, patient, friendly, sweet and we are coming back to Miami just to stay there and to see her!!! The hotel had a manager's reception, but we missed it. I am sad about that, but I will be back again! We LOVED the Hampton Inn Miami Airport Blue Lagoon!!!!

*Because we only stayed overnight, no issues with carpet replacement in progress. Also missed out on the very attractive looking pool and hot tub. They're open 24 hrs... we were just out of energy.

Stayed here on a layover on our honeymoon. We arrived at MIA, and called the front desk about the shuttle, they said it passes through Level 2 of MIA every 30 min. As soon as we walked out the door I saw the van, waved, and we were in our room within 30 minutes with 2 free choc chip cookies and a few restaurant menus. Ordered pizza to the room and parked in front the flat screen for some Big Bang Theory (it had been a while).

The staff was helpful and friendly at all times, and had helpful suggestions for dining.

Breakfast was more than ample, great spread from cold to hot; coffee - hot and fresh. Don't come to a well-kept chain hotel, pay $160 per night in Miami, and expect eggs and bacon cooked to order - that's on you.

Tip: we were through customs, baggage, and at the hotel in less than an hour. Departing: we had boarding passes, tried to do a simple curbside bag check... incompetence across the board on American Airline's part. So go inside. Security was a 10 minute wait the day before Thanksgiving sooo.... no complaints there.

Checked into the Hampton Inn for an overnight close to Miami Airport. The reviews on TA were really good so we gave it a try. Rode in an outdated Van from the airport to the hotel. While waiting almost 30 minutes, we saw at least three nice new larger buses from Marriott go by. Not a good start. Checked in and was given a corner room with a kitchen. The room smelled badly of some type of foreign cuisine. We cranked up the air but the smell lingered. Checked out the "wine and cheese happy hour". Bad wine and kids fighting over weak munchies. Took a pass. Went to bed fairly early but was kept awake most of the night by the safe in the closet. Apparently, it had a bad battery and beeped all night every 30 seconds or so. Very frustrating. We woke up and hit the breakfast buffet in the morning. Very crowded and had to fight for position. They had something they called "scrambled eggs with ham and cheese". It smelled like Windex and tasted like something artificial. Completely inedible. The rest of the selection was not much better. If not for a toasted bagel we would have left hungry. Upon checking out, I reported the problem with the safe and the fact we got very little sleep to the Manager. We received the reply, "Oh thanks, we'll make sure the next guest isn't incovenienced". What about us?? Never again will we stay at a Hampton Inn. Not our type of place, even for an overnight.

We stayed here for one night before our cruise. When we got into Miami, we called the hotel to get a shuttle from the airport and were told that it would be by in 20 minutes. As we hung up, the shuttle pulled up and about 8 people got in, including us. It drove to a conference center and everyone but us got out. We apparently got on the wrong shuttle but the driver smiled and drove us to the hotel. Check in was a breeze and the desk clerk was as friendly as she could be. The room was large, clean and comfortable. Across the street are several restaurants and a Publix grocery store with a nice wine selection. The hotel's included breakfast was a pleasant surprize - eggs, bacon, potatoes, make-your-own-waffles, cereals, etc. We checked out and asked the clerk if she could call us a taxi to go to the port. She told us that the taxi would be between $20 and $30 (it was actually $24) or we could take a scheduled shuttle for $10 each. We took the taxi. If we are ever in Miami again, we will not hestiate to stay at the Hampton Blue Lagoon.