Is Port Canaveral Parking Good/Safe?

[shay1]

This will be our 1st time parking offsite at Port Canaveral and looking for a good, safe and convenient parking place. We will be coming from the direction of Orlando to board the Independence ship. If you have a best route recommendation from Orlando to Port Canaveral I would appreciate it.

On the way home taking I95 to St Rd 70 back to Bradenton.

Thanks

[bajathree]

Just off Indy a couple days ago. We used the covered parking garage at the port...very easy and had no issues....felt it was safe. You pay as you enter...parking wasn't cheap....$72.76 for 3 nights. As far as getting to port....528 (Beachline Exp) will take you right there. 

[rkacruiser]

I parked at a Port Canaveral Parking Garage when I sailed on Carnival Liberty.  It was very easy to drop the luggage off and then park the car.  Very safe.  Disembarkation and getting the luggage to the car and driving out of the garage and out of the port also went well.  

[GTO-Girl]

7 hours ago, shay1 said:

This will be our 1st time parking offsite at Port Canaveral and looking for a good, safe and convenient parking place. We will be coming from the direction of Orlando to board the Independence ship. If you have a best route recommendation from Orlando to Port Canaveral I would appreciate it.

On the way home taking I95 to St Rd 70 back to Bradenton.

Thanks

Park Port Canaveral is located about a mile from the port.  They have a nice paved fenced in area with shuttles running continuously.  We have parked there with no issues.  Use the discount code at the top of their website for the best price….

 

www.parkportcanaveral.com

Edited November 2, 2022 by GTO-Girl

[bunzini]

Are there separate parking garages for Royal Caribbean and Norwegian?  We are taking a week on each.

[Capt_BJ]

yes ... they use different terminals and walking tween is not convenient - and in many cases not even possible.  You want to move your car .....

 

 

[Florida Glamazon]

It's safe, we have parked there twice. I paid $175 for a full week, but it's nice to just get the bags to the car and drive off instead of waiting around for a shuttle.

[Capt_BJ]

side bar ... there are several very good offsite parking places serving PC and you CAN save some $$

 

but as I mentioned walking between most terminals is difficult to impossible so with the car at an off site you'd end up needing a taxi/uber to get from one terminal to another.  There is an A side and a B side aka north and south connected by a draw bridge CLOSED to foot traffic . . . Royal uses terminals on both sides but if sailing an OASIS class it will be on south side 95% ..... Nor' is 95% on the north side.

 

you don't say when your cruises are but you might be able to see what terminals will be in play here  https://www.portcanaveral.com/getattachment/Cruise/Cruise-Lines-Schedules/CPA-Website-Schedule-Nov22-Mar23.pdf.aspx?lang=en-US

Edited November 8, 2022 by Capt_BJ

[Capt_BJ]

for OP who asked: 

1st time parking offsite at Port Canaveral and looking for a good, safe and convenient parking place. We will be coming from the direction of Orlando to board the Independence ship. If you have a best route recommendation from Orlando to Port Canaveral I would appreciate it.

 

1. From Orlando there's really just one way to get to the port without going out of your way: get on SR-528 east (aka 'beachline' ...which is a TOLL road) and it ends at the port . . . hard to get lost without a LOT of effort 🤣

 

for parking, the port parking is safe and easy access making it the fastest way to get on the road when you return. HOWEVER for the cost of a few minutes there are offsite parking options that can save you $$ at the cost of a shuttle ride on either side of your cruise. These are the ones I can recommend. Which one is 'closest' is debatable (depends on terminal in question). I consider them equal distance wise.

 

https://parkncruiseportcanaveral.com/

https://www.parkportcanaveral.com/

https://portparkingspace.com/

 

With an advanced reservation they are ALL cheaper than the port garages .... which one is least varies daily!!!!!!! They jockey for business . . . as I type Park Port Canav' is $8.95/day vs the port $17 / day

 

the port parking is USUALLY in a garage structure and these other places are NOT but they are fenced with video security.  I've used the first several times with ZERO issues or concerns and they are the first one you hit on 528 from Orlando.

Edited November 8, 2022 by Capt_BJ

[Capt_BJ]

On the way home taking I95 to St Rd 70 back to Bradenton.

 

 

I'll bet a glazed donut 528 to 4 to 75 would be much faster unless time puts you in the 528/4 rush at a bad time . . . 

[debnjoe1438]

On 11/2/2022 at 10:48 AM, bajathree said:

Just off Indy a couple days ago. We used the covered parking garage at the port...very easy and had no issues....felt it was safe. You pay as you enter...parking wasn't cheap....$72.76 for 3 nights. As far as getting to port....528 (Beachline Exp) will take you right there. 

Wow, web site says $17.00 + tax  per day. That's a lot of taxes.

[hrhdhd]

8 hours ago, debnjoe1438 said:

Wow, web site says $17.00 + tax  per day. That's a lot of taxes.

The poster paid for four days ($68) plus tax. The garage charges by the day, not the night.

[bajathree]

On 11/9/2022 at 4:21 AM, hrhdhd said:

The poster paid for four days ($68) plus tax. The garage charges by the day, not the night.

I was just about to post this.....still a lot for parking for a 3 night sailing.

[GonzoWCS]

It is safe and convenient.

 

Cheers

[scooter6251]

On 11/8/2022 at 6:02 PM, Capt_BJ said:

for OP who asked: 

1st time parking offsite at Port Canaveral and looking for a good, safe and convenient parking place. We will be coming from the direction of Orlando to board the Independence ship. If you have a best route recommendation from Orlando to Port Canaveral I would appreciate it.

 

1. From Orlando there's really just one way to get to the port without going out of your way: get on SR-528 east (aka 'beachline' ...which is a TOLL road) and it ends at the port . . . hard to get lost without a LOT of effort 🤣

 

for parking, the port parking is safe and easy access making it the fastest way to get on the road when you return. HOWEVER for the cost of a few minutes there are offsite parking options that can save you $$ at the cost of a shuttle ride on either side of your cruise. These are the ones I can recommend. Which one is 'closest' is debatable (depends on terminal in question). I consider them equal distance wise.

 

https://parkncruiseportcanaveral.com/

https://www.parkportcanaveral.com/

https://portparkingspace.com/

 

With an advanced reservation they are ALL cheaper than the port garages .... which one is least varies daily!!!!!!! They jockey for business . . . as I type Park Port Canav' is $8.95/day vs the port $17 / day

 

the port parking is USUALLY in a garage structure and these other places are NOT but they are fenced with video security.  I've used the first several times with ZERO issues or concerns and they are the first one you hit on 528 from Orlando.

 

https://parkncruiseportcanaveral.com/  As you said, we, too, have used this lot several times but not for 4-5 years.  We would drive in, stop under the canopy, unload the baggage, board the shuttle and they would park our car.  We plan to use them next Apr and wondered if their procedure was the same.  I appreciate your response.

Edited December 2, 2022 by scooter6251

[DebQ5]

On 12/2/2022 at 1:50 PM, scooter6251 said:

 

https://parkncruiseportcanaveral.com/  As you said, we, too, have used this lot several times but not for 4-5 years.  We would drive in, stop under the canopy, unload the baggage, board the shuttle and they would park our car.  We plan to use them next Apr and wondered if their procedure was the same.  I appreciate your response.

This Site says their shuttles start at 10:30 am.  Is there no way to get to the terminal before that if you park off-site?  I've only ever parked on-site, but read recently that if you have a Saturday departure, it might be full 😞

[EatonDoolittle]

1 hour ago, DebQ5 said:

This Site says their shuttles start at 10:30 am.  Is there no way to get to the terminal before that if you park off-site?  

 

You can get an Uber from Park Port Canaveral to the port if the shuttles are not efficient enough for you. I did once right after the startup last November when they were short drivers and vans. I don't recall how much, but it was worth it to me, since back then they had stricter adherence to boarding times. 5 - 10 minutes ride

 

I parked with them again in April and they had everything together by then.  They do load and go by cruise line,  and first come, first served. 

If you do Uber, tell them you are at the parking lot facility, not at the Radisson front door, so they can find you easier.