Port Canaveral Cruise Terminals

Port Canaveral has seven cruise terminals, numbered 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 10, with three on the south side and four on the north side, all addressed in Cape Canaveral 32920.

Street addresses come from the Port Canaveral terminal map (Port Canaveral Cruise Terminal Map), the A and B grouping and harbor side from the parking page (Port Canaveral Directions and Parking), and the route column from the seven arrival guides for Terminals 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 10. The Port Canaveral facts page confirms the total of seven (Port and Cruise Facts).

Two details in the Port Canaveral lists stand out. The numbering skips 4, 7 and 9, and no Port list shows a Terminal 4. And the Port's written driving directions from the three airports point only Terminals 1 and 3 to Exit 54B, leaving Terminal 2 unnamed, although the parking page puts Terminal 2 in the same south side B group (Port Canaveral Cruise Terminal Map). Terminals 2 and 3 share Christopher Columbus Dr., while all four A terminals line Charles Rowland Dr.

The cruise line assigns the terminal for each sailing at Port Canaveral, and the Port tells passengers to confirm it with the line or travel agent because assignments can change.

The Port's HTML pages do not publish a fixed pairing of ships and terminals. Its parking page states that ship schedules and assigned terminals are subject to change and that the cruise line or travel agent holds the latest information on where a passenger embarks (Port Canaveral Directions and Parking). Each arrival guide ends the same way, sending itinerary questions to the cruise line directly (Cruise Terminal 6 Arrival Guide).

Once the terminal number is known, the Port Canaveral arrival guide index is the starting point: it lists all seven terminals with addresses and links each to its own guide, and each guide offers a printable map (Port Canaveral Cruise Terminal Arrival Guides). The index promises directions, parking tips, check-in steps and arrival times, but the individual guides hold mainly route links and a map, so the cruise line's own documents remain the source for check-in times at the Cape Canaveral terminals.

Cruise Terminals 5, 6, 8 and 10 are the A terminals on the north side of Port Canaveral, reached from Exit 54A of State Road 528 and lined up along Charles Rowland Dr.

Coming from Orlando International Airport, the Port's route runs through the North Exit, then east on the State Road 528 toll road, then off at Exit 54A for the A terminals, about 45 minutes in all (Port Canaveral Cruise Terminal Map). The parking page lists Terminal 5 by its 9245 Charles Rowland Dr. address and gives Terminals 6, 8 and 10 a named parking garage with a matching passenger pickup and drop off entry at 9241, 9155 and 9005 Charles Rowland Dr. (Port Canaveral Directions and Parking).

The north side guides differ in their curbside steps. Terminal 6 is the only Port Canaveral terminal whose guide lists a separate luggage drop off route ahead of the passenger drop off and parking routes (Cruise Terminal 6 Arrival Guide). Terminal 8 lists a passenger drop off route and a parking route (Cruise Terminal 8 Arrival Guide), Terminal 10 the same pair (Cruise Terminal 10 Arrival Guide), and Terminal 5 a combined pickup and drop-off route plus parking (Cruise Terminal 5 Arrival Guide). The parking page lists Terminal 10's pickup and its drop off as two entries at the same address.

Cruise Terminals 1, 2 and 3 are the B terminals on the south side of Port Canaveral, reached from Exit 54B, with Terminal 1 on Discovery Rd. and Terminals 2 and 3 on Christopher Columbus Dr.

From Orlando Melbourne International Airport, about 25 miles south, the Port's route uses NASA Boulevard and U.S. Highway 1 north through Cocoa before turning onto State Road 528 East and taking Exit 54B for the B terminals (Port Canaveral Cruise Terminal Map). From Orlando Sanford International Airport, about 1 hour northwest, the route follows State Road 417 south for 23 miles to State Road 528.

All three south side arrival guides at Port Canaveral show the same two routes: one for passenger pickup and drop-off and one for terminal parking, each with a directions link, plus a printable map (Cruise Terminal 1 Arrival Guide, Cruise Terminal 2 Arrival Guide, Cruise Terminal 3 Arrival Guide). The parking page lists Terminals 1, 2 and 3 by terminal address only, without a separately named garage entry (Port Canaveral Directions and Parking).

On embarkation day passengers arrive at the boarding time the cruise line assigns and porters supplied by the cruise lines help with bags, and on return Port Canaveral operates as a CBP seaport with cruise ship processing.

Port guidance sets two clocks for embarkation: the boarding time assigned by the cruise line, and a 10 AM opening for the terminal garages and surface lots (Port Canaveral Cruise Terminal Arrival Guides). At the curb, porters help with baggage and parking staff send drivers on to the right lot; passengers can also be dropped inside the parking facility. On return, companions and bags can be collected at the terminal entrance, or passengers can walk their luggage to the car (Port Canaveral Directions and Parking).

CBP's port 1816 listing describes Port Canaveral as primarily a seaport with cruise ship and cargo processing, where CBP conducts admissibility activities and which is designated a Class A port of entry for all aliens (CBP Port Canaveral, Florida 1816). The CBP listing adds that the Port also performs agriculture inspections against animal and plant pests or diseases. The CBP office itself, at 200 George King Blvd, keeps weekday business hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm ET. CBP lists Port Canaveral among its biometric locations with technology available for entry (CBP biometric location, Port Canaveral). Under WHTI, a round trip from Port Canaveral counts as a closed-loop cruise, so CBP lets U.S. citizens come home on a birth certificate plus photo ID, though foreign stops may still demand a passport (CBP Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative).

On the landside, the Port Canaveral facts page says the Port follows security protocols in accordance with the U.S. Coast Guard and TSA (Port and Cruise Facts). The Brevard County Sheriff's Office precinct list includes Port Canaveral Operations at 640 Magellan Rd, paired with an operations phone and the Canaveral Port Authority's main line (Brevard County Sheriff Precincts).

Yes, at times: the Canaveral Port Authority reports that cruise berths also host commercial space company vessels and can take other ships when cargo berths are full.

In its 2025 Annual Report to Space Florida the Port says the Harbormaster assigns an alternate berth when a cargo berth is unavailable, and that the alternate may be an unconventional location such as a cruise terminal or the Cove District seawall on the south side of Port Canaveral (the Port 2025 report to Space Florida). The same report describes cargo berths, cruise berths and bulkhead areas used in 2025 by a combined fleet of 16 commercial space company vessels, such as drone ships and recovery vessels.

The terminals themselves are newer than the port. Port Canaveral was dedicated in 1953, cruise ships first came as port-of-call visitors in the 1970s, and 1982 brought both the first homeported cruise ship and the first terminal built for cruising (Port History).

Last verified: October 21, 2026, for the Port Canaveral cruise terminals: the seven addresses, A and B grouping, exits, all seven arrival guides, CBP port and biometric listings, the closed-loop rule and the 2025 berth report were each re-read.