Port Canaveral Cruise Parking

Port Canaveral parking costs $20.00 per day plus tax for a car or an RV, and the day the ship leaves and the day it returns are both billed.

The rate is the same in every garage and surface lot the Canaveral Port Authority runs beside its cruise terminals, and the Port says the lots are next to each terminal, and that no shuttles are needed (Port Canaveral Directions and Parking). The published figure covers vehicles and RVs alike. The Port warns that rates can change without notice and lists 321-783-7831 for the current figure.

Volume is large. The Port Canaveral cruise page counts more than 1M vehicles parked in fiscal year 2025 (Port Canaveral cruise page), and the Port's 2023 economic contribution study notes that over $41 million in parking fees were collected by the Canaveral Port Authority in the 2023 cruise year, an amount the study left out of passenger spending to avoid counting it twice (2023 Economic Contribution of Port Canaveral).

The table below lists the facility named for each Port Canaveral terminal, since drivers who know the terminal number can head straight to the right structure.

Each Port Canaveral terminal has its own garage or surface lot at or beside the terminal address, with the north side A terminals off Exit 54A and the south side B terminals off Exit 54B.

The Port Canaveral parking page lists a named parking garage only for Cruise Terminals 6, 8 and 10, each sharing its street number with the terminal's pickup and drop off point, and lists Terminals 1, 2, 3 and 5 by terminal address alone (Port Canaveral Directions and Parking). The arrival FAQ still states that every terminal has a garage and surface lots (Port Canaveral Cruise Terminal Arrival Guides). Street numbers match the Port Canaveral terminal map, which puts all seven in Cape Canaveral 32920 (Port Canaveral Cruise Terminal Map).

The exit split matters on State Road 528. Port directions send A terminal traffic (CT-5, -6, -8 and -10) to Exit 54A and B terminal traffic to Exit 54B, and the written route names CT-1 or CT-3 for 54B even though the parking page places Terminal 2 in the B group as well (Port Canaveral Cruise Terminal Map). Drivers coming from I-95 reach the same corridor at exit 205, where CBP's directions to its own Port Canaveral office merge onto FL 528 East toward Canaveral (CBP Port Canaveral, Florida 1816). The cruise line's boarding documents decide the terminal, and the Port notes that assigned terminals can change, so the Port points passengers to their travel agent or cruise line for the latest information on where they embark.

Port Canaveral parking is paid by card at the lot entrance before the cruise, the lots open at 10 AM on sailing days, and refunds are handled by phone on weekdays.

Cash is not accepted anywhere in Port Canaveral cruise parking; the Port takes American Express, Visa, MasterCard and Discover (Port Canaveral Directions and Parking). The cruise page FAQ phrases the rule as pay on entry before the cruise, and adds that every terminal has a garage and surface lots for long-term parking (Port Canaveral cruise page). The Port states that it does not take parking reservations and that there is plenty of parking at every cruise terminal.

Embarking passengers cannot enter the terminal garages or surface lots before 10 AM, and the arrival FAQ asks them to follow the boarding time their cruise line set (Port Canaveral Cruise Terminal Arrival Guides). Returning passengers can reach their vehicles at any hour, and the Port says all its parking facilities are patrolled 24 hours a day (Port Canaveral Directions and Parking).

Refund requests go to the Canaveral Port Authority at (321) 783-7831, choosing the Cruise Parking option, Monday through Friday, with the sailing date at hand (Port Canaveral Directions and Parking). The Port Canaveral page does not list refund conditions, so the phone call is the only published route.

A disabled parking placard alone does not waive Port Canaveral cruise parking; the fee is waived only for vehicles with adaptive equipment, a Florida Toll Exemption Permit or a Florida Disabled Veteran plate.

Port Canaveral offers disabled parking spaces, and its parking page sets out the three waiver cases: vehicles with special equipment such as ramps, lifts, or foot or hand controls; vehicles displaying a Florida Toll Exemption Permit as explained in s. 316.1964; and vehicles displaying a Florida Disabled Veteran (DV) license plate issued under s. 320.084, s. 320.0842 or s. 320.0845 (Port Canaveral Directions and Parking). Parking agents will not grant waivers for any other reason, and the waiver applies only when the vehicle is carrying the person with the disability.

Florida law addresses the kind of charge Port Canaveral describes. Subsection (3) of section 316.1964 permits a state, county or municipal parking facility serving an event at a convention center, cruise-port terminal or stadium to charge a vehicle with a disabled permit the same fee as everyone else (Section 316.1964, Florida Statutes). The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles summarizes the same point, listing cruise port terminals among the government lots that may charge (FLHSMV disabled parking permit FAQ).

Airport parking on the way to Port Canaveral follows a different rule, and the two state sources word it differently. The FLHSMV FAQ says no publicly owned or operated airport may charge for a vehicle with a disabled parking permit, while subsection (7) of the statute lets airports charge permit holders but requires free parking for DV plates, adaptive equipment and the Toll Exemption permit (FLHSMV disabled parking permit FAQ, Section 316.1964, Florida Statutes). Drivers relying on either rule at Orlando International Airport should ask the airport directly.

Every Port Canaveral cruise terminal has oversized spaces for RVs and buses at the same $20.00 daily rate, and drivers drop passengers and bags at the terminal before parking.

The arrival FAQ confirms oversized vehicle parking at every Port Canaveral terminal and repeats that the daily rate applies to vehicles and RVs, arrival and departure days included (Port Canaveral Cruise Terminal Arrival Guides). For drop-off, the Port asks drivers to go directly to the terminal, where porters take the bags and parking staff point the driver to the right garage or lot; drop-off can happen in front of the terminal or inside the parking facility (Port Canaveral Directions and Parking).

At the end of the cruise the order reverses at Port Canaveral. Passengers can collect the car and pick up companions and luggage at the terminal entrance, or walk their bags out to the vehicle and leave when ready (Port Canaveral Directions and Parking).

Passengers who skip Port Canaveral parking can arrive by rideshare, rental car shuttle, hotel shuttle or a cruise line transfer, all of which the Port lists.

The Port Canaveral transportation page confirms that Uber and Lyft operate at Port Canaveral, that major rental car companies shuttle customers to and from the port, and that many area hotels run complimentary or scheduled shuttles arranged directly with the hotel (Port Canaveral Guest Transportation). The same page tells passengers to check with their cruise line about airport transfers.

The free lots at the Port Canaveral boat ramps serve boat ramp users. Parking is free at Rodney S. Ketcham Park, on the west side of the port near the Canaveral locks, and at Freddie Patrick Park, next to Jetty Park, but only for boaters, and the Port allows a vehicle to stay overnight only while its owner is out fishing on a boat (Port Canaveral Boat Ramps). Jetty Park requires a day, military or annual pass for every arriving vehicle, and rideshare passengers without a pass are dropped off and picked up outside the park (Port Canaveral Park Services FAQs).

Last verified: October 21, 2026, for Port Canaveral parking: the daily rate, cashless rule, 10 AM opening, refund line, garage list and disabled waiver were re-read on the Port pages, alongside section 316.1964 and the FLHSMV permit FAQ.