Miami port

[Snowrellallm]

I've always taken a ship out of Port Canaveral. Does anyone know if Miami is the same?

Thanks!

 

[Mr. Drauer]

well it's not in the same place, so it's not the same Port. There are more ship terminals, Disney does not have a "Dedicated" parking garage, and it does not have quite the same "in and out" feel as PC. You still pull up along side to drop of bags to a porter, and then you can park your car if you have one. There is a security check to get into the terminal, and the X-ray security up stairs to get into the DCL check-in area. They still have photo spots, and kids club registration.

 

[jrabbit]

the terminal is smaller in Miami than Port Canaveral. Port Arrival Times are more enforced (I think).

When We Arrived (pretty early)


When We Boarded (an hour later)

 

[jrabbit]

and the view of Miami is nicer than Port Canaveral ....

 

[Dug720]

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Thanks for the Miami info! Between my two upcoming fathom cruises (I know it won't be identical to DCL terminal-wise, but view wise should be) and my Magic cruise, I'll be in Miami three times over the next 5 months!

 

[gatordoc]

Is there a particular parking structure that is closest to the Disney terminal?

 

[Capt_BJ]

follow the signs

Miami does not have a dedicated DISNEY terminal .... but they do have parking associated with each terminal.

Don't sweat it ..... Miami was a cruise port WAY BEFORE Canaveral was ...... they know how to handle things .....

 

[gatordoc]

follow the signs

Miami does not have a dedicated DISNEY terminal .... but they do have parking associated with each terminal.

Don't sweat it ..... Miami was a cruise port WAY BEFORE Canaveral was ...... they know how to handle things .....

OK, thanks. It's just the two of us, so we always carry on our luggage to have it and be able to unpack as soon as our stateroom is available. Can't really relax until everything is stowed. Canaveral is is an easy walk, but wasn't sure about Miami.

 

[monarchsfan16]

OK, thanks. It's just the two of us, so we always carry on our luggage to have it and be able to unpack as soon as our stateroom is available. Can't really relax until everything is stowed. Canaveral is is an easy walk, but wasn't sure about Miami.

We cruised out of Miami in April. Disney was cruising out of Terminal F. The porter directed us to park in garage G. It was diagonally across from the terminal, and the closest garage to the terminal. It wasn't a bad walk. We had left our real luggage with the porters because we had no desire to lug it around, but still had a relatively heavy backpack carry on, and we were fine.

 

[BartmanLA]

Sailed out of Miami in 2015 they have a couple of large parking structures and allow long term parking, for a 5 night cruise the parking will be around $100, just be sure to take your ticket with you for safe keeping. If you come in through the tunnel there are signs directing you to the cruise terminal, you can drop off your luggage and other guests curbside then go park the vehicle in the structure and then proceed to the ship (this is of course if you arrive in plenty of time prior to sailing).

 

[Peachykeane]

Can you make reservations for this parking or just available day of? Thanks!

 

[Dug720]

Do you get notification as to what terminal you're supposed to go to so you can tell your driver?

 

[monarchsfan16]

We did not have any advance notice about which terminal to go to. However, it appeared (and this is speaking as someone who has been there once and was navigating at the time), that it was really just a long row of terminals. Signage to the general passenger terminals was good, and then as we got closer, it was very obvious which terminal Disney was at.

In terms of the parking garage, not sure if you can make advance reservations. We just showed up the day of. Pricing is per night, and we paid on the way out. Last spring pricing was $20/night.

Edited: Dug720: just saw that you will be sailing Fathom. That ship was docked closer to the exit when we left, away from where most of the more mainstream lines (Carnival, Disney, etc) docked. I would just tell your driver which cruise line you're sailing.

 

[Dug720]

We did not have any advance notice about which terminal to go to. However, it appeared (and this is speaking as someone who has been there once and was navigating at the time), that it was really just a long row of terminals. Signage to the general passenger terminals was good, and then as we got closer, it was very obvious which terminal Disney was at.

In terms of the parking garage, not sure if you can make advance reservations. We just showed up the day of. Pricing is per night, and we paid on the way out. Last spring pricing was $20/night.

Edited: Dug720: just saw that you will be sailing Fathom. That ship was docked closer to the exit when we left, away from where most of the more mainstream lines (Carnival, Disney, etc) docked. I would just tell your driver which cruise line you're sailing.

Yeah... I was on fathom over Christmas. That cruise we were at Terminal E both times because we were the only ship in port on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Our information said Terminal J, but about a week before we got a text saying we had been changed to Terminal E. My next (and sadly last as it is ending) fathom is Easter week...so we'll see.

In Feb I'm on the Magic out of Miami.

 

[Tashamu2004]

We went out of Miami this month. The cruise terminal was fine to get in and out of and the parking was quick walking distance/no reservation needed. Our only beef with Miami was the massive amount of traffic!!! Stay close (within 15-20 min) or allow a lot of time for traffic. We missed our return flight because we stayed the day after the cruise 40 min away which turned into a 2 1/2 hr drive because of 5 separate accidents on their highway system!

 

[gatordoc]

We just returned from our first cruise out of Miami. No real problems with traffic getting to/from the port (our Sunpass came in handy for the express lanes), but once we were there it was a real mess. Lanes appearing and disappearing, taxis darting dangerously in and around everyone else, and no good direction on where to park. We finally saw the ship, and figured out which garage to park in, but this too was a nightmare. The garage has little to no signage in terms of which direction to go to find parking, and we were dismayed to find that there were no row numbers (or even floor numbers - we were only able to figure out what floor we were on by counting flights of stairs down). Getting out was no easier - again, little to no signage pointing to the exit. We had a great cruise, but really missed the much better arrival/parking/departure experience at Canaveral.

 

[trickiwoo]

When we sailed out of Miami, we stayed in a hotel near the airport that had free shuttles to the cruise port and free parking in the hotel parking lot for the cruise duration. I *think* it was a La Quinta, but I don't really remember... It was a year ago and our friends were the ones who booked the hotel. It worked out great. We told our shuttle driver what cruise line we were sailing on, and they dropped us off right at the ship!

 

[MunFam]

Do you get notification as to what terminal you're supposed to go to so you can tell your driver?

We just told our Uber driver "Port of Miami" and then when we turned the corner to the cruise ship terminal, we could see the Wonder and he looped us right on over to the drop off area. Its not like the airport where there are different terminals, each with their own enter/exit area. All cruise ships dock on Dodge Island, so you just loop around til you get to your ship. Have a look at google maps. It will make more sense to you.

 

[Dug720]

We just told our Uber driver "Port of Miami" and then when we turned the corner to the cruise ship terminal, we could see the Wonder and he looped us right on over to the drop off area. Its not like the airport where there are different terminals, each with their own enter/exit area. All cruise ships dock on Dodge Island, so you just loop around til you get to your ship. Have a look at google maps. It will make more sense to you.

I have been there over Christmas. In that case fathom was polite and told us which terminal to go to. It made things a lot easier as we could follow the signs directly there and not go "Oh there is the ship. Head that way."