Here is a photo of the area at Port Canaveral. There is really no area inside the terminal to wait. I suggest waiting as long as you can to get off the ship. They start letting people off the ship at 7:30am and everyone is off 9:00-9:30.
If you have early dinner you will go to early breakfast 6:45am. Late dinner late breakfast 8:00am. Cabanas serves breakfast 6:30-8:00.
We always do late breakfast. It usually takes about 45 minuets. Then it takes about 20-30 minuets to get off the ship, find our luggage and get through customs.
The area under the bridge between the parking garage and the terminal is a bit shaded so you could wait there.
There are some benches right outside the terminal. We waited there for our car to pick us up after we disembarked in PC in March. Our driver then texted us and we met him at the pick-up area.
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