Port Canaveral Tops Off Massive 13-Story Cruise Parking Garage
If you're sailing from Cruise Terminal 6 or Terminal 5 (Carnival, Princess, Royal Caribbean, or Norwegian) this fall, expect this new garage to be your parking option once it opens, though no exact date is set yet. A pedestrian bridge will link it to Terminal 5. Interior work like pay stations, striping, and signage still needs to finish first, so check Port Canaveral's updates before your sailing for the opening announcement.
A $93 million, 1.2-million-square-foot garage topping off in under six months is a fast build, and my read is Port Canaveral is racing to get ahead of the parking crunch before it becomes a bottleneck for the Terminal 6 and Terminal 5 crowd — Carnival, Princess, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian guests all funnel through there. Eight extra-large elevators and a pedestrian bridge to Terminal 5 tell me they're thinking about luggage flow, not just car counts. Nearly 17,500 total spaces across eight garages is a real number worth remembering if you've ever circled a Port Canaveral lot at 10am on embarkation day. The exterior being done doesn't mean it's open — pay stations, striping, and signage are still pending, so I wouldn't bank on this garage for a fall cruise until Port Canaveral confirms a date. This is one piece of the port's $1 billion Advantage plan, and I'd expect more of these announcements as the Terminal 10 expansion also moves along.