The shore-days atlas
Cruise ports, rig included.
How the board works
Three verdicts. Zero guessing.
Each port carries one of three verdicts, derived strictly from what the port itself publishes. Where there's a printed RV rate, we quote it with the source. Where the answer is a height cap or a flat exclusion, we say so — and lay out the return-the-rig-first plan that actually works there.
RV parking published — the port prints a rig rate or lot; drive to the ship.
Confirm with the port — parking exists but the rig answer is size-priced or unpublished.
No rig parking — the port's own pages exclude oversized vehicles; the page plans around it.
The shoulder-day playbook
- 1 · Day before: a real itinerary — seashore, refuge, springs — from the place pages on this site, ending near the terminal.
- 2 · Sail day: park the rig at the port's published rate, or return the rental and board light.
- 3 · Gangway morning: no airport sprint — the post-cruise route starts where the ship stops.
Florida
Five ports, one peninsula.
Five homeports on one peninsula — the densest cruise coast on earth, with national seashores, springs and the Everglades stacked around every terminal.
5 ports
Port Canaveral
Cape Canaveral, Florida
RV parking published
Parking at the terminal is $20 per day plus tax — cars and RVs alike, day of arrival and day of departure included — paid on entry, cashless. Long-term garages and surface lots at every terminal run $17 per day plus tax.
PortMiami
Miami, Florida
RV parking published
County garages post long-term cruise parking at $25 per vehicle per day at most terminals; Garage AA and the Norwegian garage run $35. Rates and garage assignments are published per terminal.
Port Everglades
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
RV parking published
Published rates are $20 per day for cars and $25 per day for oversized vehicles. The port takes no reservations and no pre-payment — the daily rate starts when you pull the ticket.
Port Tampa Bay
Tampa, Florida
Confirm with the port
Self-parking is $18 per day plus tax, prepayable through the port's reservation system or on arrival. Oversized vehicles — over 7 feet tall or 18 feet long — stage in a separate area about a ten-minute walk out, priced by vehicle size.
JAXPORT Cruise Terminal
Jacksonville, Florida
RV parking published
Cruise parking is $34 per day, tax included, prepaid online or paid by card on site (no cash). JAXPORT posts oversized vehicles — anything taking two regular spaces — at the same published daily rate.
Gulf Coast
The warm-water working coast.
Galveston's island lots, New Orleans' walk-off terminals and Mobile's one-garage simplicity — with swamp boardwalks and barrier-island sand between them.
3 ports
Port of Galveston
Galveston, Texas
RV parking published
Official port lots price parking by cruise length, reservable online with a posted online discount. RVs and campers park in the port's economy lots and — depending on length — pay for a minimum of two spaces, double the standard-car rate.
Port of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
No rig parking — plan around it
Standard vehicles park at $25 per day at both terminals. The port's own FAQ states it can no longer accommodate oversized vehicles — anything over 6'4" tall or 22 feet long is referred to the port's parking operator for case-by-case options.
Alabama Cruise Terminal
Mobile, Alabama
RV parking published
Published rates are $21 per day for cars and $42 per day for RVs and campers, prepayable online against your license plate; the terminal also posts bus rates, and payment on site is kiosk or app, cashless.
Atlantic Seaboard
Baltimore to Boston, answers printed.
Drive-to ports with published rig answers on one hand and eight-foot Manhattan decks on the other — we print which is which.
6 ports
Port of Baltimore — Cruise Maryland Terminal
Baltimore, Maryland
RV parking published
Published rates are $25 per night for cars and SUVs; RVs pay $40 per night under 30 feet and $50 over 30 feet. No reservations are taken or needed — pay by card on arrival, cashless.
Norfolk Cruise Terminal
Norfolk, Virginia
Confirm with the port
Cruise parking runs from the city's Cedar Grove lot at 1000 Monticello Avenue — free shuttle to the terminal, lot opens on sail-day mornings. The city publishes no oversized-vehicle rate for the lot.
Manhattan Cruise Terminal
New York, New York
No rig parking — plan around it
On-terminal rooftop parking is $45 per night with taxes included, cashless. The posted height cap on the deck is eight feet — vehicles above it may not be accommodated.
Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
New York, New York
RV parking published
On-site parking at Pier 12 is a posted per-day rate with taxes included and no reservation needed; oversized vehicles stage in the open lot by the main security gate. Check the terminal's page for the current rate before you sail.
Cape Liberty Cruise Port
Bayonne, New Jersey
RV parking published
Published rates run $35 per day for standard vehicles; RVs and campers that occupy more than one space are charged double — $70 per day — in the open surface lot. The garage itself caps at 7'4", with the open lot beside it taking anything taller.
Flynn Cruiseport Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
RV parking published
The open-air cruise lot at 93 Fargo Street posts $25 per day, booked online in advance through Massport's parking partner — no drive-up sales. The lot's oversized class starts at just over 15 feet long or 5'10" tall, with a free shuttle to the terminal.
Pacific Coast
Alaska gateways and honest no's.
Seattle's rig-length parking menu, San Pedro's open lots, and the flat no's at Long Beach, San Francisco and San Diego — plus the parks around them all.
5 ports
Port of Seattle Cruise Terminals
Seattle, Washington
RV parking published
Official Pier 91 cruise parking publishes RV and overheight rates from about $47 per day, with weekly oversized rates posted by rig length — up to 30 feet and up to 40 feet tiers — and a free shuttle to the ship. Pier 66's downtown garage caps at 6'6".
Port of San Francisco — Pier 27
San Francisco, California
No rig parking — plan around it
No overnight parking exists at the terminal itself. The port's parking partner sells cruise parking in garages a short walk away, with posted height caps in the six-and-a-half-foot range — workable for cars, not for motorhomes.
Port of Los Angeles — World Cruise Center
San Pedro, California
RV parking published
On-site cruise parking posts a daily car rate with a higher posted daily maximum for oversized vehicles — surface lots with no height restriction, under the port's published tariff. Confirm the current numbers with the parking operator before sail day.
Long Beach Cruise Terminal
Long Beach, California
No rig parking — plan around it
The terminal's parking structure posts a seven-foot height limit and does not take vehicles needing more than one space — no RVs, no campers, no trailers at the dome.
Port of San Diego Cruise Terminals
San Diego, California
No rig parking — plan around it
The port's long-term cruise parking explicitly does not accept RVs, campers, trailers, dual-axle or other oversized vehicles, and indoor options cap at 6'6". Cars park fine; rigs have no berth at the pier.
Cruise ports, answered
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How current is the parking information?
Parking facts quoted from each port authority's published pages, checked July 17, 2026 — every detail page links its sourcesso you can re-verify before you sail.