Getting to Port Canaveral
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Ground Transfer
Disney Cruise Line operate return ground transfers for an extra cost of around $60 per person. A DCL representative will meet you at the airport and tell you where to board the coach. If you've been staying at a Disney Resort, you'll be told where and what time the coach will pick you up at the hotel.
If you get the coach from a WDW Resort, they generally only depart between 11:30am-12pm, meaning you only arrive at the Port after 1pm. Check-in will then be very crowded, and people who arrived in the morning will have first go at getting reservations for Palo, etc. If you've already reserved those things online or aren't interested this won't be an issue, but it can mean missing out on things if you are.
Town Car or Limo
There are a number of reliable companies in the Orlando area who will take you to Port Canaveral, either from the airport or an Orlando hotel. Travel in comfort and style in a town car or limousine!
Rental Car
If you've been using a hire car during a stay in Orlando it can be easier to keep hold of the car and drive down to Port Canaveral. You can then either return the car if the rental company has an office near the Port, which many of the larger ones do, or park on the secure car park opposite the DCL Terminal building.
It's very straightfoward to get to Port Canaveral and takes about 1hr 15 - 1hr 30 to get there from WDW.
From Walt Disney World:
- Take State Road 536 East which leads directly to the 417 (Greenway). State Road 417 is a toll road.
- Follow the 417 to State Road 528 (Beachline Expressway). State Road 528 is a toll road.
- Go east on State Road 528.
- At the fork in the road, veer right to stay on State Road 528.
- Continue on State Road 528 and make your way over the Indian River and Banana River.
- Turn onto State Road 401, which will loop and head north over the channel locks.
- Stay in the right-hand lane and follow the signs to Cruise Terminal A.
From Orlando International Airport to Port Canaveral
- Take State Road 528 East (Beachline Expressway). State Road 528 is a toll road.
- Continue on State Road 528 and make your way over the Indian River and Banana River.
- Turn onto State Road 401, which will loop and head north over the channel locks.
- Stay in the right-hand lane and follow the signs to Cruise Terminal A.
From Orlando International Airport to Port Canaveral
- Take State Road 528 East (Beachline Expressway). State Road 528 is a toll road.
- Continue on State Road 528 and make your way over the Indian River and Banana River.
- Turn onto State Road 401, which will loop and head north over the channel locks.
- Stay in the right-hand lane and follow the signs to Cruise Terminal A.
From North Florida to Port Canaveral
- From I-95 South, take Exit #205 to reach State Road 528 East (Beachline Expressway). State Road 528 is a toll road.
- Continue on State Road 528 and make your way over the Indian River and Banana River.
- Turn onto State Road 401, which will loop and head north over the channel locks.
- Stay in the right-hand lane and follow the signs to Cruise Terminal A.
From South Florida to Port Canaveral
- From I-95 North, take Exit #205 East to reach State Road 528 East (Beachline Expressway). State Road 528 is a toll road.
- Continue on State Road 528 and make your way over the Indian River and Banana River.
- Turn onto State Road 401, which will loop and head north over the channel locks.
- Stay in the right-hand lane and follow the signs to Cruise Terminal A.
Parking at Port
If you've taken your own car, or wish to park a rental car at port, there is a parking garage right across from the terminal building.
These are the charges (subject to change):
3-night cruise - $60
4-night cruise - $75
5-night cruise - $90
7-night cruise - $120
Alternatively, use a different parking service, such as Park 'n' Cruise, who charge around $6.99 a day.
