Handicap parking

[caligirlfashionista]

is parking free with your handicap placard at the long beach California terminal for the entire duration of your cruise and does anyone have to telephone number so that I may verify?

[Starlight Durban Cruising]

Carnival website says:

 

At the entrance to the Queen Mary, stay to the far right of the parking ticket taker for the Queen Mary; this lane is the entrance to the Long Beach Cruise terminal.

Follow the signs for Passenger Parking and Luggage Drop-Off area.

 

Port Parking: $15 per day (rates subject to change by Port Authority)

• 5-Story, 1450 space parking garage
  
• Full payment due upon exiting the parking garage.
  
• Accepted forms of payment: U.S. Dollars; major credit cards.
  
• No advance reservations required.
  
• Oversized vehicles will be charged per parking space.
  
• Handicap parking available with proof of valid permit.
  

http://www.carnival.com/cms/FAQs/Cruise_Ship_Terminals__Parking__Directions__LONG_BEACH_CRUISE_TERMINAL.aspx

 

I seem to recall that the rate might be $17 per night now. Not sure if the last item is meaning that HC gets a $ charge or a zero-charge. Try to phone Carnival or the Port of Long Beach.

[n6uqqq]

As my mom says " a dime to a bag of donuts " it will not be free for handicap parking.

[Tantra1]

I don't know about the west coast but in Port Canaveral you can get handicap parking but it will cost the same as regular parking. That's fine with me. I use it when I cruise from there and don't know a good reason why anyone should get free parking.

 

Cheers!

[mosaic_mom]

In the ports I have been to in Florida, handicap parking is only free if you have a vehicle that is handicap modified. I have a handicap license plate and it isn't free for us because my vehicle is not modified.

[caligirlfashionista]

Someone posted in the carnival secrets part 2 that if you had placard parkings free, I just wanted to verify

[The4Cruisers]

Why would it be free? (Just asking) I can see having reserved spots of course, but why would it be free?

[snowskier]

Why would it be free? (Just asking) I can see having reserved spots of course, but why would it be free?

 

I have no idea why it is free, but in many places it is. I agree 100% that handicap should not equal park free.

 

I have had a temporary placard for about 18 months now due to multiple knee and foot surgeries after I crashed and burned on the ski slope. I am amazed at how many places I can park free. POM was free last month but I read somewhere that has ended. Denver City parking is free for 4 or 5 hours, can't remember which, even if you aren't in a handicap spot. State of Florida has similar laws.

 

Once again, don't understand it, not worth my time to debate it -- but I certainly take advantage of it.

[SadieN]

Parking is $17/day. And they also charge by the hour. So if you arrive at 9am, but do not leave til 10:30 you will be charged the full days + the extra hour and a half.

 

Keep your receipt out as you will have to show it again.

[richfret]

Looks like the the rules changed just recently. Here they are for the Miami Port:

 

For Disabled Persons

 

Notice to Disabled Parking Patrons (Effective November 16, 2013 at 1201 A.M.)

 

Based on Ordinance 13-104 That Amends Section 30-338.2 of the Miami–Dade County Code;

 

Public parking charges WILL APPLY to vehicles parking at PortMiami’s public parking facilities that display a disabled parking permit or license tag, except as provided by Florida state law*. However, a vehicle displaying a disabled parking permit or license tag will be allowed up to two (2) hours of free parking. Any vehicle exceeding the two-hour free parking period will be charged for the entire time the vehicle uses the facility.

 

*In accordance with Florida state law, no parking charges will be imposed on any vehicle with specialized equipment, such as ramps, lifts, foot or hand controls, for use by a person with a disability, or any vehicle displaying the Florida Toll Exemption permit.

 

How to request complimentary disabled parking at PortMiami:

 

At the exit of all PortMiami parking garages, before handing the parking ticket from the automated machine to the parking attendant, advise the parking attendant that you would like a disability waiver of parking. The parking attendant will examine your vehicle to determine if the driver/vehicle meets the criteria for a parking waiver. The parking attendant will inspect the vehicle to determine if a Florida Turnpike Toll Exemption sticker is affixed to it and/or if the vehicle has specialized equipment and a hanging tag from the Division of Motor Vehicles verifying the equipment.

 

When the parking attendant verifies that a disability waiver of parking is allowable, the driver's name and address and the registration number on the sticker or hanging tag will be recorded on a form by the parking attendant.

[Splinter]

Handicapped cruise parking is available in San Pedro, Long Beach and San Diego, but it is the same price as regular parking. In San Diego there was a time a number of years ago where handicapped parking was free in Ace Parking lots (the largest parking company in San Diego) but this was due to a settlement in an ADA suit, and that ended several years ago.