Parking near Port of Miami

[BurtonRiderT6]

Are there any reputable (safe) parking lots if I'm to drive and leave my vehicle while on a cruise? Cost per day/week? I typically fly but this time it's going to be four of us and driving is looking like a much cheaper option. Thanks for the help.

 

EDIT: Do hotels offer parking if we stay with them?

Edited September 24, 2014 by BurtonRiderT6

[JohninDC]

Several hotels near the MIA airport offer parking packages - www.parksleepfly.com and www.stay123.com are two good sources.

 

Budget options that include a "free" shuttle to POM often suggested on these boards include Springhill Suites Medical Center, Comfort Suites North, and La Quinta East. Nicer hotels in a nicer area offering cruise parking deals can be found in the Blue Lagoon area. None include a shuttle back to your car - figure about $25+tip for the cab ride.

 

Parking at POM is covered, convenient and secure - but costs $20/day. :( Parking anywhere else will be less convenient, probably not covered, and for sure not as secure. It is your car - do you feel lucky? :confused:

[aliceison]

Someplace on this forum I read that a Handicap license plate gets Free Parking at the port itself? This was a really great response so wondering if you might know if this is still true and where if at all might I find that on the NCL website?

[JohninDC]

Someplace on this forum I read that a Handicap license plate gets Free Parking at the port itself? This was a really great response so wondering if you might know if this is still true and where if at all might I find that on the NCL website?

 

No longer true at POM - policy changed several months ago. :(

[capriccio]

Someplace on this forum I read that a Handicap license plate gets Free Parking at the port itself? This was a really great response so wondering if you might know if this is still true and where if at all might I find that on the NCL website?

 

It takes more than a Handicap license plate (I added bolding and red font to make it easier to read) (http://www.porteverglades.net/cruising/parking/disabled-parking/):

 

"In 1996 the Broward County Board of Commissioners, acting under authority of Florida Statute 316.1959, elected to charge disabled patrons of the Port Everglades parking facilities the same fees as are applied to all other patrons; and that pursuant to Section 3 of Statute 316.1964, "When a state, county, or municipal parking facility or lot is being used in connection with an event at a convention center, cruise-port terminal, sports stadium, coliseum, or auditorium, the parking facility may charge a person whose vehicle displays such a permit a parking fee in the same manner and amount as it charges other persons."

 

However, pursuant to Section 8 of the latter statute, any vehicle with specialized equipment such as ramps, lifts, or foot or hand controls, for use by the person who has a disability, or any vehicle that is displaying the Florida Turnpike Toll Exemption sticker, is exempt from any parking fees in Port Everglades.

 

Here is how to request free parking at Port Everglades:

At the entry of the Port Everglades parking garage, pull a parking ticket from the automated machine and get the attention of one of the parking agents in an adjacent exit booth. Advise that parking agent that you would like a disability waiver of parking. The parking agent will telephone for a parking supervisor who will come to the booth and examine your vehicle to determine if the driver/vehicle meets the criteria for a parking waiver. The parking supervisor 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 supervisor 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 the parking ticket by that parking supervisor and the parking supervisor will sign the ticket. At this point the driver will be given the parking ticket and directed to enter the garage.

 

Upon exit, the parking ticket with the recorded information and the parking supervisor's signature will be surrendered to the exit parking attendant and no parking fees will be charged.

For more information on disabled toll permits or to obtain a Florida Turnpike toll exemption sticker, visit the

Florida Commission on the Transportation Disadvantaged website

.

 

Port of Miami uses the same process (as of last March, I think).

 

Edited September 26, 2014 by capriccio

[aliceison]

Thanks........ sad for us!!!