Parking in Port of Tampa

[felton183]

We will be sailing on Brilliance on April 6th and was wondering about parking at the terminal.  Traveling with people with walking distances issues so what are our options?  Thanks in advance

[Clarea]

You can use valet parking there for a flat $20 fee over and above the regular daily parking fee.  Right next to the terminal.

[JKCamara]

You can easily drop off anyone right at the terminal that may have mobility issues. The parking garage is right across the street and just a short walk to get there. Of course there is always the option to valet as mentioned above. 

[LeeW]

Garages are maybe 1/4 mile from terminals, across the main road.  Advantage of valet is that if you sail from one terminal and return at a different one (we did on Brilliance) they will still go get the car for you.  Or you could drop people/luggage off and take car over to garage.  There was a handicap lot right next to terminal but we were at a different terminal about 3 ship lengths away coming back.

Edited February 20, 2019 by LeeW
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[island lady]

Broke my foot on first night on Brilliance last year.  Crutches, wheel chair...oh joy.  Was very easy for the DH to walk to and pick up the car at parking area right in front of the ship, then drive up the ramp to pick myself and our luggage up.  

 

Keep in mind parking garage is further down the street since RCI uses the "new and improved" old T6 now.  Tried one of the off site private parking companies once...never again...what a nightmare!  😮 

[LC2626]

We use Parking Doctors, driver drop off luggage and myself. He rides the shuttle back and meets me at port. Used them 3 times and no issues! 

[molly361]

4 hours ago, island lady said:

Broke my foot on first night on Brilliance last year.  Crutches, wheel chair...oh joy.  Was very easy for the DH to walk to and pick up the car at parking area right in front of the ship, then drive up the ramp to pick myself and our luggage up.  

 

Keep in mind parking garage is further down the street since RCI uses the "new and improved" old T6 now.  Tried one of the off site private parking companies once...never again...what a nightmare!  😮 

Brilliance is back to sailing out of terminal 3.  At least that is where we are leaving from next month

[molly361]

We love the valet parking at Tampa.  Well worth the extra $20

[Snit13]

6 hours ago, island lady said:

 

 

Keep in mind parking garage is further down the street since RCI uses the "new and improved" old T6 now.  Tried one of the off site private parking companies once...never again...what a nightmare!  😮 

We did that the first time we sailed out of Tampa.  Never, never again.  Valet parking at Tampa is awesome.

[island lady]

16 hours ago, molly361 said:

Brilliance is back to sailing out of terminal 3.  At least that is where we are leaving from next month

 

That's good.  I definitely prefer T3...T6 is just too small to use as a terminal for a cruise ship..IMHO. And we love being able to park in the covered garage across the street.  Same price as the open parking lot at T6

[LeeW]

On 2/20/2019 at 3:18 PM, molly361 said:

Brilliance is back to sailing out of terminal 3.  At least that is where we are leaving from next month

 

We sailed out of 6 and came back to 3.  Cuba cruises seem to get T3 if they are in.  Tampa port schedule works well: https://www.porttb.com/cruise-schedules

[felton183]

Just looked at the port schedule for Tampa and it says Brilliance is out of T2.  We bought the Park Connect pass and it just says Channelside parking garage at 369 South 12th street which looks like it is nowhere near T2.  My brother in law has mobility issues so maybe we should have valet.  Does anybody know how far this garage is from T2, thought it was across the street.  Thanking in advance.

 

[Clarea]

12 minutes ago, felton183 said:

Just looked at the port schedule for Tampa and it says Brilliance is out of T2.  We bought the Park Connect pass and it just says Channelside parking garage at 369 South 12th street which looks like it is nowhere near T2.  My brother in law has mobility issues so maybe we should have valet.  Does anybody know how far this garage is from T2, thought it was across the street.  Thanking in advance.

 

 

You can always drop off people at the terminal and then park.

 

Also, valet is a great service at Tampa.  Just a flat $20 extra over what you would normally pay in the parking structure.

[lovesthebeach2]

On 2/20/2019 at 12:13 PM, Host Clarea said:

You can use valet parking there for a flat $20 fee over and above the regular daily parking fee.  Right next to the terminal.

 

Valet is the way to go there.... like a bob said, it’s only 20.00 more than self parking there and well worth it, they get your car quick and easy.

[molly361]

5 minutes ago, Host Clarea said:

 

You can always drop off people at the terminal and then park.

 

Also, valet is a great service at Tampa.  Just a flat $20 extra over what you would normally pay in the parking structure.

Our car is in the valet lol as I type😇

[goofyliz]

On 2/20/2019 at 12:13 PM, Host Clarea said:

You can use valet parking there for a flat $20 fee over and above the regular daily parking fee.  Right next to the terminal.

I just got back from Holland America Rotterdam cruise today, 2/31/19.  My credit card information was stolen and the last charge on it was for valet parking curbside.  Just be careful or bring cash $120 for a week.

[njkruzer]

We used Valet over new years.  It was great.  Prepaid online, printed out receipt. Worked great.