Miami cruise parking for disabled vet?

[wgeddings]

My mother and father are going on a cruise out of Miami in November.  He is disabled (with disabled placard) and a vet but not a Florida resident.  I read that in PortMiami, free parking is only for disabled individuals with a special Florida resident sticker or a modified vehicle with the appropriate stickers and his mobility issues are not upper extremities so he does not have/need a specially equipped van.  So he would not qualify for free parking in the PortMiami parking lot.  

 

Does anyone know if there is discounted disabled vet parking anywhere else?  I know there was a special rate at a garage but I have heard that is not presently open.  

[capriccio]

Your interpretation of the PortMiami free parking for disabled vets is correct.

 

Pay for the parking at the port.  It is safe and much more convenient than using an off-site location that will involve shuttles to and from the port.

[Capt_BJ]

1) this is Florida law not Port of Miami policy

 

2) State says placard gets access to marked spots but NOT FREE unless . . . . 

[BlueHerons]

I think you have to pay to park.

[Host CJSKIDS]

There will be some handicap spots but they aren’t always easy to get and he will have to pay full price for the parking.  I do not know of any other offsite parking that would offer a discounted price to a handicapped vet.

 

Thank your father for his service please. 

[Capt_BJ]

Does anyone know if there is discounted disabled vet parking anywhere else?  I know there was a special rate at a garage but I have heard that is not presently open.  

 

you may be thinking of 'lots of honor' which is at Port Canaveral and NOT reopened so far as I know . . .

[Orlando Vic]

On 9/21/2021 at 3:26 PM, wgeddings said:

I read that in PortMiami, free parking is only for disabled individuals with a special Florida resident sticker or a modified vehicle with the appropriate stickers and his mobility issues are not upper extremities so he does not have/need a specially equipped van.  So he would not qualify for free parking in the PortMiami parking lot.  

It is available for totally (100%) disabled veterans with a Florida DV (disabled veteran) license plate. Any disability, as long as it is 100% disabling, qualifies for the DV plate.

Edited September 27, 2021 by Orlando Vic