Cruise Terminal Transfers
San Diego Cruise Terminal Transportation
Avant Limo provides private San Diego cruise terminal transportation to the city’s own downtown cruise piers, B Street Pier and Broadway Pier, for travelers sailing on Holland America, Disney Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises, Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean, and the other lines that call San Diego home port. Your chauffeur handles the drop-off on embarkation day, the luggage, and the pickup when you disembark, timed around your specific sailing rather than a fixed schedule. Avant’s fare is quoted on request once we know your pickup zone and pier, all-inclusive with no surge pricing and no hidden fees.
B Street Pier and Broadway Pier: San Diego’s cruise terminal
San Diego’s cruise terminal sits on the downtown waterfront at two adjacent piers: B Street Pier & Cruise Ship Terminal, 1140 North Harbor Drive, the port’s main and largest terminal, and Broadway Pier, 1100 North Harbor Drive, used for overflow sailings and larger ships. The two piers are effectively across the street from one another, so for the purposes of getting you there and back, "San Diego cruise terminal" covers both. Your chauffeur confirms which pier your specific sailing uses before the trip, since a cruise line can be assigned to either one depending on the ship and the date.
Cruise lines sailing from San Diego
San Diego is a home port or port of call for a wide range of major cruise lines, including:
- Holland America
- Disney Cruise Line
- Celebrity Cruises
- Windstar Cruises
- Norwegian Cruise Line
- Oceania Cruises
- Royal Caribbean
- Princess Cruises
- MSC Cruises
- Viking Cruises
- Silversea Cruises
- Hurtigruten
Drop-off, luggage, and embarkation day
Arriving for embarkation, you’re directed to the pier by showing your ID and your cruise ticket for that sailing date, so the drop-off itself is brief: your chauffeur pulls up curbside, unloads your luggage, and you walk in with nothing further to arrange. There’s no long check-in process to build a schedule around and no lot to search for a space in first.
On disembarkation day, we track your cruise line’s estimated arrival and have your chauffeur waiting once you’re clear of the terminal, so the return leg is as unhurried as the drop-off. The Black SUV (up to 7 passengers) has the room for a family’s worth of cruise-sized luggage; the Luxury Sedan (up to 3) suits a couple traveling lighter.
Flying in the same day: SAN to the pier
San Diego International Airport (SAN) sits about 2.5 miles from the cruise terminal, roughly a 10-minute drive, one of the shortest airport-to-port distances of any major cruise city in the country. That makes a same-day fly-in workable in a way it isn’t at most other home ports: land at SAN, and your chauffeur has you at the pier well ahead of boarding, tracking your flight the same way we would for any Avant airport transfer. If your trip starts or ends with a flight, pair this page with our San Diego airport car service for the full itinerary.
Drop-off vs. parking at the port
There is no official long-term parking at B Street Pier or Broadway Pier itself, so anyone driving themselves to the port for a multi-day sailing has to book a nearby third-party lot instead. Ace Parking operates several lots in the immediate port area, running roughly $15 to $40 a day, while other off-site lots farther from the water run about $6 to $20 a day; the closest options, directly across the street from the terminal, are the Wyndham San Diego Bayside, the BRIC North Garage, and the BRIC South Garage. Those rates are set by the parking operators themselves, not Avant, and can change by season and availability.
For a week-long cruise, that adds up quickly, often more than the transportation itself, before you’ve even found a shuttle back from the lot on return. A drop-off skips all of it: your chauffeur brings you to the pier, picks you up again when you disembark, and no vehicle sits in a lot the entire time you’re at sea.
Cruise terminal transportation rates and booking
There is no single flat-rate table for San Diego cruise terminal transportation the way there is for some of our airport routes, since every trip starts from a different pickup zone across the county. Tell us your pickup address and which pier your sailing uses, B Street or Broadway, and we will quote a flat, all-inclusive rate before you book: fuel and taxes included, no surge pricing, no hidden fees. Gratuity is not included and is left to your discretion.
Every trip includes a professional, background-checked chauffeur and complimentary wait time, and we’re licensed and insured and available 24/7 by reservation, including early-morning embarkation windows. Reserve at least 24-48 hours ahead when you can, especially for a Saturday or Sunday sailing, when the port often turns over more than one ship at once. New riders save 15% on their first ride with code AVANT15. Call (619) 398-5432 or book online with your sailing date, pier, and pickup address.
Frequently asked
San Diego’s cruise terminal is on the downtown waterfront at two adjacent piers: B Street Pier & Cruise Ship Terminal, 1140 North Harbor Drive, the port’s main and largest terminal, and Broadway Pier, 1100 North Harbor Drive, used for overflow sailings and larger ships. They sit across the street from one another, so tell us which pier your cruise line has assigned for your sailing and your chauffeur will confirm the exact drop-off point.
There is no single flat rate for cruise terminal transportation, since it depends on your pickup zone and which pier your ship uses. Tell us your pickup address and we will quote a flat, all-inclusive rate before you book, fuel and taxes included, with no surge pricing and no hidden fees. Gratuity is not included and is left to your discretion. Third-party parking at the port is a separate cost set by the parking operators, not by Avant.
There is no official long-term parking at the terminal itself, so driving yourself means booking a nearby third-party lot: Ace Parking’s lots in the immediate port area run roughly $15 to $40 a day, other off-site lots run about $6 to $20 a day, and the closest options across the street, the Wyndham San Diego Bayside and the BRIC North and South garages, sit right at the port. For a multi-day cruise that adds up quickly. A drop-off avoids the lot, the daily rate, and the return shuttle entirely.
You’ll need your ID and your cruise ticket for that sailing date to reach the pier; drop-off itself is brief, not a parking situation. Cruise lines set their own boarding windows before departure, so check your specific line’s instructions and share that time when you book, so your chauffeur can build in extra buffer for port-area traffic on a day when other ships may also be boarding.
San Diego is a home port or port of call for Holland America, Disney Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises, Windstar Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Princess Cruises, MSC Cruises, Viking Cruises, Silversea Cruises, and Hurtigruten, among others. Whichever line you’re sailing, tell us your pier and sailing date and we’ll build the transfer around it.