Long Beach Parking for Carnival Imagination

[sweatdrop]

Just wanted to ask anyone who recently went on the Imagination if there were any problems or advice for using Carnival's off-site parking at the Long Beach convention center.  Received the notice back in November for our upcoming cruise that we can't use the port parking and wanted to know how the off site parking is.  Thanks for the help!  

[rhinomike]

On 12/25/2019 at 1:18 PM, sweatdrop said:

Just wanted to ask anyone who recently went on the Imagination if there were any problems or advice for using Carnival's off-site parking at the Long Beach convention center.  Received the notice back in November for our upcoming cruise that we can't use the port parking and wanted to know how the off site parking is.  Thanks for the help!  

When is your upcoming cruise?  Why can you not park in the parking structure at the port?  

[VentureMan_2000]

18 minutes ago, rhinomike said:

When is your upcoming cruise?  Why can you not park in the parking structure at the port?  

 

Construction.  They are adding to the parking structure for additional parking to support the larger passenger load for the Panorama.  The notice back in November saying that Carnival's off-site parking will be at the Long Beach convention center Mid December through October.  

[sweatdrop]

Going in January.  As VentureMan_2000 posted, Carnival sent notification back in November for those who booked the Imagination.  And based off a prior thread as well as family who went on the Inspiration, it seems to affect those who booked the Imagination. Seeing how there isn't much on the boards about parking problems and this topic has been up for several days, guessing I shouldn't worry about it too much.  

[DestineyFish]

It was great, the shuttle picked us up and they made handling our luggage super easy! Their free shuttles run throughout the day.  We had a big van and were only charged $60 for 4 days 😄

Edited December 27, 2019 by DestineyFish

[SadieN]

Parking will be charged to your onboard account.  Friends only got charged for their first of their b2b cruises.  

[rhinomike]

So this is only for Imagination and Inspiration?  I am on the Panorama....  will I park in the normal structure?  I have not received any notifications. 

[VentureMan_2000]

8 hours ago, rhinomike said:

So this is only for Imagination and Inspiration?  I am on the Panorama....  will I park in the normal structure?  I have not received any notifications. 

 

It affects all cruises between December 2019 through October 2020.

[rhinomike]

3 minutes ago, VentureMan_2000 said:

 

It affects all cruises between December 2019 through October 2020.

Nope. I just parked in the structure. The attendants said they block it off for Imagination and Inspiration. Parking in the structure is for Panorama only. 

[VentureMan_2000]

On 12/28/2019 at 3:41 PM, rhinomike said:

Nope. I just parked in the structure. The attendants said they block it off for Imagination and Inspiration. Parking in the structure is for Panorama only. 

 

I suspect they have not started improvements of the parking structure yet.  They are adding to both the front and back of the structure.

Check out slide 23 :  http://www.longbeach.gov/globalassets/lbds/media-library/documents/planning/environmental/environmental-reports/pending/long-beach-cruise-terminal-improvement-project/lb-cruise-terminal-improvement-project_june-2019

 

[Sotermarler]

On 12/27/2019 at 2:13 PM, DestineyFish said:

It was great, the shuttle picked us up and they made handling our luggage super easy! Their free shuttles run throughout the day.  We had a big van and were only charged $60 for 4 days 😄

Thanks for the info. We are going the end of January. 

[DestineyFish]

Have an awesome time! We did!  🙂 Videos a little shaky … The teens made it lol I will blame them! 

Edited January 9, 2020 by DestineyFish

[heckledtrio]

Interesting... we sailed the Panorama Dec 21-28 and there were no signs indicating restricted parking. No attendants upon entry, either, but perhaps we sailed before they started enforcing it? We simply drove in as we normally do when we sail out of Long Beach. Expensive, though-- they've raised rates to $23/day! 😞 😞 Manageable for a 3-or-4 day cruise on Imagination/Inspiration, but for the 7-day? Ouch! Would definitely be interested in looking at off-site parking options in future... 

[CCLcruiser91]

This is what I was told - "The parking structure is closed on Thursdays and Sundays for construction."

 

[CCLcruiser91]

Parked in the parking structure today 1/10/20 and I could not believe how empty it was at 11am.  Must be because of the Imagination cruisers not be able to park...  Nice for Panorama/ Inspiration cruisers!

[SadieN]

On 12/28/2019 at 3:41 PM, rhinomike said:

Nope. I just parked in the structure. The attendants said they block it off for Imagination and Inspiration. Parking in the structure is for Panorama only. 

Our January Imagination cruise boarding pass says to park offsite.  Our February Inspiration cruise boarding pass has no such restrictions.

[glrounds]

On 12/27/2019 at 11:13 AM, DestineyFish said:

It was great, the shuttle picked us up and they made handling our luggage super easy! Their free shuttles run throughout the day.  We had a big van and were only charged $60 for 4 days 😄

 

DisneyFish, I'll be there also a week from today. Is their signage directing you to the correct parking area and pickup point for Carnival passengers ? Was planning on using the parking structure at the port, but someone said it's $23/day now ! $15/day is much better. 🙂 Mapquest makes the journey to the Long Beach Convention Center very simple plus I've been there several times.

[Melanie H]

Just returned from the Imagination. Currently only Imagination passengers have to do the off site parking. 

[Sotermarler]

On 1/12/2020 at 9:55 PM, Melanie H said:

Just returned from the Imagination. Currently only Imagination passengers have to do the off site parking. 

Did you find the off site parking easy? Was it A pain to get back to your car after the cruise? We go on her next week.