Picking up at SF Cruiseport

[redleader74]

Greetings!  My post isn't really about SF shore excursions etc., rather, my folks are returning from a Hawaii cruise this coming Monday and I will be picking them up from the SF cruise port (Pier 27).  I dropped them off their as well but my guess is there's a bigger window for drop off than arrival/pickup.   Does anyone here have experience with picking up, whether the pick up area is really packed or if we are allowed to wait in the parking lot for them?  I'm not to sure at one time they will be coming off the ship.  Thanks!

[sfpd3000]

2 hours ago, redleader74 said:

Greetings!  My post isn't really about SF shore excursions etc., rather, my folks are returning from a Hawaii cruise this coming Monday and I will be picking them up from the SF cruise port (Pier 27).  I dropped them off their as well but my guess is there's a bigger window for drop off than arrival/pickup.   Does anyone here have experience with picking up, whether the pick up area is really packed or if we are allowed to wait in the parking lot for them?  I'm not to sure at one time they will be coming off the ship.  Thanks!

Yes, the pick up area will be packed.  The first folks start disembarking a little after 7am.  The last group will disembark around 9:30am.  Sometimes they are ahead of schedule; sometimes they fall behind schedule.  And no, you will not be allowed to wait in the parking lot for them as that is reserved for buses.  If they are mobile, they can walk across the Embarcadero, and you can pick them up there.

I will be working traffic control on Monday.

[redleader74]

Great! Thanks for the info.  They're seniors so i need to help them with their luggage so maybe I park across the street or some other place and meet them at disembarcation on foot. 

[sfpd3000]

2 minutes ago, redleader74 said:

Great! Thanks for the info.  They're seniors so i need to help them with their luggage so maybe I park across the street or some other place and meet them at disembarcation on foot. 

If you can get in touch with them by phone, they can tell you that they are about to disembark.  Then you can time it so that you can pull up to the terminal just after they come out.  It's always easier for them to wait.  After they come out of the terminal, they will turn right to the area where you dropped them off two weeks ago.  They can tell you which number they are waiting under.

[redleader74]

Ok that sounds good too.  Thanks!