Port Pavilion, Broadway Pier at the Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier
Drop-off directions, parking info, check-in tips, and ships sailing from Port Pavilion, Broadway Pier at Port of San Diego.
What is the address of Port Pavilion, Broadway Pier?
Tell your GPS: 1000 North Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101
The Port's own pages disagree about this street number, so treat it as approximate and navigate to the building. Its cruise terminal specification page prints 1100 North Harbor Drive, while its navigating-the-terminals page and its embarkation guide both print 1000 N Harbor Dr, and the ferry operator berthed at the same pier prints 990 N Harbor Dr. We publish the number two of the three Port pages agree on. Whichever you type, the target is the Port Pavilion, the glass building at the end of Broadway Pier, two blocks south of the B Street Pier.
Address published by portofsandiego.org — Navigating our cruise terminals, checked 2026-08-17.
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Drop-Off & Parking
Parking
None at the pier, and none anywhere else the Port controls, because the Port of San Diego states that it does not own or operate cruise parking and that long-term parking is not available at the cruise terminals. The operators are the same ones that serve B Street two blocks north, which is one of the few conveniences of a port with two piers a three-minute walk apart: San Diego's Park, Shuttle & Fly publishes a regular rate of $24.95 a day with a shuttle, Aladdin publishes $21 to $30 a day, and Ace Parking's BRIC South garage is walkable from either pier but quotes only by phone.
Drop-Off
Same rule as the pier two blocks north: the car goes onto the pier, not to the curb on North Harbor Drive. The Port's drop-off instruction is written for its cruise terminals rather than for one of them, and it is to be dropped off beyond the gate, on the pier. Print and staple your luggage tags before you set off, and do not arrive before 10 a.m.
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Check-In Tips
- Bring your picture ID, your ship boarding document, and your passport or birth certificate; the Port states you need all three to enter the cruise ship terminal and complete check-in.
- Passports are required on Mexico cruises. The Port says so without hedging, and a Baja itinerary is the most likely reason a third ship is berthed here in the first place.
- Confirm your pier from your cruise line's documents before you set off. Broadway Pier is the overflow berth rather than the default, so a reader who assumes B Street because most ships use B Street can be two blocks wrong on the wrong morning.
- Finish your cruise line's online check-in before you travel and do whatever its own app asks. Every line running out of San Diego handles boarding slots differently, so use your own line's instructions.
- Arrange mobility assistance with your cruise line before you leave home rather than at the pier, which is the Port's own guidance for both terminals.
- The pier forecourt being open around the clock is a fact about days with no ship alongside. On your sailing day it is a working cruise terminal, so treat it as one.
Broadway Pier is San Diego's other cruise terminal, and the Port is unusually candid about what it is for. The Port Pavilion, the glass building at the end of the pier, is described as a cruise ship terminal, an event venue, a public gathering space and a scenic viewpoint of San Diego Bay, in that order. It serves as a cruise terminal, in the Port's own words, when the nearby B Street Cruise Ship Terminal is accommodating two ships and a third ship needs a berth. So this is the overflow pier, and that shapes everything on this page. It is smaller than B Street at 52,000 square feet of terminal on a pier 1,000 feet long and 135 feet wide, with one berth, one shore power connection for vessels lying starboard-side-to, one mobile boarding bridge, and federal inspection facilities. It is 2.7 miles from San Diego International Airport, a third of a mile further than B Street, which is close enough to make no difference to anything except a taxi meter.
Where do I get dropped off at Broadway Pier?
On the pier, past the gate, exactly as at B Street. The Port writes its drop-off guidance once for its cruise terminals rather than separately for each, and the instruction is to have your ride drop you off beyond the gate, on the pier. There is one thing worth understanding about this pier that does not apply to B Street. When no ship is alongside, the Port states that the pier forecourt, the area between the Port Pavilion and North Harbor Drive, is open 24 hours a day. That is a genuinely nice thing about Broadway Pier and it is the reason people wander onto it at sunset. It is not a description of your sailing day. With a ship alongside, the forecourt is the working apron of a cruise terminal and access follows the terminal's rules, not the park's. The Port's timing guidance is the same at both piers: come at the boarding time your line gave you, and not before 10 a.m.
- Aim for the Port Pavilion, the glass building at the end of Broadway Pier, two blocks south of the B Street Pier.
- The Port's own pages give the street number as either 1000 or 1100 North Harbor Drive; we publish 1000, which two of the three agree on. Navigate to the building rather than the number.
- Drop off beyond the gate, on the pier, rather than on the North Harbor Drive curb.
- Do not arrive before 10 a.m., and otherwise arrive at your assigned boarding time.
- Bring your picture ID, your boarding document, and your passport or birth certificate; the Port states all three are needed to enter the terminal and check in.
- Print and staple your luggage tags before you leave, and arrange any mobility assistance with the cruise line in advance.
- The Coronado Ferry also boards from this pier, so on a sailing morning the pier is busier than its one berth suggests.
Terminal dimensions, berth count, shore power, boarding bridge and airport distance from the Port of San Diego's cruise facilities page. The pavilion's description and the 24-hour forecourt from the Port's Port Pavilion page. Drop-off, timing and documents from its "Navigating our cruise terminals" page. Ferry berthing from Flagship Cruises & Events' own ferry routes page. All read 2026-08-17.
Where do I park for a cruise from Broadway Pier?
The same places you would park for B Street, for the same reason: the Port of San Diego does not own or operate cruise parking, so none of the options belong to the pier you happen to be sailing from. Two blocks is not far enough for any operator to treat the piers differently, and none of them does. That is genuinely useful if your pier is uncertain. Because the Port does not publish pier assignments per sailing and Broadway is the overflow berth, a reader who books parking is booking it for San Diego rather than for a specific terminal, and every option below works either way.
- San Diego's Park, Shuttle & Fly on Pacific Highway publishes a regular rate of $24.95 a day and runs its shuttle around the clock to the cruise terminals. Its advertised $18.95 is a coupon rate the same page excludes cruise passengers from.
- Aladdin Airport & Cruise Ship Parking at 2548 Kettner Boulevard publishes $21 a day rooftop, $23 indoor and $30 quick valet, with a free shuttle and a 6 feet 9 inch height clearance.
- Ace Parking's BRIC South garage at 901 Bayfront Court is across the street from the cruise ship terminal and a short walk from this pier as well. It publishes no rate on its own site and quotes on 800.925.7275.
- Ace's Hilton Bayside Campus lot at 2137 Pacific Highway describes itself as less than a mile from the B Street and Broadway piers, reachable by a five-minute rideshare or a fifteen-minute walk, with no in-and-out privileges on the discounted rate. The rate itself is not printed.
- ABM's Campus at Horton Garage at 800 4th Avenue is covered, open around the clock and has no in-and-out access. Its rate is not printed on the pages we read.
- San Diego International Airport's long-term parking at 3501 N Harbor Drive is on the Port's cruise referral list, with covered parking, express checkout and electric vehicle charging.
The Port's position and its operator list from portofsandiego.org's long-term cruise parking page; rates from sdparkshuttlefly.com and aladdinparking.com; Ace facility details from cruiseshipparksandiego.com and sandiegocruiseshipparking.com. All read 2026-08-17. Operators that print no rate are described without one.
How do I get to Broadway Pier from the airport or downtown?
The Port measures this pier at 2.7 miles from San Diego International Airport, against 2.4 for B Street. In practice that is the same journey down North Harbor Drive with one more traffic light on the end of it, and every option that reaches one pier reaches the other. Broadway Pier has one advantage the bigger pier does not: it is the foot of Broadway, so the trolley at America Plaza and the Santa Fe Depot are both a straight walk inland, and MTS Route 992 runs along Harbor Drive past the door.
Driving & Parking Near the Piers
There is no port-run lot to aim for. The Port of San Diego does not own or operate cruise parking, so every car ends up with a private operator, and the Port publishes a referral list rather than a price list. The names on it are San Diego's Park, Shuttle & Fly, with two lots on Pacific Highway and a shuttle the Port describes as running 24/7 to and from the cruise ship terminals; Aladdin Airport & Cruise Ship Parking on Kettner Boulevard, with a free shuttle and live tracking; Ace Parking at the Wyndham, BRIC North and BRIC South; and ABM Parking on Harbor Island, in two surface lots and at the Campus at Horton Garage downtown. Only the first two publish a figure you can read before you call.
Cost: $24.95 a day at San Diego's Park, Shuttle & Fly, which is the regular rate — the $18.95 you see advertised is a coupon rate the same page bars cruise patrons from using. Aladdin publishes $21 a day on the rooftop, $23 a day indoors and $30 a day for Quick-Valet, all three framed as airport rates. Ace Parking and ABM Parking publish no rate on the pages we read; both quote by phone or email instead, and Ace's cruise line is staffed weekdays only.
From San Diego International Airport (SAN)
The airport is unusually close to the ships. Its own ground transportation page puts the Cruise Ship Terminal approximately two miles east on N. Harbor Drive, and the Port measures 2.4 miles to the B Street Pier and 2.7 miles to the Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier. Ground transportation of every kind leaves from the Transportation Plazas in front of Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, so the first decision after baggage claim is which lane you want rather than which road. Neither the Port nor the airport publishes a drive time for the trip; on 2.4 miles of Harbor Drive our own allowance is 10-15 min, and more than that on a morning when the piers are turning around three ships.
Cost: Not published by the airport. San.org lists where each mode picks up and prints no fare for taxi or rideshare, and the city page that once carried taxicab rates now returns a 404. The one published fare on this route is transit: MTS Route 992 is $2.50 for an adult one-way and $1.25 reduced.
MTS Route 992, the Airport Bus
Route 992's own timetable is titled "Downtown San Diego / via Cruise Ship Terminal / Harbor Drive", and the Cruise Ship Terminal is one of its published destinations alongside the Embarcadero and Waterfront Park. It connects to the trolley at America Plaza, Santa Fe Depot and Courthouse. The airport describes the route as serving Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 every day from 4:15 a.m. to midnight, roughly every 15 minutes, on wheelchair-accessible buses, and MTS puts the run between the airport and Santa Fe Depot at about 15 minutes.
Cost: $2.50 for an adult one-way and $1.25 for seniors, riders with disabilities, Medicare recipients and youth. A day pass is $6.00 adult and $3.00 reduced.
Amtrak and the Santa Fe Depot
Trains arrive downtown at Santa Fe Depot, on Kettner Boulevard, which is the closest rail arrival to the piers and the same station MTS Route 992 uses as its downtown anchor. The trolley meets the depot as well, so a rail arrival lands you on the right side of downtown for the waterfront without a transfer through the airport.
Cost: Fares vary by origin and are sold by Amtrak, so there is no flat figure to quote here. The onward leg is the cheap part: Route 992 and the trolley both serve Santa Fe Depot, at $2.50 for an adult one-way and $1.25 reduced.
Taxi & Rideshare
Both leave from the Transportation Plazas in front of Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 at San Diego International Airport, and rideshare pickup is specifically in the second lane of the Transportation Plaza. From downtown the piers are close enough that a cab is a short hop rather than a journey: the Port measures 2.4 miles to the B Street Pier and 2.7 miles to the Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier.
Cost: We publish no figure. The airport prints ground transportation locations rather than fares, and the city's taxicab rate page returns a 404, so every dollar amount circulating for this trip is a third-party estimate rather than a published fare.
Airport distance from the Port of San Diego's cruise facilities page. Route 992's alignment, destinations and trolley connections from the MTS timetable effective June 07, 2026. Both read 2026-08-17.
Pier questions travelers ask before sailing
When does a cruise ship use Broadway Pier instead of B Street?
The Port publishes the rule directly: the Port Pavilion serves as a cruise ship terminal when the nearby B Street Cruise Ship Terminal is accommodating two ships and a third ship needs a berth. B Street has two berths, so on a three-ship day somebody comes here. What the Port does not publish is which sailing that will be, so the rule tells you when the pier gets used without telling you whether it will be you.
How do I find out which San Diego pier my ship leaves from?
From your cruise line, not from the Port. The Port's own 2026-27 cruise schedule carries four columns, a date, a ship, a line and an itinerary, and no berth or terminal column of any kind. Its schedule footnote points readers at cruise line websites for the most up to date information. Your booking confirmation and your boarding documents are where the pier is named, and it is worth checking them the week you sail.
What is the address of the Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier?
Somewhere between 990 and 1100 North Harbor Drive, depending which page you believe, which is an unsatisfying answer we would rather give than a confident wrong one. The Port's cruise facilities page prints 1100, its navigating-the-terminals page and its embarkation guide both print 1000, and the ferry operator berthed at the same pier prints 990. We publish 1000 on the strength of two Port pages agreeing. Navigate to the Port Pavilion building itself.
Is there parking at Broadway Pier?
No, and not because this pier is small. The Port of San Diego states that it does not own or operate cruise parking and that long-term parking is not available at the cruise terminals, which applies to both piers equally. The published options are San Diego's Park, Shuttle & Fly at a regular $24.95 a day and Aladdin at $21 to $30 a day; Ace Parking's garage across the street from the cruise terminal is walkable from here but quotes by phone.
Can I walk onto Broadway Pier when there is no ship there?
Yes. The Port states that when there is no cruise ship in port, the pier forecourt, meaning the area between the Port Pavilion and North Harbor Drive, is open 24 hours a day. It is one of the better free things on the Embarcadero and the view down the bay is the reason. On a sailing day, though, treat the pier as the working cruise terminal it becomes rather than as public space.
Does the Coronado Ferry leave from the same pier?
It does. Flagship Cruises & Events runs its Coronado route from Broadway Pier to the Coronado Ferry Landing, a fifteen-minute crossing at a one-way fare of $9 for ages 4 and up, with departures roughly every hour. If you have a few hours before boarding and you are already standing on this pier, it is the best short outing at this port, and you do not need a car for any of it.
Plan the rest of your cruise day
San Diego cruise parking
Six operators, two published rates, and how to tell them apart.
Airport shuttle lots vs downtown garages
Which side of the parking decision fits your sailing.
The B Street Pier Cruise Ship Terminal
The bigger pier, and the one most sailings use.
Hotels near the San Diego cruise piers
The Embarcadero, Little Italy and the Gaslamp, by walking distance.
The San Diego port guide
Where to eat, what to do, and how the day fits together.
Where these facts come from
- portofsandiego.org — Cruise — checked 2026-08-17
- portofsandiego.org — Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier — checked 2026-08-17
- portofsandiego.org — Navigating our cruise terminals — checked 2026-08-17
- portofsandiego.org — Plan your cruise — checked 2026-08-17
- portofsandiego.org — Long-term cruise parking — checked 2026-08-17
- sdparkshuttlefly.com — Cruise parking — checked 2026-08-17
- aladdinparking.com — Reservations and rates — checked 2026-08-17
- sandiegocruiseshipparking.com — Ace Parking Hilton Bayside Campus — checked 2026-08-17
- flagshipsd.com — Ferry routes — checked 2026-08-17
- sdmts.com — Route 992 timetable, effective June 07, 2026 — checked 2026-08-17
Official terminal rates, hours, and rules change without notice. We date every fact we take from the operator so you can tell how fresh it is — reconfirm anything time-sensitive before you travel.
Current sailing dates are temporarily unavailable. Use the terminal, parking, hotel, and local guidance below, and confirm your itinerary with the cruise line.
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Last-Minute Needs
Everything within reach of B Street is within reach of here, two blocks closer to Seaport Village and no further from Little Italy. Seaport Village itself is about half a mile south along the water and opens at 10 a.m., which is late for a boarding-morning errand. For an actual pharmacy the nearest is the CVS at 510 C Street; for groceries, Albertsons at 655 14th Street opens at 6 a.m. There is no Target and no Walgreens in the 92101 ZIP code, per each chain's own store locator read on 2026-08-17.
Restaurants Near Port of San Diego
The Fish Market
Seafood market and restaurant on North Harbor Drive, seven minutes' walk from the pier
Price not published · 7 min walk south along Harbor Drive
Crack Taco Shop
Tri-tip tacos in Seaport Village, with the doors open from 7am every day
Price not published · 14 min walk to Seaport Village
Grant Grill at THE US GRANT
The breakfast option — 7am on weekdays, in a Broadway hotel dining room
Price not published · 16 min walk, or about 5 min by car
Queenstown Public House
New Zealand cooking in Little Italy, with a kids menu it publishes on its own page
Price not published · In Little Italy, a walk or a short ride up from the piers
Local Tip
The Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier is San Diego's second cruise terminal and, in the Port's own description, its overflow berth: it serves as a cruise ship terminal when the B Street Cruise Ship Terminal is already handling two ships and a third needs a berth. It is 52,000 square feet on a 1,000 by 135 foot pier with one berth, one shore power connection and one boarding bridge, 2.7 miles from the airport. Two blocks from B Street means the same parking operators serve both, and the same Port rules apply: drop off on the pier rather than on North Harbor Drive, and do not arrive before 10 a.m.
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