Discovery Princess at Port of Los Angeles
Everything you need for boarding Discovery Princess (Princess) at Port of Los Angeles. Terminal info, parking, restaurants, hotels, and pro tips.
Historical Terminal Reference
Los Angeles World Cruise Center
Discovery Princess usually sails from Los Angeles World Cruise Center at Port of Los Angeles — this association is historical, so confirm with your cruise line. The drop-off lane, the sourced parking rate, and check-in timing are below.
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Upcoming Sail Dates
Current sailing dates are temporarily unavailable. Use the terminal, parking, hotel, and local guidance below, and confirm your itinerary with the cruise line.
We are not showing sail dates for Discovery Princess right now — our Los Angeles schedule is between checks, so this is a gap in what we can vouch for, not a sign the ship has stopped sailing. Your cruise line has the current dates.
Planning the rest of your port day
Parking rates, boarding windows and getting to the terminal are the same for every ship sailing from Los Angeles, so they live in one place: parking at Los Angeles, boarding tips and when you can board.
Historical Terminal Reference
Discovery Princess usually sails from here, but this terminal association is historical and may have changed. Confirm your terminal with your cruise line.
Los Angeles World Cruise Center
Drop-off: The terminal is at Berth 93, 100 Swinford Street, San Pedro, at the foot of the I-110. From LAX, take I-405 south, then I-110 south; from downtown Los Angeles, take I-110 south the whole way. Either way, exit at Harbor Boulevard, go straight through the Harbor Boulevard intersection, and turn right into the World Cruise Center. Coming from Long Beach you cross the other way — Ocean Boulevard to Seaside Avenue to the Vincent Thomas Bridge (CA-47), then the same Harbor Boulevard exit. Drop passengers and luggage in front of the terminal with the porters first, then go and park: Parking Concepts recommends it, and the courtesy shuttle back from the lots is a great deal easier without bags.
Parking: Parking is run for the Port by Parking Concepts, Inc. (PCI) in secured lots at the terminal — 2,560 spaces across the Port's three PCI-managed cruise locations, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with no reservation required. The rate is free for the first hour and $2 an hour after that, capped at $23 a day for a standard vehicle and $40 a day for an oversized one. These are surface lots with no posted height limit, which makes this one of the few West Coast cruise ports a roof box or a tall van can use, but there is no in/out access once you are parked and you pay on the way out. Cash, traveler's cheques and cards are all accepted. Free ADA-accessible shuttles run within the terminal on scheduled ship days.
Check-in tips:
- Finish your cruise line's online check-in before you leave home. More than a dozen lines work this terminal, each with its own window and its own app.
- Bring proof of citizenship plus a government-issued photo ID — a driver's license on its own is not accepted, REAL ID or not. A passport covers both. On a closed-loop sailing that starts and ends in Los Angeles, a state-issued birth certificate alongside your photo ID also works, and children under 16 need only the birth certificate
- Arrive inside the arrival window your own line gave you — on a busy morning two or three ships load here at once, and those windows are what shape the queue.
- Your booking documents name your berth. Nearly every sailing works Berth 92 or Berth 93 at the World Cruise Center itself, but the Port also berths the occasional very large or very small ship at Berth 46 or Berth 50, which are separate locations — check before you set the navigation
- Drop passengers and bags in front of the terminal before you park: the courtesy shuttle back from the lots runs on scheduled ship days only.
Los Angeles World Cruise Center parking & drop-off at Port of Los Angeles →
Getting to the Port
From Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
The Port measures its own terminal at 18 miles (29 km) south of LAX, and the route it publishes is I-405 south, then I-110 south, exit at Harbor Boulevard, straight through the intersection and right into the World Cruise Center. With clear roads that is a 30-40 minute drive. The 405 is the single least reliable freeway in Southern California, so on a weekday afternoon the same trip can take twice that.
Cost: No published fare. Rideshare is quoted in the app at booking and taxis run on the meter; neither the Port nor the terminal operator publishes a flat rate for this route.
From Long Beach Airport (LGB)
The Port puts Long Beach 10 miles (16 km) east of the terminal, and LGB sits just beyond it. Coming from that side you approach along Ocean Boulevard, Seaside Avenue and the Vincent Thomas Bridge (CA-47), then take the same Harbor Boulevard exit. LGB is small, single-terminal and quick to clear, so when the flight exists it is the least stressful way in.
Cost: No published fare for rideshare or taxi on this route.
From downtown Los Angeles
The Port measures downtown Los Angeles at 25 miles (40 km) north of the terminal, straight down the I-110 Harbor Freeway to the Harbor Boulevard exit. Metro also runs express service between San Pedro and Downtown LA, and Commuter Express, DASH and the local San Pedro Red Trolley all serve the area.
Cost: Metro and the local services publish their own fares; no cruise-specific fare exists. Driving costs you the freeway time and then the terminal parking rate.
Driving & Port Parking
The terminal is at Berth 93, 100 Swinford Street, San Pedro, at the bottom of the I-110. Exit at Harbor Boulevard, go straight through the intersection, then turn right. Parking Concepts, Inc. runs the Port's secured cruise lots — 2,560 spaces across the Port's three managed cruise locations, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with no reservation required.
Cost: Free for the first hour, then $2 an hour, capped at $23 a day for a standard vehicle and $40 a day for an oversized one. Cash, traveler's cheques and cards are all accepted, and you pay on the way out.
Where can I park for a Discovery Princess cruise?
The sourced rate is above, in Getting to the Port.
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Nearby Restaurants
San Pedro Fish Market
Order shrimp by the pound at the counter, watch it hit the grill, and eat it on an outdoor deck over the water.
$$San Pedro Cafe
A plain diner breakfast at 7am, every day of the week, ten minutes from the terminal gate.
$Think Café
One kitchen that covers a 9am breakfast and a 7pm dinner, so a family with one fussy eater only has to negotiate once.
$$Niko's Pizzeria
Neighborhood pizza on 6th Street, five minutes from the terminal and the safest order in town with children in tow.
$$Nearby Hotels
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DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel San Pedro - Port of Los Angeles
Boats to watch from your own balcony, a pool and hot tub, and a free shuttle that saves a cruise-morning taxi for five.
Crowne Plaza Los Angeles Harbor Hotel
Two pool areas and a cruise package that carries the car and two adults down to the ship.
Vagabond Inn San Pedro
Cheap and functional: free parking, a pool open until 9pm, and a free lift to the port on cruise morning.
Embassy Suites by Hilton Los Angeles International Airport North
Two-room suites, a free made-to-order breakfast and an indoor pool, for the night you land rather than the night you sail.
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