Cruise Transfers — Long Beach Cruise Terminal

Embarkation: the right terminal, at the right hour

Under the Queen Mary dome, about thirty-five minutes from LAX and fifteen from Long Beach Airport.

Worth knowing. Long Beach and San Pedro are twenty minutes apart and are frequently confused. Check the ticket, not the region.

A cruise port is not one address. Your boarding pass names a terminal that changes between sailings, and a chauffeur who takes you to the wrong one costs you an hour in a queue of taxis. We match the terminal to the ship and the sail date at booking, then schedule the drop-off inside your assigned boarding window rather than at the earliest possible moment — arriving three hours early at a cruise terminal buys a longer queue, not a better cabin.

Disembarkation: pier pickup without the scrum

Disembarkation mornings are chaotic and the published times are optimistic. We hold the car and give you ninety minutes of complimentary wait from your stated pier time. You text when you clear customs and the vehicle is in the pickup lane within minutes. For groups we stage several vehicles and load them in sequence, which is the difference between a party of thirty reaching the airport together and reaching it over four hours.

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Before and after the sailing

Los Angeles is not one city and it is not one airport. LAX is the default and frequently the wrong answer: Burbank is better for the studios and the Valley, Long Beach and Orange County for the south, Ontario for the Inland Empire, and Van Nuys for almost every private arrival. Choosing correctly saves more time than any driving skill can.

A pre-cruise hotel night, a gap-day city tour or a provisioning stop on the way to the pier are all added to the same booking. The Travel Center books the hotel and the flight alongside the car if you want a single itinerary.

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