Passengers at the Brisbane International Cruise Terminal will soon have 340 more onsite car parks because of a surge in demand.
Port of Brisbane CEO, Neil Stephens, said the extra capacity would be a great addition to the new terminal. It welcomed 138 vessels and almost 650,000 passengers in its first 12 months of operation. The car spaces for Brisbane Cruise Terminal will be completed in 2024.
Stephens said: “We experienced significant demand for onsite car parking last season, particularly during the busy summer months, and we expect similar again this year as passengers plan their cruise holidays.
“We hope the extra car park capacity will help ensure the experience for cruise passengers at the BICT is as seamless and easy as possible.”
Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd, owner of the BICT, will oversee the car park extension. It will increase the size of existing car parks 2 and 3 and relocate the staff car park. The additional car parks will increase total onsite car parking to 1282 parking bays.
Brisbane International Cruise Terminal is fast becoming a powerhouse port in the cruise market. The new car spaces will help even further.
Stephens said: “Brisbane has experienced a remarkable cruise recovery, with Brisbane International Cruise Terminal welcoming 12 different cruise lines throughout the season.”
“We’re also looking forward to a second successful season.”
Brisbane will welcome more than 160 vessels to the Brisbane International Cruise Terminal during the 2023/24 cruise season. It runs from October 2023-September 2024.
Ships like Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas, Carnival Luminosa putting Queensland cruising in direct competition with Sydney and Melbourne.
Wilson Parking will continue to manage the BICT space.
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I cannot fathom why public transport is not available to the terminal on cruise days. What were planners thinking of? It’s in the middle of nowhere. Again looks impressive visually but not well thought out from a practical consumer angle. And it’s easily fixed.
Agree this new terminal is disappointing. There is no proper undercover parking so we use Portside. The old terminal though small was at least in a nice position with shops and cafes. A ferry to city is definitely needed and I wish there was a moving walkway to ship like at airports as it is a long walk if a bit infirm. We have seen many struggling with the long walk.
What a disgrace building this terminal next to a sewage treatment plant. This certainly isn’t very welcoming for locals or visitors to Brisbane. The tourists also have no public transport to visit our city for a stopover day, and for locals the drive is not attractive.
My family are heading of on another cruise in February 24, so hopefully we might see some changes.
Dianne
Why no get a CityCat terminal. How hard would that be.
David
Coincidentally i know there is a nearby (2mins drive) industrial land site being developed as a parking support space. But we should have a ferry running and the airport train extended past the domestic terminal…
As a passenger i have used the wonderful new cruise terminal but options for public transport are non existence apart and expensive taxis or uber. Had to catch a uber to the nearest bus stop which was still $20 down the road. Surely there could be a bus service laid on from Doomben train station to the cruise terminal.
We got caught out not booking parking in time for our cruise. Fortunately our sons’ came to the rescue.
Apart from that, everything was seamless and the Cruise Terminal ran quickly and efficiently without any hitch getting on and getting off. We were off the boat and in our car in about 10 minutes which amazed me.
They’re only adding more parking because there’s no public transport of any kind. This dreadful terminal is located in the middle of an ugly industrial area, miles from the city and with only a tiny cafe for the passengers. It’s a prime example of why Sydney should never built a cruise dock in Botany Bay. The Qld tourism gurus should be ashamed.
Needs more retail perhaps dfo would be good too many people for 1 coffee shop also it’s not a very nice area very industrial
We recently visited the cruise terminal to check out the parking situation as we are cruising in December.
After our visit we’ll fly to Sydney to next time to board a cruise.
Public transport is what’s needed to make it better, not more carparks.
The present terminal is an embarrassment.. It’s like a 3rd world country.
Disgusting
What they need is public transport to run there. It is crazy to think that in 2023 we have a brand new cruise terminal and the only way to get there is by car.
As a cruise passenger unable to secure parking on 2 occasions in 2023 ours was not a good first impression of what other wise was a good terminal. It was most definitely not an easy or seamless experience and resulted in expensive mini bus hire and taxi trips for our groups. So additional parking is welcome news. However the roads to the port look and feel like a third world country’s. We all had to wonder what guests to Brisbane think of that experience! You are sitting on the river a long way from any services and it seems an oversight or after thought on “how do guests actually get here?” Sadly more poor planning Qld
I’m sure all the tourists visiting by boat will be thrilled with the new facilities. A rail connection would be 100000 times better.
HOW ABOUT TRANSPORT