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While most US cruisers embark upon their cruises from large homeports like Port Canaveral, Port Miami, and Port Everglades, there are many small and quite charming homeport spots, and the Norfolk cruise port is one of them.
Norfolk, Virginia, is one of the East Coast’s most notable cruise ports, serving as a homeport for cruises to Bermuda, the Bahamas, and the Eastern Caribbean.
Since 2002, Carnival has been the only company to homeport ships here. Carnival's Carnival Suns
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The Seattle cruise port, officially the Port of Seattle, is known most as the launching pad for popular Alaskan cruises, although it sometimes also serves as homeport to more exotic itineraries, like Transpacific sailings to Japan and Hawaiian sailings.
Regardless of your itinerary or destination, though, consider yourself lucky if you're taking a cruise from Seattle, because this port has a lot to offer.
Situated off the northwest coast of Washington State along the edge of
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What You Need to Know about Port Everglades
The cruise port in Fort Lauderdale is officially named “Port Everglades,” and it technically straddles not just Fort Lauderdale but also Hollywood and Dania Beach. It’s only about 29 miles from Port Miami, and while small comparatively, Port Everglades accommodates nearly 3 million cruise passengers annually.
There are eight terminals at Port Everglades, and they are numbered: Terminals 2, 4, 18, 19, 21, 25, 26, and 29. Cruisers can determine their d...
Exploring the Galveston Cruise Port: Parking, Shuttles, and More
The Galveston Cruise Port, located in Galveston, Texas, is officially named “Port of Galveston." It serves as a central cruise departure point along the Gulf Coast, often servicing cruises headed to the Western Caribbean, with ports of call often including Cozumel, Costa Maya, Progreso, Belize, and Roatan. The port located on Galveston Island, situated off the coast of Texas in the Gulf of Mexico.
Many o
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What You Need to Know About Port Canaveral: Parking, Hotels, Schedule & How to Get There
The cruise port near Orlando, Florida, is officially named “Port Canaveral,” and it’s located in Cape Canaveral. This port and Port Miami jockey back and forth for the title of the world’s busiest cruise port, and Port Canaveral’s seven cruise terminals are divided into “A” terminals, housing terminals 5, 6, 8, and 10, and “B” terminals containing terminals 1, 2, and 3.
Each terminal has a different addres...
Miami Cruise Port: Parking, Hotels, Schedule & More
The Miami cruise port is officially named “Port Miami,” and it is one of the world’s largest. Some refer to it as the “Cruise Capital of the World.” Because of its size—518 acres in total—thousands of cruisers navigate through this port daily. It contains multiple terminals, each designated with a letter. It can get confusing, though, because some letters are missing.
The port has terminals A-G, J and V. Cruisers can determine their departure...
New Orleans Cruise Port: What You Need to Know
The New Orleans cruise port is officially named “Port NOLA.” Compared to the big Florida departure ports, Port NOLA is a relatively small cruise port that accommodates hundreds of cruise ship calls annually and welcomes over 1.2 million passengers to New Orleans. Many cruise lines depart from this port, including Carnival Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, and some other small specialty lines.
Port NOLA is distinctive, and my fav
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About Port Tampa Bay
The Tampa cruise port is officially named “Port Tampa Bay.” Of the many ports in Florida, it’s one of the smallest, serving just over 1 million cruise passengers annually. With Margaritaville at Sea recently starting sailings from Tampa, that number will continue to rise. In addition to Margaritaville at Sea, Royal Caribbean, Holland America Line, Norwegian Cruise Line, and Carnival Cruise Line depart from this port.
Florida is home to several cruise ports, inclu
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Exploring the Jacksonville Cruise Port: All You Need to Know
The Jacksonville cruise port, also known as “JAXPORT,” is one of the smaller ports in Florida. It is basically a hub just for Carnival, but it still sees a steady flow of over 1 million cruise passengers yearly. JAXPORT is tiny compared to the other Florida ports, including two of the biggest in the world — Port Canaveral and Port Miami.
Unlike the other cruise ports in Florida, which generally service many of the major cruise lines...
Amsterdam Cruise: What You Need to Know When Sailing from Ijmuiden
If you’re embarking on an Amsterdam cruise in the Netherlands, likely a Baltic cruise, chances are good that you will sail from Cruise Port Ijmuiden. While many river and canal cruises originate from ports in Amsterdam proper, along with some ocean cruises, some of the major cruise lines that advertise “Amsterdam cruises” actually depart from Ijmuiden, which is a port town along the dynamic Dutch coast, a 15-mile drive from the ...
