Cruises in Florida, USA
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The Port of Miami is the world's busiest cruise ship port in the world with dozens of cruises available. Travelers can select three, four, seven, ten and eleven day cruises calling at popular ports throughout the Bahamas and the Caribbean, as well as cruises to Latin America, the Far East and Europe. Fort Lauderdale has a reputation as the "world's premier cruise port" and Florida's deepest harbor is a favorite home port for more than 35 cruise ships including Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises, Cunard Line, Royal Caribbean International, Princess and Silversea to name just a few.
The majority of sailings from Florida’s ports are vacation cruises to the Caribbean, Bahamas and Latin America. These floating resorts operate year-round from Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Port Canaveral and Tampa. Port Canaveral has a part-day as well as two, three, four and seven-day voyages available. The port is home or a port of call to several cruise lines such as Carnival Cruise Lines, Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean International, Sterling Casino Lines, SunCruz Casino, Holland America Lines, Royal Olympia Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Lines and Ocean Club Cruises. Their itineraries typically include the Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexico and Belize as well as other USA ports. The casino cruise lines typically offer half-day and full day cruises. Port Canaveral is the second busiest cruise port in the world with 3.8 million cruise passengers passing through the cruise terminals in 2003. The idyllic Caribbean and Bahamas island destinations attracts more cruises than anywhere else in the world and accounts for almost 50% of the vacation cruise global market.
