Princess Cruises will homeport a ship in Port Canaveral for the first time, with the Caribbean Princess deploying to the Central Florida port in late 2024 for the winter season.<\/p>\n
The 3,140-passenger ship will sail eastern and western Caribbean cruises from the port starting Nov. 27, 2024, moving from its current winter homeport down the coast in Port Everglades.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“The combination of a vibrant Central Florida community, exceptional flight options into Orlando International Airport and great pre-cruise and post-cruise experience options makes Port Canaveral an easy choice,” Princess president John Padgett said in a statement. It also plays into Princess’ strategy to offer more North American homeports from major drive markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The move adds to Port Canaveral’s standing as the world’s busiest cruise port. Earlier this year, Port Canaveral said that it overtook Miami as the busiest port in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Caribbean Princess is the latest in a group of ships, including Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas and the MSC Seascape, to make Florida’s Space Coast their home.<\/p>\n
“The fleet of ships homeported at Port Canaveral continues to grow with next year’s arrival of Caribbean Princess,” said Capt. John Murray, CEO of Port Canaveral.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Caribbean Princess will offer 8- and 6-day departures that can be combined for 14-day sailings. A one-off, four-day Turks & Caicos Getaway will sail over Thanksgiving. <\/p>\n
Itineraries include five 8-day Eastern Caribbean cruises to St. Thomas, St. Maarten, San Juan and Grand Turk; five 8-day departures to the Western Caribbean sailing to Cozumel, Costa Maya, Belize City and Roatan; and nine 6-day Eastern Caribbean sailings to Turks & Caicos, Nassau, Grand Turk and either Amber Cove or San Juan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sailings will open for booking on May 24.<\/p>\n