Cruises Out of Cape Canaveral, Florida
- Port Canaveral, Florida is a popular embarkation cruise port near NASA's Kennedy Space CenterSpace Shuttle on the Launch Pad image by William Wheatley from Fotolia.com
Port Canaveral, which is located just west of Orlando in Cape Canaveral, is considered an ideally located cruise port for its close proximity to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Cocoa Beach, and Orlando's many theme park attractions and hotels. Cruises out of Port Canaveral depart with three- to 15-day, round-trip or one-way options to ports in the Bahamas, the eastern and western Caribbean, the Panama Canal and the Transatlantic. - Carnival Sensation and Carnival Dream sail out of Port Canaveral to destinations in the Bahamas and the eastern and western Caribbean. Round-trip cruise itineraries are offered in three-, four-, five- seven- and nine-day options, with most cruises sailing year-round.
According to the website Cruise Reviews Online, Carnival Sensation received three out of five stars in overall consumer quality. The 10-deck Carnival Sensation, which was built in 1993 and refurbished in 2006 and 2009, has a passenger capacity of 2,052. Built in 2009, the 14-deck Carnival Dream is much larger with a passenger capacity of 3,646. Both cruises sail year-round out of Port Canaveral.
Carnival Cruise Lines
3655 NW 87th Avenue
Miami, FL 33178
888-227-6482
carnival.com - Disney Dream, Disney Magic and Disney Wonder sail out of Port Canaveral in four-, five-, seven-, 10-, 11-, 14-, 15-day journeys. One-way and round-trip options are available to ports in the Bahamas, eastern and western Caribbean, the Panama Canal and the Transatlantic. One-way destinations aboard Disney Cruise Line ships out of Port Canaveral include Barcelona, Spain and Los Angeles, California.
The largest of the three Disney Cruises out of Port Canaveral and scheduled to make its debut in January of 2011, Disney Dream boasts 12 decks and a passenger capacity of 4,000. Cruises on the Disney Dream sail out of Port Canaveral from January through March.
The 11-deck Disney Wonder and Disney Magic were built in 1999 and 1998 and refurbished in 2006 and 2005 respectively. Both ships have a passenger capacity of 1,750. Disney Magic sails out of Port Canaveral from October to March, while Disney Wonder departs year-round with the exception of February. Both the Disney Wonder and Disney Magic received four-out-of-five-star ratings for overall consumer quality on the website Cruise Reviews Online.
Disney Cruise Lines
P.O. Box 10238
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
800-951-3532
disneycruise.disney.go.com - Sailing to ports in the eastern and western Caribbean, Norwegian Sun sails out of Port Canaveral in round-trip, seven- and 14-day itineraries. Built in 2001 and refurbished in 2004, the Norwegian Sun's 10 decks hold a passenger capacity of 2,400. According to the website Cruise Reviews Online, the Norwegian Sun is rated three out of five stars in overall consumer quality. Cruises aboard the Norwegian Sun depart out of Port Canaveral from October to March.
Norwegian Cruise Lines
7665 Corporate Center Drive
Miami, Florida 33126
866-625-1166
ncl.com - With itineraries that include port stops in the Bahamas, western and eastern Caribbean, Monarch of the Seas and Freedom of the Seas sail out of Port Canaveral in round-trip, three-, four- and seven-day cruises. Both the Monarch of the Seas and the Freedom of the Seas received four-out-of-five stars in an overall consumer rating posted on the website Cruise Reviews Online.
Sailing with year-round departures, Monarch of the Seas offers three- and four-day cruises. Built in 1991 and refurbished in 1999 and 2003, the 12-deck Monarch of the Seas boasts a capacity of 2,345 passengers.
Freedom of the Seas sails year-round out of Port Canaveral in four- and seven-day journeys with round-trip itineraries to the eastern and western Caribbean. Larger than the Monarch of the Seas, the 15-deck Freedom of the Seas holds a capacity of 2,634 passengers and was built in 2006.
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
1050 Caribbean Way
Miami, FL 33132
866-562-7625
royalcaribbean.com
