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From the JAXPORT Cruise Terminal at 9810 August Drive in Jacksonville, Duval County.
Carnival sails from it all year on four- and five-day cruises to the Bahamas. Norwegian sails from it from November to April, on four- and five-day trips to the Bahamas, Key West and the line's own island, Great Stirrup Cay, with some longer sailings. Parking is next to the terminal and can be reserved ahead; the cruises are booked with the lines themselves.
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Open the county guide →Six Florida ports send cruise ships out, and a seventh, Key West, is a port of call.
Read the answer →From the Port of Palm Beach at Riviera Beach. Margaritaville at Sea's Paradise sails from it on two- to five-night trips, to Grand Bahama, Nassau and Key West among others, and SeaDream Yacht Club and American Cruise Lines use the port too.
Yes. Key West in Monroe County is a port of call, where ships stop for the day and nobody boards a cruise: they come from Miami, Port Everglades, Port Canaveral, Tampa, Jacksonville and the Caribbean.
Florida registers more boats than any other state and the sheltered water is why.
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