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From Port Canaveral in Brevard County, which the port describes as the closest port to Orlando and the Central Florida theme parks.
In its fiscal year that ended in September 2025 it counted more than 8.6 million revenue passenger movements, 13 percent more than the year before, and for that year it was the busiest cruise port in the world, just ahead of PortMiami. Seven cruise lines sail from it, Disney, Celebrity, Carnival, MSC, Norwegian, Princess and Royal Caribbean, and in December 2025 it was homeport to 18 ships making more than 1,000 sailings a year. The port has seven cruise terminals. Jetty Park, beside the port, is on the Brevard tourism office's list of places to watch a rocket launch from Cape Canaveral.
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Open the county guide →Brevard County. Jetty Park sits at the mouth of Port Canaveral, which means the view from the sand includes cruise ships leaving port and, when one is scheduled, rocket launches from the Cape.
Open the guide →On the Space Coast in Brevard County, where rockets go up from Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center.
Read the answer →Six Florida ports send cruise ships out, and a seventh, Key West, is a port of call.
Read the answer →From Port Tampa Bay's cruise terminals along Channelside Drive in downtown Tampa, Hillsborough County.
From the JAXPORT Cruise Terminal at 9810 August Drive in Jacksonville, Duval County.
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.
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