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From Port Everglades at Fort Lauderdale in Broward County, with Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport less than two miles away.
It has eight cruise terminals, numbered 2, 4, 18, 19, 21, 25, 26 and 29, and the 2025-2026 season brought 40 cruise ships from nine lines, plus a daily ferry. It counted 4,773,873 cruise guests in its 2025 fiscal year, a preliminary figure, 16 percent more than the year before and a record for the port. Princess, Disney and Celebrity brought new ships for the 2025-2026 season, and Royal Caribbean's Legend of the Seas is due in November 2026.
Population 1,977,129. Typical home sale price $477,652 in the three months ending June 2026; typical condo $225,000 in May 2026. Median household income $77,633; 17.9% of residents are 65 or older. (Source: Redfin; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, published January 2026)
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 PortMiami, on Dodge Island off downtown Miami in Miami-Dade County. The port lists 26 cruise lines that sail from it or call there, and MSC, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian, Carnival and Virgin Voyages have terminals of their own; Terminal C takes ships from several lines and Terminal J the small and luxury ships.
Read the answer →From Port Canaveral in Brevard County, which the port describes as the closest port to Orlando and the Central Florida theme parks.
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.
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