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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.
On a Margaritaville sailing day the cruise terminal opens at 9:30 in the morning and its doors close at 3:00 in the afternoon. Veterans and disabled passengers get a discount on parking.
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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 →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.
Florida's tubing runs are spring-fed, so the water is clear and cool, around seventy degrees, in August as much as in March.
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