Cruise Lines Sailing from Port Everglades

Port Everglades is one of the world's busiest cruise home ports, and it carries a broad roster. Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Princess and Holland America all base ships here, with Carnival, Disney and others sailing through, on itineraries that run from short Bahamas hops to long Panama Canal and transatlantic voyages. Here is who sails from Fort Lauderdale and where they go.

The home-port lines

• Royal Caribbean bases large ships here for Caribbean and Bahamas sailings, and adds its newest Icon-class ship, Legend of the Seas — carrying over 5,600 passengers — homeporting from November 2026 on seven-night Caribbean and Bahamas cruises.
• Celebrity sails premium Caribbean itineraries from its Midport terminal.
• Princess runs Caribbean and longer voyages, including Panama Canal sailings, from the Northport side.
• Holland America is a Fort Lauderdale mainstay, with Caribbean, Panama Canal and longer cruises across several terminals.

Also sailing from here

Carnival and Disney operate from Port Everglades as well — Disney holds a long-term home at Terminal 4 — along with a rotating cast of other lines, particularly in the busy winter. Which lines and ships are in port on any given day varies, and the port has been adding ships and breaking passenger records in recent years.

Where the ships go

The bread and butter is the Caribbean — Eastern, Western and Southern routes — and short Bahamas cruises, including calls at the lines' private islands. Fort Lauderdale is also a major departure point for repositioning and long-haul voyages: Panama Canal crossings, transatlantic sailings in spring and autumn, and the occasional world-cruise segment. If you want a short first cruise, look at the three- and four-night Bahamas trips; for a full week, the seven-night Caribbean loops are the standard.

Private islands and what's included

Many Bahamas and Caribbean sailings from here call at a cruise line's own private island, and what is included there varies by line, so read the itinerary rather than assuming. The same goes for drinks, Wi-Fi and gratuities on board — the headline fare and the final cost can be quite different, which is worth checking before you compare ships.

Planning around your line

Once you know your ship, confirm its terminal — assignments are scheduled per sailing and can move — using the terminal guide. The best months to sail and how weather plays in are in the cruise season and weather guide, and the whole before-and-after is covered in the pre-cruise stay guide. Sailing as a group makes the whole-house base an easy call — see cruising as a group.

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