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Miami cruise guides
The schedule tells you when to sail. These guides cover the rest of the trip to the ship: which PortMiami terminal is yours, the garages and the airports, where to stay, what to bring, and how the Bahamas, Caribbean and luxury sailings from Miami compare. Each one lists its sources and the date we last checked them.
PortMiami cruise terminals: which line uses which terminal, and how to get there
PortMiami has ten cruise terminals on Miami-Dade County's 2026 list, and one of them, Terminal G, is still under construction. The county puts MSC at Terminal AA, Royal Caribbean at A, Norwegian at B, Carnival at D, E and F, and Virgin Voyages at V, but ships move and the lines' own pages disagree in places. The terminal on your cruise documents is the one to drive to.
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PortMiami cruise parking: which garage, what it costs, and what a week comes to
Each PortMiami terminal has a garage or lot assigned to it. On November 14, 2026, overnight parking cost $28 a day at Garages C, D and G and Surface Lot E, and $35 a day or night at Garages AA, A and B, so seven days come to $196 or $245. Garage A, for Royal Caribbean's Terminal A, requires a reservation, and the county's parking page says debit cards are not accepted.
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Miami airport to PortMiami: taxi fares, Uber, cruise transfers and the free trolley
Miami International Airport puts PortMiami about 9 miles away. Taxis from MIA run on the meter, with a $15 minimum and a $2.00 airport fee on Miami-Dade's rates read November 14, 2026, and by my arithmetic those rates come to $35.60 for 9 miles in a sedan, before tolls and waiting time. Carnival's transfer started at $22.99 a person on November 14, 2026, and the free Coral Way Trolley is the only public transit onto the port. From Fort Lauderdale's airport, FLL says to allow at least 90 minutes.
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Flying to Miami for a cruise: MIA or FLL, when to land and the earliest flight home
Miami International, MIA, is about 9 miles from PortMiami, and Fort Lauderdale's FLL is 25.7 miles away, by the airport's and the port's own figures. Royal Caribbean and Celebrity both suggest arriving the day before, and Carnival's sailing-day transfers need you on the ground by 12:00 PM at MIA or 11:30 AM at FLL. For the flight home, Carnival's pages say no earlier than 12:00 PM or 1:00 PM depending on the page, and Celebrity recommends its MIA transfer for flights after 12:30 PM.
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Hotels near PortMiami: downtown, Brickell or by the airport, with cruise shuttles and parking
The closest hotels to PortMiami are downtown. The Elser is a 22-minute walk from Carnival's Terminals D, E and F and citizenM Miami Worldcenter a 25-minute walk, and every hotel in the table in Downtown, Edgewater and Brickell is a 3 to 7 minute drive, on OpenStreetMap routes measured November 14, 2026 without traffic. On their own sites, read the same day, 18 of the 34 hotels state a ride to the port, and 10 of those are by Miami International Airport. To leave a car while you sail, PortMiami's garages charged $28 to $35 a day on November 14, 2026, and four hotels say you can leave your car with them while you sail.
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Miami cruise documents: passport, birth certificate or passport card
US citizens on a closed-loop cruise, one that starts and ends at PortMiami, can come back into the United States with a birth certificate and government-issued photo ID, CBP says, and Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Norwegian, MSC, Celebrity and Virgin Voyages all accept that pair. Each of those lines still recommends or prefers a passport, and one-way cruises that end somewhere else need one. The Bahamas asks every visitor for a passport, so a passport book valid for at least six months after the cruise is the safe choice.
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First-time cruiser FAQ for Miami: check-in, gratuities, drinks and ages
Arrive at PortMiami at the arrival time you chose during online check-in, not before, as the port asks every passenger to do. On November 14, 2026, daily gratuities for a standard cabin were $17 on Carnival and on MSC bookings made from May 11, 2026, $18.50 on Royal Caribbean, $20 on Norwegian and $22 on Virgin Voyages. The shortest sailing on the schedule is 2 nights, and it lists 307 three-night sailings.
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Miami cruise season: hurricane season, weather and sailings by month
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30 and peaks on September 10, the National Hurricane Center says, and NWS Miami puts South Florida's wet season from May 15 to October 15. At Miami International Airport, January is the driest month on NOAA's normals, with 1.83 inches of rain, and June the wettest, with 10.51 inches. The schedule lists 148 departures from PortMiami in January 2027 and 66 in September 2027, and the table under this guide counts every month.
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Weekend cruises from Miami: 3 to 5-night trips, the days they leave and what they cost
Weekend cruises from Miami are 3-night trips that leave PortMiami on a Friday and come back on Monday, and the 4-night trips leave on a Monday or a Thursday. Both go to the Bahamas, to Nassau and the lines' own islands. This site's schedule lists 307 three-night and 424 four-night sailings, from $199 and $159 per person, taxes and fees included, read on November 14, 2026.
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Bahamas cruises from Miami: private islands, ports and how long the trips run
This site's schedule lists 869 Bahamas cruises from Miami, 2 to 7 nights long, at starting fares of $159 to $1,371 per person, taxes and fees included, read on November 14, 2026. Seven islands and beach clubs there belong to lines that sail from Miami, among them Royal Caribbean's Perfect Day at CocoCay, Norwegian's Great Stirrup Cay and Carnival's Celebration Key. Entry to CocoCay is free, while Royal Caribbean's beach club in Nassau needs a paid day pass.
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Caribbean cruises from Miami: Western, Eastern and Southern routes compared
This site sorts Caribbean cruises from Miami by their ports. Its schedule lists 469 Western, 696 Eastern and 251 Southern Caribbean sailings, with starting fares from $238, $289 and $374 respectively, per person, taxes and fees included, read on November 14, 2026. Royal Caribbean has suspended its Labadee calls through April 2028, and this site leaves out the sailings that still list them.
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Cruise lines from Miami: islands, gratuities and terminals, line by line
This site's schedule lists 2,445 cruises from PortMiami on 15 lines. This guide covers all 15 lines that sail from the port: what each says sets it apart, its private island, its gratuities as published on November 14, 2026, and the terminal the county or the line names. Terminals can change, so the one on your cruise documents is the one to use.
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Cheap cruises from Miami: the lowest fares, last-minute sailings and what a fare leaves out
The lowest starting fare on this site's schedule of cruises from PortMiami was $159 per person and the lowest per night $40, for two people sharing the cheapest cabin, taxes and fees included, read on November 14, 2026. Fares change daily. On Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian and Virgin Voyages, gratuities of $17 to $22 per person a day or night for a standard cabin came on top of the fare on November 14, 2026, and MSC's US service-charges page listed $17 a night.
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Luxury cruises from Miami: what each fare includes, line by line
The six lines compared here all cover gratuities in the fare, or in Seabourn's case say tipping is "neither required, nor expected", and all but Azamara list Wi-Fi as included. They differ on excursions and flights: Regent includes unlimited shore excursions and adds flights only on its Ultimate All-Inclusive Fare, while Oceania, on bookings made since September 17, 2025, lets guests choose a shore excursion credit of up to $600 or wine and beer at lunch and dinner. Each line's Miami sailings and starting fares, read on November 14, 2026, are below.
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