![]() ![]() PortMiami's 2016 season had nearly 4,98 million cruise passengers booked. It connects MacArthur Causeway (Watson Island) with PortMiami (Dodge Island) removing the heavy traffic to the cruise port from downtown Miami. The tunnel is undersea (beneath Biscayne Bay), with length 4200 ft / 1300 m and consisting of 2 parallel tubes (1 in each direction). On August 3, 2014, was opened Miami Port Tunnel. PortMiami serves 20+ cruise companies and 60+ different passenger ships. Port's facilities are among the most modern, providing easy processing and boarding. Miami is also among the most fortunate ports where newest cruise ships make show-off visits and many schedule inaugural homeporting seasons. PortMiami (locode URMIA) is also the largest cruise port in the world. It contributes annually with around USD 43 billion to the economy and supports over 334,000 jobs countrywide. PortMiami is one of USA's fastest growing containership ports. Downtown has USA's largest concentration of international banks, large national and multinational corporations. The city has USA's 3rd tallest skyline with over 300 skyscrapers. Nicknamed "Capital of Latin America", Miami is USA's largest city with Cuban-American citizens. In 2010, it was ranked USA's 7th and world's 33rd in terms of human capital, business activities, information exchange, politics and culture. The city is a leader in international trade, commerce, finance, media, entertainment, arts. Miami Metro is USA's 8th-most populous and 4th-largest, with population around 5,5 million. The city has world's largest number of cruise company headquarters, including Carnival, RCI-Royal Caribbean International, NCL-Norwegian, Celebrity, Oceania. PortMiami's area is sized 518 acres (0,8 mi2 / 2,1 km2). Both seaports and their respective airports are relatively nearby to each other. … People know Disney, but there’s so much more to explore and to do and to encourage cruisers to come in early or stay late.PortMiami cruise port, along with Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale), is USA's main turnaround/departure port destination for roundtrip Caribbean cruises. ![]() “It gives people who already like to base their cruises out of the port more variety in terms of cruise experience, but also Port Canaveral is really a great located port. “I think having Norwegian Epic moving to Port Canaveral is a major win, not just for Port Canaveral, but also for cruise travelers,” said Spencer Brown. Epic’s return will have the line’s four latest ships dedicated to year-round Caribbean sailings. ![]() Norwegian’s plans call for the new Escape to sail year-round from Miami along with Getaway, which debuted in 2014, while 2013’s Breakaway remains based in New York. The line will return to the Far East for the first time since 2002 with Norwegian Star, which will also visit India and the Middle East’s Gulf region for the first time.Īs part of the shuffle, Norwegian Jade will replace Norwegian Star out of the port of Tampa beginning in November 2016, sailing seven-night western Caribbean cruises through April 2017 in addition to two eight-night holiday cruises and four 10- or 11-night eastern Caribbean cruises, marking the first time the line has offered cruises of that length from Tampa.Īlso sailing to and from Florida will be two additional 14-night Panama Canal cruises between Miami and Los Angeles in February 2017 on Norwegian Jewel. The Epic announcement comes alongside Norwegian Cruise Line’s plans to increase its role in Asia and Australia. It’s got a great upbeat vibe to it, and people just walk around on it looking happy.” I think it’s an honor to have that ship,” said Carolyn Spencer Brown, editor-in-chief of. The 1,081-foot ship features a multislide water park, 20 dining options, spa and bowling alley and will debut a Broadway show production this fall for “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.” Epic is a unique ship that was the first to offer a significant number of staterooms for solo travelers. It’s also a modern upgrade from Spirit, which was built in 1996. At 155,873 gross tons, it’s still the largest ship in Norwegian’s fleet but will give away that title to Norwegian Escape, which is set to debut this fall out of PortMiami.Įpic’s presence at Port Canaveral, though, will more than double the line’s capacity there from the 2,018-passenger Spirit. The 4,100-passenger vessel began sailing in 2010 and was at the time the world’s third-largest cruise ship behind Royal Caribbean’s Oasis and Allure of the Seas. This fall will see the line’s return to the port after a three-year absence with the arrival of Norwegian Spirit, but in 2016, Spirit will make way for one of Norwegian’s biggest ships, Norwegian Epic. ![]() Norwegian Cruise Line will be increasing its Port Canaveral footprint in 2016. ![]()
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