Theme parks Monday, Castaway Cay Thursday, home for the fireworks.
Port Canaveral is Orlando’s cruise port, 45 minutes from the theme parks and home to the ships built for families: Disney’s fleet, Royal Caribbean’s Icon-class Star of the Seas and Utopia of the Seas, Carnival, MSC, Norwegian, Princess and Celebrity. SmartCruiser shows every sailing leaving Port Canaveral from every line, prices each one with taxes and fees included, and puts the sailings with SmartCruiser bonus onboard credit or instant savings at the top.
Three ways to sail from Port Canaveral
This is the port for pairing a cruise with Orlando. Pick the half of the vacation you want to spend at sea.
3 and 4 night Bahamas
- Thursday to Monday or Monday to Thursday: Nassau plus a private island day
- Perfect Day at CocoCay, Castaway Cay, Celebration Key, Ocean Cay or Great Stirrup Cay, depending on the line
- Utopia of the Seas and Disney Wish were built for exactly this
Best for: a park week with a cruise on the end, first cruises, kids under 10.
A 7 night Caribbean week
- Eastern loops to St. Thomas, St. Maarten and CocoCay on Star of the Seas, Carnival and MSC
- Western loops to Cozumel, Costa Maya and Roatan with a Celebration Key or Ocean Cay day
- Saturday and Sunday departures year-round
Best for: families with school-age kids, multi-generation trips, the classic cruise.
Disney Cruise Line
- 3, 4 and 7 nights with Castaway Cay and Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point, both Disney’s own
- Rotational dining, character meals, the best kids’ clubs at sea and adult-only decks
- Pair with a park ticket package and a single Orlando transfer
Best for: a once-in-a-childhood trip, grandparents treating everyone.
Port Canaveral deals: SmartCruiser picks first
Every sailing leaving Port Canaveral from every line, priced live with taxes, fees and port expenses included. The picks at the top are sailings where booking with SmartCruiser gets you something extra: instant savings, bonus onboard credit, a Special SmartCruiser rate, or a senior, resident or police & fire fare that beats the public price. Below them, every other sailing from Port Canaveral with full sorting.
SmartCruiser picks
Sorted by what you save, biggest firstEvery sailing from Port Canaveral
Stack any filters, then pick a sortPrices are per person, double occupancy, in US dollars, and include cruise fare, taxes, fees and port expenses as published by the cruise line at the moment you load this page. Fares are capacity controlled and change daily; the fare is confirmed when you book. Flights, hotels and transfers are extra unless the line’s offer says otherwise. SmartCruiser instant savings and bonus onboard credit are provided by SmartCruiser on top of the cruise line’s price and are not available when booking direct; amounts are per stateroom, vary by stateroom category and are shown for the lowest category offered. Special SmartCruiser rates are pricing SmartCruiser holds on that sailing for its clients, with extra onboard credit; you book your own stateroom and travel on your own. Senior fares apply to guests 55 and over; resident fares need proof of residency in a listed state or province at check-in; police and fire fares apply to active or retired police, fire and EMT personnel with ID. Qualifier-fare savings are measured against the best fare the cruise line offers the general public for the same stateroom category on the day the list was pulled, updated weekly.
Where ships from Port Canaveral sail
Pick a destination and the list above filters to the Port Canaveral sailings that go there.
Which line from Port Canaveral?
Seven lines, and every one of them brought its family ships here (Princess adds Sky Princess from Terminal 6 each winter; search it by line in the list above). Our one-line take, with the island each one owns.
When to go
Port Canaveral follows the school calendar more than any port in America. Sail when Orlando is quiet and the ships are too.
Port Canaveral cruise questions we answer every day
How much is parking at Port Canaveral?
The port’s own garages and lots at each terminal charge $20 a day plus tax, paid by credit card on arrival, and both the arrival and departure days count as full days, so a 7 night cruise runs about $170. Off-site lots on Astronaut Boulevard and George King Boulevard charge roughly $8 to $12 a day with a shuttle, and many Cocoa Beach hotels include a week of parking with a one-night stay.
How do I get from Orlando airport to the ship?
Port Canaveral is 45 miles east of Orlando International on the Beachline (SR 528), about 45 minutes to an hour. Shared shuttles typically run about $25 to $40 a person each way, private cars about $100 to $150, and the cruise lines sell transfers in roughly the $35 to $45 range. Disney and Royal Caribbean also run transfers from the Orlando resort hotels.
Can we do the parks and the cruise in one trip?
That is the whole point of this port. The usual pattern is parks first, then a 3 or 4 night cruise to finish, so you end on sea days rather than queues. Allow one transfer day between the two and stay in Cocoa Beach the night before you sail. We book the park tickets, the hotel and the transfer with the cruise.
Do I need a passport to cruise from Port Canaveral?
On a closed-loop cruise that starts and ends in Port Canaveral, US citizens can sail with a government photo ID and an original or certified birth certificate; children under 16 need only the birth certificate. We still recommend passports for the whole family, since you cannot fly home from the Bahamas or the Caribbean without one.
Are taxes and fees included in the prices here?
Yes. Every price on this page includes cruise fare, taxes, fees and port expenses, per person, double occupancy. Gratuities, drinks packages, excursions and parking are extra.
Which terminal does my ship use?
Royal Caribbean sails from Terminal 1 (and Terminal 5 on busy days), Carnival from Terminals 3 and 6, Princess from Terminal 6, MSC and Norwegian from Terminal 10, and Disney from Terminals 8 and 10. Your documents name the terminal and the port signs are good. Boarding opens about 11 am and ships sail between 3 and 5 pm; pick a mid-window arrival time in the cruise line app.
Talk to a Port Canaveral cruise specialist
Tell us your park dates and who is coming, and we price every line sailing from Port Canaveral side by side with the fares you qualify for. Monday to Thursday 9 to 6, Friday 9 to 5, Saturday 10 to 6 ET.