08/14/2023
Consider this next time you call your travel agent and say, "I want to take a cruise next year, what do you have?"
Consider this - are you going to be happy with any of the 455+ ships and don't care which of the 2,000+ ports to travel to in order to board your ship? Do you care if it an ocean cruise or a river cruise?....last but not least, do you care when you leave? (day or month).....and then there is airfare. 🙂
Number of cruise ships currently sailing in the world 455+
Number of new cruise ships currently on order 26
Number of North American embarkation ports 30
Number of embarkation ports around the world 2,000
The following numbers change periodically.
West Coast Ports
Seattle, WA - 7 lines/14 ships
San Francisco, CA - 8 lines/10 ships
Los Angeles, CA - 10 lines/16 ships
Long Beach, CA - 1 line/3 ships
San Diego, CA - 4 lines/9 ships
MISC -
Hawaii - 6 lines/8 ships
Vancouver, CA - 10 lines/27 ships
Gulf Coast Ports
Galveston, TX - 3 lines/7 ships
Mobile, AL - None at present time
New Orleans, LA - 2 lines/4 ships
Tampa, FL - 4 lines/5 ships
East Coast Ports
Boston, MA - 4 lines/5 ships
New York, NY - 10 lines/12 ships
Bayonne, NJ - 2 lines/3ships
Philadelphia, PA - none at this time
Baltimore, MD - 2 Lines/2 ships
Norfolk, VA - 1 line/1 ship
Charleston, SC - 1 line/2ships
Jacksonville, FL - 1 line/2 ships
Ft. Lauderdale, FL - 8 cruise lines/34 ships
Port Canaveral, FL - 4 lines/10 ships
Miami, FL - 10 cruise lines/27 ships
River Cruises
AmaWaterways (20 ships)
American Cruise Lines (8 ships)
Avalon Waterways (25 ships)
Uniworld (19 ships)
Viking River Cruises (65 ships)
Cruise Lines
Aida Cruises (10 ships with 2 on order)
Azamara Club Cruises (2 ships)
Carnival Cruise Lines (24 ships with 2 on order)
Celebrity Cruises (11 ships)
Costa Cruises (14 ships with one on order)
Crystal Cruises (2 ships)
Cunard Line (3 ships)
Disney Cruise Line (4 ships)
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines (4 ships)
Holland America Line (15 ships with 2 on order)
MSC Cruises (12 ships)
Norwegian Cruise Line (13 ships) - (Four new ships on order due in 2015 and 2016)
Oceania Cruises (6 ships)
P&O Cruises (7 ships with one on order)
P&O Cruises Australia (3 ships) -2 Holland America ships, Statendam & Ryndam, are scheduled to join P&O Australia in 2015
Paul Gauguin Cruises (2 ships)
Princess Cruises (16 ships with one on order)
Regent Seven Seas 94 ships)
Royal Caribbean(23 ships)
Seabourn Cruise Line (6 ships with one on order)
Silversea Cruises (6 ships)
Windstar Cruises (6 ships)
Royal has four ships on order but plans to transfer Majesty of the Seas to Pullmantur in 2016. Celebrity has two ships on order but has sold Celebrity Century, which will be leaving its fleet in April 2015.
Help your travel agent find the best cruise for you:.
Which ports are you interested about leaving from on your cruise?
How many cabins do you want to book?
How many people will be in each cabin?
Do you want inside/outside/balcony/suite/penthouse/owners suite?
Are you past guests? (why? Possible discounts for past guests)
Which cruise lines?
Is there at least one person over 55 in each cabin? (why? Possible discounts)
Any veterans or active duty? EMT or police? (Why? Discounts)
Do you have a cruise line preference?
Carnival? Princess? Norwegian? Royal Caribbean? Celebrity?
Holland America? Other.. ___________________________
When you decide to book, I will need birth dates and LEGAL names of everyone traveling.
**** No nicknames allowed. I will also need your address, phone and email.
Please - Actually LOOK at your passport to make sure the name matches your license and that it will NOT expire within 6 months of your travel date - DON'T GUESS. Name difference can cause you NOT to be allowed to travel or hundreds of dollars to get it corrected so that you can board your ship.
I recommend having passports which can NOT expire within 6 months of sailing (before or after). As long as you are leaving and returning to a US port, then a certified birth certificate (raised seal or security paper) will be fine. It cannot be a xerox copy. You will each need a photo id. Underage children can get an id from the DPS. Make sure ID's wont expire while traveling.
Make sure your Credit Cards will not expire during your travel.
