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Fort Lauderdale cruise port, officially Port Everglades, is one of the busiest cruise ports in the world and the closest major competitor to PortMiami, just 25 miles to the south. It sits on the southeastern coast of Florida across the cities of Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and Dania Beach.

Cartagena de Indias is a Caribbean port city of about 1 million people on Colombia's northern coast, and one of the best-preserved colonial cities in the Americas. The walled old city (Ciudad Amurallada) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, built by the Spanish starting in the 16th century to protect the gold and silver being shipped back to Europe.

Stretched along Banderas Bay with the Sierra Madre mountains rising directly behind the shoreline, Puerto Vallarta draws about 290,000 residents year-round and far more during the winter cruise season. The city has managed to grow as a tourist destination while keeping its Mexican identity intact, particularly in the Zona Romantica and the malecon (boardwalk) areas where local life and tourism coexist on the same streets.

Los Angeles cruise port is in San Pedro, a harbor neighborhood at the southern tip of the city, about 25 miles from downtown LA and 18 miles from LAX. The port is called the World Cruise Center, and it's the main departure point for Mexican Riviera, Hawaii, and Pacific Coast itineraries.

Ships dock at Kahului Harbor on Maui's north shore, providing access to the stunning Road to Hana, the Haleakala volcanic crater at sunrise, and the historic whaling town of Lahaina. Maui's beaches are consistently rated among the best in the world.

Honolulu is the capital of Hawaii and the primary cruise hub for the Hawaiian Islands, serving as both the embarkation point for inter-island Hawaii cruises and a port of call on transpacific and repositioning itineraries. Ships dock at Honolulu Harbor's Aloha Tower or Pier 2, both within the downtown waterfront area and a short distance from Waikiki.

Brisbane cruise port is Queensland's main cruise hub and the primary departure point for South Pacific and New Zealand itineraries out of Australia's east coast. The Brisbane International Cruise Terminal (BICT) opened in 2020 at Luggage Point near the mouth of the Brisbane River, replacing the older Portside Wharf facility which had depth limits that barred larger ships.

Sydney cruise port is the main gateway to Australia and one of the most visually spectacular arrivals in the world. Ships sail past the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House into one of the largest natural harbors on Earth, with the city rising up on all sides.

Auckland is New Zealand's largest city, home to about 1.7 million people spread across a narrow isthmus between the Waitemata and Manukau Harbors.

Singapore cruise port is the main Southeast Asian gateway for cruise passengers and one of the most efficient, modern cruise terminals in the world. The primary facility is the Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore (MBCCS), a 28,000-square-meter terminal on Marina South that reopened in November 2025 after a SGD 40 million expansion, doubling daily passenger capacity from 6,800 to 11,700.

Hong Kong is one of Asia's great cruise hubs, serving as an embarkation port for Asia-Pacific itineraries and a port of call on longer voyages. The Kai Tak Cruise Terminal on the former airport runway and the Ocean Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui are the two main berths, both on the Kowloon side of Victoria Harbour.

Hong Kong is one of Asia's great cruise hubs, serving as an embarkation port for Asia-Pacific itineraries and a port of call on longer voyages. The Kai Tak Cruise Terminal on the former airport runway and the Ocean Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui are the two main berths, both on the Kowloon side of Victoria Harbour.

Kobe is a port city of about 1.5 million people on the southern coast of Honshu, wedged between the Rokko Mountains and Osaka Bay.

Tokyo is one of the world's great cities, a metropolis of nearly 14 million people (37 million in the greater metro area) that layers cutting-edge technology, ancient temples, obsessive food culture, and distinctive neighborhood personalities into a dense, efficient urban landscape. The Tokyo cruise port is primarily at Harumi Passenger Ship Terminal or the newer Tokyo International Cruise Terminal in the waterfront area, both on Tokyo Bay with the city skyline in the background.

Whittier is a tiny town of about 220 residents on the western shore of Prince William Sound, serving as the Gulf of Alaska embarkation and disembarkation point for one-way Alaska cruises marketed as departing from or arriving in Anchorage. Anchorage itself is 60 miles north by road, connected to Whittier through the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, the longest highway tunnel in North America (2.

Hubbard Glacier is not a port where passengers go ashore. It is a scenic cruising destination in Yakutat Bay at the northern end of the Gulf of Alaska, where ships slow to a crawl and spend several hours in front of North America's largest tidewater glacier.

Sitka sits on the outer coast of Baranof Island, facing the open Pacific rather than the protected Inside Passage. This gives it a different character from other Alaska cruise ports: more exposed, more wild, with ocean swells and offshore islands visible from town.

Juneau cruise port is the capital of Alaska and one of the main stops on Inside Passage itineraries. The town sits on a thin strip of coast at the foot of Mount Roberts and Mount Juneau, backed by the 1,500-square-mile Juneau Icefield and surrounded by the Tongass National Forest.

Ketchikan cruise port is the first major stop on most Alaska Inside Passage itineraries coming up from Seattle or Vancouver. The town sits on Revillagigedo Island in Alaska's southernmost panhandle, wedged between the ocean and steep forested mountains.

Vancouver cruise port is the main gateway to Alaska, and nearly every Alaska cruise that runs the full Inside Passage route starts or ends here. The terminal is at Canada Place, a distinctive sail-shaped building right on the downtown waterfront.