Cruises from Miami

Cruises from Miami right now

Our catalogue currently lists 581 sailings from Miami over the next 12 months, run by eight lines. Virgin Voyages (124 departures), Norwegian Cruise Line (123) and Carnival (116) lead, followed by Royal Caribbean (73) and MSC (71). Celebrity, Holland America and Cunard add fewer departures, most of them longer.

Miami is a short-cruise port. Of those sailings, 266 last five nights or less, 147 are exactly seven nights, and 92 run nine nights or more, including Panama Canal trips and transatlantic crossings. Nearly everything heads to the Bahamas or the Caribbean, and Nassau appears on 178 itineraries. The table below lists every departure with the cheapest fare we captured.

PortMiami in plain terms

PortMiami sits on Dodge Island in Biscayne Bay, a few minutes from downtown. You reach it over the Port Boulevard bridge or through the tunnel from the MacArthur Causeway, so traffic on the causeway and in downtown is what sets your journey time.

Each line has its own terminal, and the line-up has changed as new terminals opened and ships were redeployed. Do not rely on an old blog post or last year's trip: your e-ticket names the terminal, and that is what to give your driver. Arrive within the check-in window the line assigns you, not hours early.

Getting to PortMiami

• Miami International Airport (MIA): about 20 to 30 minutes by taxi or ride-share, more on busy weekend mornings when several ships turn around at once.
• Fort Lauderdale airport (FLL): often worth checking for flights; allow 45 to 60 minutes by road to the port.
• Brightline train: runs from Orlando, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale to MiamiCentral downtown, leaving a short taxi or ride-share to the terminal.

Flying in on embarkation day leaves no margin for delays. The night before is the safer plan.

Parking at PortMiami

You have two options. The official garages at each terminal charge a daily rate and let you walk to check-in. Off-port lots are cheaper and run shuttles to the ship, and the saving adds up on a week-long cruise. Either way, budget the full number of days your car will sit, not just the cruise nights.

Where to stay the night before

• Downtown and Brickell: closest to the port, with the shortest morning ride.
• Miami Beach: more of a holiday feel, linked to the port by the causeway.
• Airport area: usually the cheapest, and practical after a late flight.

The hotel card on this page shows current rates near the port.

Short cruises vs 7 nights from Miami

Short trips are better value per night than you might expect. Three- and four-night sailings (181 in our data) start from €185 per person, with a median of about €110 per night. Seven-night cruises (147) start from €367 and have a median of about €117 per night. A week costs roughly twice a long weekend in total, but not more per night.

Five-night sailings look dearer in the data because more than half of them are Virgin Voyages. All prices are the cheapest cabin, per person, captured on the date shown on the page.

Cheapest months to cruise from Miami

October and November are the cheapest months to sail from Miami in our data, with medians of about €89 and €92 per night. Both months fall within the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs to the end of November, so consider travel insurance and expect occasional itinerary changes. December rises to around €101, and February through April sit between €122 and €129. May dips back to about €104 before summer peaks in July at around €167. The seasonality chart shows the full curve, and you can set a price alert for any sailing.

Which cruise lines sail from Miami

• Carnival and MSC are the cheapest, with medians of about €79 and €82 per night. MSC holds the lowest fare from the port, on MSC Seaside.
• Norwegian Cruise Line runs nine different ships from Miami, at about €102 per night.
• Royal Caribbean (about €129) sends some of its biggest ships, including Icon of the Seas.
• Celebrity and Holland America focus on 7-night and longer trips.
• Virgin Voyages is the priciest here, at about €274 per night, but it is adults-only and includes tips, Wi-Fi and soft drinks in the fare. See adults-only cruises.
• Cunard uses Miami for longer voyages on Queen Elizabeth.

For more on what lies beyond the port, read our guides to Caribbean cruises and Nassau, or browse the current deals.