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Carnival Cruise Line, an official America250 partner, hosted a patriotic celebration today (July 2, 2026) honoring the nation’s 250th anniversary aboard Carnival Paradise at Port Tampa Bay. (more…)
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The port welcomed a record 1.66 million cruise passengers in 2025 and is on pace to reach nearly 1.8 million passengers this year. (more…)
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Port Tampa Bay is preparing for a busy year after a record-setting 2025. Last year, the port saw over 1.6 million cruise passengers, which is a new record for Tampa. (more…)
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Jumping at the chance to support military and first responders assisting in hurricane relief efforts, Carnival Cruise Line President Christine Duffy earned her wings as she completed a tandem skydive over Tampa Bay, culminating a fundraiser she led that delivered more than $85,000 to the Gary Sinise Foundation. (more…)
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Carnival Cruise Line commemorated three decades of business and community partnership with the Tampa Bay region today (September 21, 2024) with a VIP celebration aboard Carnival Paradise that sails from Tampa year-round. (more…)
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Oceania Cruises is adding a range of new Caribbean and Panama Canal winter sailings in early 2026 departing from Tampa on Florida’s west coast. (more…)
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Port Tampa Bay commissioners approved a half-million dollar contract on Tuesday with an engineering firm to begin the design process for a fourth cruise terminal. (more…)
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Tampa’s newest cruise ship has arrived, coming from the Jimmy Buffett cruise line Margaritaville at Sea. (more…)
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Port Tampa Bay expects to break the all-time cruise passenger record this year as the cruise industry continues to boom, officials said. (more…)
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Cruise passengers will soon have twice as many ways to channel their inner Jimmy Buffett. (more…)
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Tampa Port Ministries will celebrate the opening of a new center to serve seafarers visiting Port Tampa Bay. (more…)
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Port Tampa Bay has released a new tool to help cruise guests make the most of their time in Tampa Bay before and after their cruise. (more…)
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Carnival Cruise Line yesterday revealed a new art installation created by 15-year-old Tampa artist and conservationist Ryan Moralevitz in honor of International Coastal Cleanup Day. (more…)
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More travelers are setting sail from Port Tampa Bay. New numbers from AAA show cruise bookings are twice as strong as this time last year. (more…)
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Continuing Carnival Cruise Line’s successful restart, Carnival Paradise resumed guest operations today from Tampa, Fla., making it the 22nd Carnival ship to return. (more…)
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Tampa in Florida is the home port for several cruise lines, among the others: Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Celebrity. If you have booked a vacation cruise on Carnival Pride, or perhaps Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas, or Celebrity Constellation Tampa is where the fun begins. (more…)
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Continuing its successful restart, Carnival Cruise Line resumed guest operations today from Tampa, Fla. with Carnival Pride. A second ship, Carnival Paradise, will join Carnival Pride, in March 2022. (more…)
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This Saturday, Port Tampa Bay will be full of cruise ship travelers. This hasn’t happened since the CDC issued a no-sale order in March of 2020. (abcactionnews.com)
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Port Tampa Bay and Royal Caribbean International celebrate the return of cruising from our port that has been more than 18 months in the making. Port Tampa Bay will welcome Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas to Cruise Terminal 6 before she departs on her maiden voyage from Tampa Bay with cruise guests next Saturday October 16. (more…)
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Cruise ships will once again set sail from The Port of Tampa for the first time in nearly a year. This is huge for the cruise industry, and local businesses. (abcactionnews.com)
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Port Tampa Bay is one of the best places to cruise out of in the world, according to the number of passengers it sees. There were nearly 600,000 cruise line embarkations at the Tampa port last year, based on a biennial study from Cruise Lines International Association. The port has seen 47.7 percent growth since 2016. (bizjournals.com)
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Carnival Cruise Line celebrated its 25th anniversary sailing from the Port of Tampa with a reception and luncheon aboard Carnival Legend highlighted by the presentation of a commemorative plaque from Carnival President Christine Duffy to Port Tampa Bay President and CEO Paul Anderson commemorating the milestone. (more…)
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Passengers who prefer sailing out of Florida’s Gulf Coast over the ports on the Atlantic side of the state will soon have some new cruise lines to choose from. Holland America and Celebrity will resume using Port Tampa Bay as a port of call next year, where they will be joined by newcomer MSC Cruises. (wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu)
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MSC Cruises today announced that, following an extensive dry-dock refresh for the ship, Tampa, FL will become the new year-round homeport for MSC Armonia from November 2020 as the cruise line continues to develop its presence in the North American market. (more…)
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A revolutionary ship is coming to Port Tampa Bay, as Celebrity Cruises unveils a brand new homeport, expanding the brand’s global vacation offerings with the redeployment of Celebrity Constellation. (more…)
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Change of plans for Cuba (Fox13news.com)
Hundreds of passengers arrived at Port Tampa Bay Saturday to board the Carnival Paradise. The cruise ship was originally scheduled to dock in Havana, Cuba, but has since been given a new itinerary. Many passengers were unhappy with this last-minute change, as it was a dream vacation they had been planning for over a year. (fox13news.com)
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For the first time ever, Port Tampa Bay has welcomed more than 1 million cruise ship passengers. The port announced the news via Twitter on Sept. 23. (bizjournals.com)
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Carnival Cruise Line has modified the schedule of an upcoming cruise on Carnival Miracle due to an unanticipated issue with the ship, according to a statement the line provided to Travel Agent. (travelagentcentral.com)
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Carnival Cruise Line, which carries more active and retired military personnel than any other cruise operator, joined forces with Operation Homefront Sunday, April 29, 2018, to host a “day date” event for 100 military couples aboard Carnival Miracle at Port Tampa Bay in Florida. (more…)
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At Port Tampa Bay this past weekend, we welcomed six cruise ships in one weekend for the first time (3 ships Saturday, 3 ships Sunday), smashing previous records for passenger traffic. (more…)
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Port Tampa Bay saw a record number of cruise ship passengers during two recent weekends. 19,876 guests arrived and departed ships the weekend of February 3 and 4, breaking the previous record. Then last weekend, February 17 and 18, there was a total of 22,960 passengers, breaking the record again. (cruiseradio.net)
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Carnival Cruise Line’s 2,124-passenger Carnival Miracle kicked off a year-round program of seven-day cruises from Tampa this weekend, doubling the line’s capacity at the port and further bolstering its position as the leader in Caribbean cruising. (more…)
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Passengers taking Royal Caribbean’s Empress of the Seas out of Port Tampa Bay started their trip in the port’s newly improved cruise terminal 6, which has opened after months of renovation. (bizjournals.com)
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Following strong response to its first-ever cruises to Cuba announced earlier this year, Carnival Cruise Line has added five more voyages featuring extended calls in Havana in 2018. (more…)
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Port Tampa Bay CEO Paul Anderson couldn’t stop himself from dancing Thursday as a band performed the mambo aboard the ship Carnival Paradise. It was a party, after all, a celebration of Carnival Cruise Line’s first-ever journey to Havana that would launch later that day. (tampabay.com)
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Port Tampa Bay may have finally found a formula that works to grow its long-limited cruise business. (tampabay.com)
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Port Tampa Bay officials presented a plaque to the captain and crew of Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Jade, Sunday, December 11, welcoming the ship to Tampa for the 2016-2017 cruise season. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Port Tampa Bay has confirmed that Carnival Cruise Line has agreed to extend its commitment to continue offering cruises from Port Tampa Bay through 2021. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Port Tampa Bay has landed another cruise ship for the upcoming winter cruise season. Holland America’s MS Oosterdam is the newest cruise ship to call Port Tampa Bay home. (web.tampabay.com)
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Port Tampa Bay and the Tampa Port Ministries celebrated the annual Anchor Ball charity event Saturday, October 8, at the port’s Cruise Terminal 3.
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