Sailing out of Fort Lauderdale

[abby1257]

Is this going to happen again?  

[tidecat]

Never say never, but not for the foreseeable future. Carnival dropped San Juan and Fort Lauderdale when it sold 4 Fantasy-class ships. It won't be until Carnival Celebration is completed in November 2022 that Carnival will have as much passenger capacity as it did pre-pandemic - and that will be with two fewer ships. Even then Carnival could still sell another Fantasy-class ship and still be slightly up in capacity from where it was in 2019.

[jsglow]

While I love sailing out of Fort Lauderdale, doesn't it make sense that CCL would have concentrated their Carnival brand and Princess brand into single ports in the area?

[Earthworm Jim]

That's disappointing. I'd rather sail out of Ft. Lauderdale than Miami. And Ft. Lauderdale is a closer starting point for Caribbean cruises than Jacksonville or Port Canaveral, though there are surely other factors involved in their decision.

 

That said, it's not a deal breaker to sail out of Miami either.

[dbrucern]

I really missed sailing out of Ft. Lauderdale so we stay there instead of Miami when we fly in for a cruise

[Aplmac]

8 minutes ago, dbrucern said:

I really missed sailing out of Ft. Lauderdale so we stay there

instead of Miami when we fly in for a cruise

 

And from the point of view of flying Northward

from Barbados to catch a Florida cruise,

I'm told that entering the USA at FLL is not the nightmare that MIA is!

I don't stand-in-line very well (not for long periods: health reasons)

so FLL has the definite advantage, for me!

Did I mention that I "love" airports? Don't we all?

[1025cruise]

Right now, Carnival is not sailing out of Ft. Lauderdale due to dredging work being done by the port, limiting ship traffic. I would expect that once this work is done, they will be back.

[Joebucks]

No port is off limits forever. Certain conditions make cause movements, but nothing is forever. I also love me some FLL. It is a very underrated city.

[mondello]

They will not have any trouble filling the ships whenever they do resume cruises from PE. I always thought it was a great cruiseport. Airfare was often less than MIA. Also, so convenient for pre/post-cruise stays.

[mscinmia]

5 hours ago, 1025cruise said:

Right now, Carnival is not sailing out of Ft. Lauderdale due to dredging work being done by the port, limiting ship traffic. I would expect that once this work is done, they will be back.

Besides the dredging and widening the turning basin  near 17th Street, they just finished a huge parking garage between terminals #2 and #4.  They are also building a new terminal #4 where Carnival sailed out of and a new convention center.  I am hoping that in the next year or two they do return to PEV.  I work there and it is 4.5 miles from my house!!

[mondello]

54 minutes ago, mscinmia said:

Besides the dredging and widening the turning basin  near 17th Street, they just finished a huge parking garage between terminals #2 and #4.  They are also building a new terminal #4 where Carnival sailed out of and a new convention center.  I am hoping that in the next year or two they do return to PEV.  I work there and it is 4.5 miles from my house!!

I would of thought a convention center would be closer to downtown Ft. Lauderdale. Hope we're not competing for hotel rooms at higher prices. I was aware of the dredging as others have posted. New terminal and parking garage sound like welcome improvements.

[ChutChut]

9 hours ago, abby1257 said:

Is this going to happen again?  

Yes it will.

[SNJCruisers]

13 hours ago, abby1257 said:

Is this going to happen again?  

It does now, just on RCI, X, HAL and Princess.

[threedjmay]

Is there a timeline when Carnival will depart from Fort Lauderdale?

[jsglow]

44 minutes ago, threedjmay said:

Is there a timeline when Carnival will depart from Fort Lauderdale?

Nothing is in the works well into 2026. I honestly doubt they return anytime soon. Carnival cruises these days out of Miami while their sister companies Princess and HAL sail from FLL.