Where can I find a Cruise Ship that departs from Orlando to Miami????

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Joe Pilot

First of all, I'm assuming you mean Port Canaveral, since Orlando is landlocked.

Secondly, it is against US laws for passenger ships to sail between two US ports without first visiting a foreign country. It is called the Jone Act. http://www.shipguide.com/

Technically, a cruise line could sail between Port Canaveral, a foreign port and then Miami. That would not sell well because most passengers prefer to return to the port of embarkation.

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To Miss Nancy:

You really should know what you're talking about before you go correcting people. Here is why you're dead wrong:

All of your repo cruises that STARTED and ENDED in the same US Ports and VISITED a foreign port BEFORE FINAL DISEMBARKATION. As long as you visit a foreign port before final disembarkation it's legal. Besides, the question was STARTING AND ENDING AT TWO DIFFERENT US PORTS.

I've been on a repo cruise from Seattle to Los Angeles, but it stopped in Victoria, BC to be legal.

If you tried to disembark prior to the end of a repo cruise, other than for an emergency, you would be denied.

As I said above, It is against US Maritime Law, The Jones Act of 1917 to be precise, to travel from one US port and disembark in a different US port on a foreign flagged vessel without stopping in a foreign country.

Currently the only large cruise vessels that are US flagged are the ships of NCL America. This allows them to cruise the Hawaiian Islands without making a detour to Fanning Island to be legal. When you cruise from LA to Hawaii and back, the ship always stops in Ensenada. Is it because Ensenada is a great Hawaiian port of call? No. It's to conform to the Jones Act.

Steven H

Florida does not have a ferry system. And Orlando is in the middle of the state no beaches in Orlando and no port. There are no cruises that departs from one place and take you to another in the same state. So you wont be able to do that.
Miami is home to the two largest cruise ship ports in the world though. So if you want to take a cruise go down and take the 4 hour drive to Miami or 30 minute plane ride and take a cruise around the Bahamas, Caribbean, Central America, South America, there are even Trans Atlantic cruises leaving from Miami two ports.

phantom_of_valkyrie

You could try a transition cruise when they move the cruise ship from one port to the next--usually those are florida-california or NYC to Mediterranean though. However I've never known one to do it during season like that b/c they dont want to waste a prime week. But its a thought.

Otherwise just drive over to Tampa or Miami and take one out of there that will return you to that city (Tampa or Miami).

No need to be rude guys--I'm sure he knows Orlando is landlocked.

LilyLouise

Well you can't technically leave out of Orlando (since it is land-locked), but I know many cruise lines (Carnival for instance) leave out of Port Canaveral which is only a twenty minute shuttle ride (provided through the cruise line) from the Orlando airports. I suggest you talk to a travel agent or if you want to save money, talk to the cruise lines directly. Good luck!

sally

I do not think there is one. All the cruise ships must leave from a coastline.
You can leave FL from Tampa, Miami, or Port Canaveral.
Check out a map of FL.

snow

Orlando is land locked in central Fla. cruise ships don't travel on dry land

John Quincy Adams

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Nancy P

REGARDING: "Secondly, it is against US laws for passenger ships to sail between two US ports without first visiting a foreign country. It is called the Jone Act. http://www.shipguide.com/"

I took this cruise (disregard dates):
Fort Lauderdale, FL 5:00pm
Fri Nov 2 Key West, FL 7:00am 2:00pm
Sat Nov 3 Cozumel, Mexico 10:00am 8:00pm
Sun Nov 4 At Sea
Mon Nov 5 Fort Lauderdale, FL

and this cruise:
RCCL Monarch of the Seas
Mon Nov 5 Los Angeles, CA 5:30pm
Tue Nov 6 San Diego, CA 8:00am 5:00pm
Wed Nov 7 Catalina Island, CA 8:00am 5:00pm
Thu Nov 8 Ensenada, Mexico 8:00am 5:00pm
Fri Nov 9 Los Angeles, CA

maybe the 'rule' is only for 7+ day cruises. I also did a search for a cruise that leaves Port Canaveral and stops in Miami = Zilch! None.... maybe you were thinking of the keys??

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