Key Aspects:
- Port Miami has announced a new roster of ships for the 2025-2026 cruise season.
- Ships from ten cruise lines will make their debut at the port, including from major brands like Virgin Voyages, MSC Cruises, Holland America Line, and more.
- The new ships will make their Miami debuts from October 2025 through February 2026, bringing thousands of guests to the Cruise Capital of the world.
To quote William Shakespeare, “Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing?”. Well, the cruise capital of the world sure is taking the bard’s words to heart.
For the 2025-2026 season, a whopping ten new cruise ships will make their debut at PortMiami, the busiest cruise port in the world. Notably, five of the ten newly announced ships are new build vessels.
Beginning in October 2025, Cunard Line’s Queen Elizabeth and Virgin Voyages’ brand new 2,700-guest Brilliant Lady will make their Miami debuts.
From the busy port, Queen Elizabeth will sail a 12-night Eastern Caribbean voyage that embarks on October 16, 2025.
The next day, Brilliant Lady will launch from the port with an 8-day round-trip cruise stopping in Philipsburg, St Maarten; Tortola, and Bimini Island on October 17.
Following in November, the port will host Holland America’s Zuiderdam, Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Xcel, and Oceania Cruises’ Allura.
Holland America’s Zuiderdam will kick off the month with a 7-night Eastern Caribbean voyage, which sets sail on November 1st.
Celebrity Cruises’ newest ship, the 140,600 gross-ton Celebrity Xcel will follow on November 8 with a 7-day round trip cruise stopping in Philipsburg, St. Maarten, St. Thomas Island, US Virgin Islands, and Amber Cove in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
Finally, Oceania Cruises’ Allura, the newest vessel in their fleet, will offer a 12-day round-trip Caribbean cruise on November 16.
Rounding out 2025 on December 5, PortMiami will welcome MSC Cruises’ Grandiosa, though the details of this sailing have not been announced.
Sailing into 2026, Windstar Cruises’ new Star Seeker will sail from the port in January.
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Holland America’s Eurodam will join the fun in February, followed by Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest Prima Plus Class ship, Norwegian Luna in March.
Silversea Cruises’ Silver Nova will round out the new additions in May 2026.
“We are excited to welcome these new ships and their passengers to Miami,” said Hydi Webb, PortMiami Director and CEO. “Each new arrival underscores the strong partnerships we’ve built with our cruise lines and reaffirms Miami’s role as the world’s premier cruise destination.”
These new additions only bolster PortMiami’s status as the Cruising capital of the world, a title the port seems eager to hold on to.
PortMiami Continues Growing
These highly anticipated ship calls are a good sign for the world’s busiest cruise port, which continues to experience record-breaking growth.
The port welcomed a record-breaking 8.2 million passengers in the 2023-2024 season, and has already broken records in 2025 with the busiest cruise day on record in February.
Hosting ten ships in one day, and funneling through nearly 68,000 guests, the port managed the landmark day with ease and professionalism.
You’d think the port might want to slow down and take it easy after having already achieved so much success. However, it seems they’re all too eager to keep pushing forward full steam ahead with growth and expansion.
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In July 2025, construction began on the brand new Royal Caribbean Terminal.
This new terminal will greatly expand Royal Caribbean’s operations from the port, with the capacity to process up to 7,000 passengers and host the larger Icon-Class vessels such as Icon of the Seas, Star of the Seas, and the highly anticipated, 250,800 gross-ton Legend of the Seas, which is set to debut from Civitavecchia, Rome in 2026.
This comes just three months after opening the new MSC Terminal, which is currently the largest cruise terminal in the world, in April 2025.
If it’s indeed possible to have too much of a good thing, PortMiami will surely be the first to find out.
Appeared first on: Cruisehive.com
