Welcome to the Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast, a weekly look into the world of Royal Caribbean cruising.

I'm your host Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 80.

One of Royal Caribbean's most popular ports to cruise from is Port Canaveral, and it's been home to many Royal Caribbean ships over the years.

This week, let's discuss the basics of taking a Royal Caribbean cruise from Port Canaveral

and what you need to know about getting to the port, what's around the area, and other helpful tips.

Here we go.

These days, Porcan Averal is one of the more busy ports that Royal Caribbean serves between cruises that home port out of Porcan Arival and other cruises that stop in.

So there's a lot going on here.

And I think for a lot of our listeners, this might be a great topic to discuss about how to

take cruises out of Port Canaveral.

And if you happen to be coming into Port Canaver as part of an itinerary, what you can

do in the area.

So Park Canaveral, for those are unaware, is really Cape Canaveral, same area. And it's on the east coast of Florida about a little less than an hour from Orlando.

So it's basically right on the Atlantic side of Florida, really halfway down the state from

the top to bottom kind of thing.

So it's about, I would say, somewhere in the ballpark of three, three and a half hours

from Miami and probably another three hours north to Jacksonville. It's really right in the ballpark of three, three and a half hours from Miami and probably

another three hours north to Jacksonville. It's really right in the middle. And Royal Caribbean

has been here for quite a while. You know, even though Miami and Port Everglades really get all

the accolades as, you know, the premier cruising port in Florida, Port Canaveral is really

growing a lot. And actually, Royal Caribbean

just finished building a brand new cruise terminal in Port Canarval. It's called Terminal 1. And it's a

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