The Port of Galveston celebrated its 1.5 millionth cruise passenger of 2024 on December sixth, breaking its 2023 file. The port is now on observe to succeed in over 1.6 million cruise visitors by the top of the yr.
Rodger Rees, Galveston Wharves port director and CEO, congratulated Katrular Buchanan and her household of Amite, Louisiana at Cruise Terminal 28 earlier than they launched into a four-night Disney Magic cruise.
“We’re very happy for the Buchanan family and thank them for sailing from Galveston. We’re also excited to celebrate this milestone with long-time cruise partner, Disney Cruise Line. Thanks to the support of our cruise partners and loyal cruise customers, cruising from Galveston has never been better!”
Due to Galveston’s rising reputation as a cruise house port, newer and bigger ships are crusing to extra locations. The port is scheduled to open its fourth cruise terminal in November 2025. The $156 million cruise complicated contains an onsite parking storage and an inside roadway.
Based on this progress, the Port of Galveston expects to set a brand new file with greater than 380 cruise sailings in 2024, the twenty fourth anniversary of Galveston’s house port operations. In 2025 the port forecasts greater than 400 cruise sailings and 1.75 million passengers.
Passengers select Galveston, the one house port in Texas, for its comfort and nice crusing expertise to western Caribbean locations and past, Rees stated. Over 30 million folks stay inside a 300-mile radius, making Galveston the prime drive-to cruise marketplace for the central U.S. together with Houston, Austin, Fort Worth, Dallas, Oklahoma City, and Little Rock.
The Port of Galveston has been a thriving maritime business middle since 1825. It’s the fourth hottest cruise house port within the U.S. after PortMiami, Port Canaveral, and Port Everglades.
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