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Cruises From Galveston, Texas

 

Overview

As of today - April 28, 2022 - there are 268 cruise sailings out of Galveston, TX (from which 208 are in 2022 and 60 are in 2023). In the following paragraphs you'll find a detailed overview of all those cruise options. If you're just looking to see the listing of the 268 sailings, please click on one of the 3 buttons on the right side - either on "View Sailings Sorted By Departure Date" (good for viewing last minute Galveston cruise deals), "View Sailings Sorted By Price Per Day" or "View Sailings Grouped By Itineraries".

Regions and Prices

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Region
Bahamas
Caribbean
Panama Canal

In the upcoming year, the most affordable month for booking a cruise vacation that leaves from Galveston and visits Bahamas is August, with prices starting from $344. For Caribbean you can book cruises in December starting from $229. For Panama Canal you can book cruises in October starting from $1419.

You can click on links in the table above to view the cruise options for the given region in a given month. You can also click on the "Next Month" and "Previous Month" links at the top of the table to shift the window of months that are displayed.

Cheap Cruises From Galveston

Since Galveston cruises have various durations (5 days, 7 days and other durations - see below), the best way to compare cruise prices is to do that on price-per-day bases. The following table shows Galveston cruises in the upcoming 12 months sorted by price per day. You can use this table to find the best cruise deals from Galveston.

Departure
Date		 Ship Days Price $/Day View
Apr. 30, 2022 Carnival Vista 7 $289 $41 View
May 7, 2022 Carnival Vista 7 $299 $43 View
Aug. 27, 2022 Carnival Dream 8 $344 $43 View
Aug. 21, 2022 Carnival Dream 6 $264 $44 View
Oct. 16, 2022 Carnival Dream 6 $269 $45 View
Nov. 13, 2022 Carnival Dream 6 $269 $45 View
Dec. 5, 2022 Carnival Breeze 5 $229 $46 View
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The most discounted Galveston cruise starts at $41 per day. There is one such sailing at that price point, the one on April 30, 2022 (7 nights Galveston round-trip itinerary on Carnival Vista).

If you want to see the listing of all 268 Galveston sailings sorted by price per day, you can click on 'View All Cruises Sorted By Price Per Day' link at the bottom of the table above.

Cruise Lines out of Galveston

There are only two cruise lines - Carnival and Royal Caribbean - that offer cruises that depart from the Port of Galveston.

Cruise Line Number of
Sailings		 Distinct
Itineraries		 Average Price
Per Day		 Number of
Ships
Carnival 158 12 $75 3
Royal Caribbean 110 13 $81 4

Carnival Cruises Out Of Galveston

Carnival offers the most sailings out of Galveston - 158 cruise options. It offers 12 distinct itineraries out of Galveston, serviced on 3 cruise ships (Carnival Breeze, Carnival Vista and Carnival Dream). The average price per person per day for Carnival cruises is $75.

View all Carnival Cruises From Galveston.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Out Of Galveston

Royal Caribbean offers 110 cruise options out of Galveston. It offers 13 distinct itineraries and has 4 cruise ships sailing out of Galveston. The average price per person per day for Royal Caribbean cruises is $81.

View all Royal Caribbean Cruises From Galveston.

Cruise Ships out of Galveston

There are 7 cruise ships that offer sailings that depart from the Galveston cruise terminal.

Cruise Ship Year
Built		 Number of
Sailings		 Distinct
Itineraries		 Average Price
Per Day
Carnival Breeze 2012 68 4 $79
Carnival Vista 2016 46 3 $68
Carnival Dream 2009 44 5 $78
Grandeur of the Seas 1996 39 2 $74
Adventure of the Seas 2001 28 4 $85
Liberty of the Seas 2007 26 3 $82
Allure of the Seas 2010 17 4 $89

Carnival Breeze, which was built in 2012 and accommodates approximately 3700 passengers, offers the most sailings out of Galveston - 68 of them. It features 4 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $79.

Carnival Vista, built in 2016 with capacity of approximately 3900 passengers, offers 46 sailings out of Galveston. It features 3 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $68.

Carnival Dream, which started sailing in 2009 and accommodates approximately 3600 passengers, offers 44 sailings. It features 5 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $78.

Grandeur of the Seas offers 39 cruises using 2 distinct itineraries, Adventure of the Seas offers 28 cruises using 4 distinct itineraries, Liberty of the Seas offers 26 cruises using 3 distinct itineraries and Allure of the Seas offers 17 cruises using 4 distinct itineraries.

Duration of Cruises

The cruise sailings scheduled out of Galveston are 4 days, 5 days, 6 days, 7 days, 8 days, 13 days and 14 days long. The following table summarizes those options:

Duration Number of
Sailings		 Distinct
Itineraries		 Average Price
Per Day
5 Days / 5 Nights 91 7 $77
7 Days / 7 Nights 86 8 $75
4 Days / 4 Nights 46 4 $81
6 Days / 6 Nights 21 2 $65
8 Days / 8 Nights 21 1 $74
14 Days / 14 Nights 2 2 $166
13 Days / 13 Nights 1 1 $115

The most popular duration of cruises traveling out of Galveston is 5 days (5 nights) long. There are 91 such cruises featuring 7 distinct itineraries. The average per-person-per-day price of those sailings is $77.

There are 86 cruise sailings that are 7 days (7 nights) long. They feature 8 distinct itineraries and the average price of those sailings is $75.

Among cruises that sail out of Galveston you can also find 4 day cruises (46 sailings), 6 day cruises (21 sailings), 8 day cruises (21 sailings), 14 day cruises (2 sailings) and 13 day cruises (1 sailing).

Even though many people ask about them, cruise lines do not offer any 2 day or 3 day cruises out of Galveston.

Ports of Call

There are 27 distinct ports that are visited by cruises that leave from Galveston. The following table shows these ports:

Port of Call Number of
Sailings		 Distinct
Itineraries
Cozumel Island, Mexico 246 23
Costa Maya, Mexico 103 10
Roatan, Bay Islands 52 6
George Town, Cayman Islands 43 4
Belize City, Belize 40 3
Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico 30 3
Key West, Florida 22 2
Freeport, Bahamas 21 1
Half Moon Cay, Bahamas 21 1
Nassau, Bahamas 21 1
Falmouth, Jamaica 20 2
Montego Bay 17 3
Other Ports Less than 17

Among cruises that leave from Galveston there are 246 cruises (23 distinct itineraries) that visit Cozumel Island, Mexico. Costa Maya, Mexico, on the other hand, is visited by 103 cruises on 10 distinct itineraries. There are 52 cruises that visit Roatan, Bay Islands on 6 itineraries.

Some of the other more popular ports of call for Galveston cruises are George Town, Cayman Islands (43 sailings), Belize City, Belize (40 sailings), Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico (30 sailings) and Key West, Florida (22 sailings).

Things to See and Do in Galveston

There are many interesting things you can see and do while you're in Galveston either before or after your cruise. Here are some places that are worth a visit:
  • The Strand District, which is considered Galveston's social center, has many galleries, small local shops (where you can find interesting antique items), restaurants and beautiful Victorian buildings.

  • Moody Gardens is another must-see place in Galveston, especially if you travel with kids. Here you can see a huge aquarium with many memorable marine species and a 12-story high pyramid where you can experience what a rain forest feels like. Here you can also see fun 3-D movies and enjoy other interesting activities.

  • Grand Opera House - a historic and beautiful theater - is a nice venue where you can experience a great play or a musical before/after your cruise. It's a small and intimate place, but has great acoustics.

  • The ship ELISSA - from 1877 - is tall, beautiful old ship that attracts tourists from all over the world. Here you can see where the ship crew slept, where the food was prepared and how ship officers lived in 19th century. There is also a museum that details the history of the ship.

  • The Seawall is nice place to take a stroll as well as just to sit and enjoy the waves of the Gulf of Mexico. It has an interesting history as it was built after the Galveston hurricanes of 1900 and 1915.

  • Lone Star Flight Museum has a nice collection of old classic planes. For a fee, you can even fly in one of the planes and view Galveston landmarks from the air.

  • The NASA Space Center, while a bit away from the Galveston, is definitely worth a visit if you have a bit extra time. Here you can see the actual spacecrafts that flew into the space, explore how astronauts live and get the answers to all the questions that you had about space travel.



 
Cruise Sailings
There are a total of
268
available cruise sailings from Galveston, Texas
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