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Cruises From Galveston, Texas

 

Overview

As of today (March 20, 2019) there are 517 cruise sailings out of Galveston, TX (from which 238 are in 2019, 221 are in 2020 and the rest are in 2021). 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 517 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 January of 2020, with prices starting from $719. For Caribbean you can book cruises in November starting from $367. For Panama Canal you can book cruises in January of 2020 starting from $1279.

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 (7 days, 5 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
Nov. 15, 2019 Enchantment of the Seas 5 $367 $73 View
Nov. 29, 2019 Enchantment of the Seas 5 $377 $75 View
Sep. 22, 2019 Liberty of the Seas 7 $541 $77 View
Sep. 8, 2019 Liberty of the Seas 7 $547 $78 View
Sep. 20, 2019 Enchantment of the Seas 5 $394 $79 View
Jan. 10, 2020 Enchantment of the Seas 5 $394 $79 View
Nov. 1, 2019 Enchantment of the Seas 5 $397 $79 View
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The most discounted Galveston cruise starts at $73 per day. There is one such sailing at that price point, the one on November 15, 2019 (5 nights Galveston round-trip itinerary on Enchantment of the Seas).

If you want to see the listing of all 517 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 377 35 $122 4
Royal Caribbean 140 12 $118 3

Carnival Cruises Out Of Galveston

Carnival offers the most sailings out of Galveston - 377 cruise options. It offers 35 distinct itineraries out of Galveston, serviced on 4 cruise ships. The average price per person per day for Carnival cruises is $122.

View all Carnival Cruises From Galveston.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Out Of Galveston

Royal Caribbean offers 140 cruise options out of Galveston. It offers 12 distinct itineraries and has 3 cruise ships (Enchantment of the Seas, Liberty of the Seas and Vision of the Seas) sailing out of Galveston. The average price per person per day for Royal Caribbean cruises is $118.

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 Dream 2009 154 8 $122
Carnival Vista 2016 110 9 $125
Carnival Freedom 2007 103 15 $120
Enchantment of the Seas 1997 77 5 $111
Liberty of the Seas 2007 57 4 $122
Carnival Valor 2004 10 3 $122
Vision of the Seas 1998 6 3 $151

Carnival Dream, which was built in 2009 and accommodates approximately 3600 passengers, offers the most sailings out of Galveston - 154 of them. It features 8 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $122.

Carnival Vista, built in 2016 with capacity of approximately 3900 passengers, offers 110 sailings out of Galveston. It features 9 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $125.

Carnival Freedom, which started sailing in 2007 and accommodates approximately 3000 passengers, offers 103 sailings. It features 15 distinct itineraries and the average price (per person per day) of its sailings is $120.

Enchantment of the Seas offers 77 cruises using 5 distinct itineraries, Liberty of the Seas offers 57 cruises using 4 distinct itineraries, Carnival Valor offers 10 cruises using 3 distinct itineraries and Vision of the Seas offers 6 cruises using 3 distinct itineraries.

Duration of Cruises

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

Duration Number of
Sailings		 Distinct
Itineraries		 Average Price
Per Day
7 Days / 7 Nights 220 20 $123
5 Days / 5 Nights 161 11 $114
4 Days / 4 Nights 83 5 $131
6 Days / 6 Nights 27 5 $127
8 Days / 8 Nights 22 2 $122
14 Days / 14 Nights 4 4 $99

The most popular duration of cruises traveling out of Galveston is 7 days (7 nights) long. There are 220 such cruises featuring 20 distinct itineraries. The average per-person-per-day price of those sailings is $123.

There are 161 cruise sailings that are 5 days (5 nights) long. They feature 11 distinct itineraries and the average price of those sailings is $114.

Among cruises that sail out of Galveston you can also find 4 day cruises (83 sailings), 6 day cruises (27 sailings), 8 day cruises (22 sailings) and 14 day cruises (4 sailings).

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 19 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 489 45
Roatan, Bay Islands 122 11
George Town, Cayman Islands 113 13
Costa Maya, Mexico 112 12
Belize City, Belize 96 11
Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico 79 5
Montego Bay, Jamaica 68 7
Falmouth, Jamaica 34 2
Nassau, Bahamas 28 2
Freeport, Bahamas 28 2
Key West, Florida 28 2
Half Moon Cay, Bahamas 21 1
Other Ports Less than 21

Among cruises that leave from Galveston there are 489 cruises (45 distinct itineraries) that visit Cozumel Island, Mexico. Roatan, Bay Islands, on the other hand, is visited by 122 cruises on 11 distinct itineraries. There are 113 cruises that visit George Town, Cayman Islands on 13 itineraries.

Some of the other more popular ports of call for Galveston cruises are Costa Maya, Mexico (112 sailings), Belize City, Belize (96 sailings), Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico (79 sailings) and Montego Bay, Jamaica (68 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
517
available cruise sailings from Galveston, Texas
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