Galveston Express

01/21/2025

Come visit our white sand beaches. 😁

10/18/2024

It's official! Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. will begin sailing from Galveston’s new Cruise Terminal 16 next year under a contract approved by the Galveston Wharves Board of Trustees on Tuesday. Galveston Wharves Port Director Rodger E. Rees and Dan Farkas, NCLH executive vice president, general counsel, and chief development officer, held a signing ceremony on Wednesday at the Galveston Economic Development Partnership (GEDP) summit. https://www.portofgalveston.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=318

03/23/2024

02/08/2024

The Galveston Wharves, a major U.S. cruise home port, and MSC Cruises, a leading international cruise company, have finalized an operating agreement for a fourth cruise terminal complex at the Port of Galveston. MSC Seascape will homeport at the new terminal beginning in November 2025.

The port will develop the $100 million cruise terminal, $42 million parking garage, internal roadway and other improvements at Pier 16 beginning in early 2024. The estimated $142 million project will be funded with port cash reserves and revenue bonds. The port will convert an existing cargo warehouse into the 165,000-square-foot cruise terminal.

Under the 20-year agreement, which includes four 5-year extension options, MSC will have a set cruise schedule beginning in late 2025 when the terminal opens. The port also can negotiate with other cruise lines to use the terminal based on availability. https://www.portofgalveston.com/CivicAlerts.aspx

02/05/2024

The view from Voyager of the Seas today. Our Sprinters collect passengers on the left side of the building while the buses must collect passengers way up in front of the building.

Photo borrowed from a friend, attribution in the top left corner.😁

01/26/2024

https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2024/01/25/royal-caribbean-rumor-wonder-of-the-seas-galveston?fbclid=IwAR0jHVDCcwsRoWDEIw9462G21MILTCURP5TZ1_vS6T5oTUCp-S5oJWjwOt8

If you read between the lines, it sounds like Royal Caribbean might have plans for an even bigger cruise ship to move to Galveston.

12/25/2023

Norwegian Cruise Line’s newly announced 2025-26 season includes several firsts for company in the Caribbean, with new ships arriving in two homeports. Currently Norwegian’s newest ship, the Norwegian Viva will homeport in Galveston, Texas, for the first time. From December 2025 through April 202...