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Since the start of 2025, there have been 12 outbreaks on cruise ships, mostly caused by norovirus, according to CDC records. In 2024, there were 18 outbreaks, also mostly caused by norovirus.
It makes most of its money from cruise ships, but Port Canaveral also calls itself Central Florida’s gateway to global commerce. With President Trump’s tariffs on all international imports, some wonder how our local economy will be affected.
One of America’s greatest maritime achievements passed off the coast of Port Canaveral Monday, embarking on the first leg of its final voyage—an ending that many believe is unceremonious for a ship with such an astonishing legacy
The Disney Treasure features several venues paying homage to popular Disney World attractions. The Skipper Society Lounge is an ode to the Jungle Cruise and continues the story.
Daycare on the Disney Treasure cruise ship? Yes! But the kids may be having more fun than the adults dropping them off.
It’s an attraction a lot of Disney fanatics have been anticipating and News 6 was one of the first to check out the Haunted Mansion Parlor onboard the Disney Treasure before its first cruise with paying passengers.
Much like the feeling of entering a Disney theme park, the first impression when stepping aboard the Disney Treasure is no different.
Entertainment is a huge draw for passengers onboard Disney Cruise Lines and the Treasure does not disappoint with shows that highlight culture and unity with a side of magic.
Desserts based on Zootopia characters and suites that will have you living like royalty onboard the Disney Treasure, the newest ship in the Disney Cruise Line Fleet. We're taking you inside.
The Celebrity Equinox arrived at the Space Coast on Tuesday and its inaugural voyage will set sail on Saturday.
The aquarium Brevard Zoo is planning to build in Port Canaveral now has a name, and we’re getting new details about when it will be built.
After a transatlantic journey and a little detour, Disney's newest cruise ship is expected to arrive at its new home port.
A Disney Cruise ship heading to its new home in Port Canaveral rescued four stranded boaters on Sunday morning, officials with the company said.
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas have started walking picket lines in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks.
The closest access yet to how a balloon ride to the stratosphere will work was shared with reporters and Space Perspective employees Thursday as the company's Voyager ship docked with its Neptune capsule at Port Canaveral.
On Saturday, Space Perspective’s prototype capsule — that will one day take tourists to the edge of space — was lifted by crane onto the ship voyager.
The day after a big change of plans for building a new cruise terminal, the state of Florida says it's happy Port Canaveral isn't favoring the giant cruise industry over another vital part of the local economy - space.
Port Canaveral leaders reversed its decision on a new cruise terminal following the state’s warning earlier this month that it would withhold current and future infrastructure money.
The state has warned Port Canaveral leaders that they are putting at risk current and future infrastructure money if they don’t reverse dock plans that appear to favor cruise ships over the space industry.
While impressive in size, Utopia of the Seas is second to Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, which is the world’s largest cruise ship.
A boat crew with U.S. Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral towed a disabled vessel — a 36-foot center console named "Smells Like Fish" — with five people on board back to Jetty Park.
The U.S. Coast Guard sent their helicopter to rescue a woman suffering a medical emergency on a cruise ship off of the coast of Florida early Wednesday morning.
A fire broke out in the exhaust funnel of the Carnival Freedom cruise ship near the Bahamas on Saturday, according to a news release.
A marina that has operated for nearly 50 years at Port Canaveral won’t get its lease renewed, officials said in a meeting Wednesday.
Most cruise ship passengers, more than anything, care about coming home safely. And the Coast Guard’s special unit – the Marine Safety Unit (MSU) based at the port – makes sure of that every day.
Ten ships departing the port with tens of thousands of passengers this weekend add to the 6.8 million guests Port Canaveral says took a cruise in the 2023 financial year.
In a major announcement today, Royal Caribbean revealed that its revolutionary ship, Star of the Seas, will make port in Port Canaveral.
Deputy Jemiah Thomas has worked for the Broward County Sheriff's Office for six years.
Joining the lineup at Port Canaveral, the port’s CEO Captain John Murray welcomed the captain of Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas on Wednesday.
The company said its sixth ship is scheduled for delivery in 2024, paving the way for new experiences that immerse guests in some of the company’s most legendary stories.
Sunday’s “Smoke on the Water & Fire in the Sky” celebration has been canceled, “due to safety and concerns related” to the event, according to the Canaveral Port Authority.
A ribbon cutting on Thursday ceremoniously reopened Port Canaveral’s North Cargo Berth 3, which has been out of service for nine years, with nearly 900 feet of new dock space for larger ships.
The Florida Department of Transportation has hit pause on moving forward with a plan to replace the State Road 401 drawbridges in the Port Canaveral area, after concerns were raised by space launch companies and Florida Rep. Thad Altman, according to News 6 partner Florida Today.
Sunday’s “Smoke on the Water & Fire in the Sky” celebration has been canceled, “due to safety and concerns related” to the event, according to the Canaveral Port Authority.
The Brevard County Fire Rescue hazmat team responded to a business in Port Canaveral on Saturday afternoon due to an “odor investigation.”
With more than three million people cruising in just the last six months, Port Canaveral said it's beginning planning of building a new cruise terminal to handle record passenger numbers as soon as 2026.
During his monthly presentation to Port Canaveral commissioners, CEO Captain John Murray said the world’s busiest port is outpacing its total number of cruise passengers from last year, which was a record year for revenue.
With an overwhelmingly positive response from the community, Brevard Zoo officials in charge of the project said they hope to break ground on construction next year on an aquarium worth millions of dollars.
Ramping up launches at the nation’s busiest spaceport has increased conflicts with cruise ships at Port Canaveral, a space-industry official told lawmakers this week.
Port Canaveral says 52,000 people got on or off a cruise ship on Christmas Eve and that single day record won't last long because on New Year's Eve, the port says 57,000 people will pass through its terminals.
Workers are preparing for a couple of busy weekends at Port Canaveral, which is expected to see two record-breaking cruise passenger days before the end of the year.
The Greyson Project is giving Santa Claus a run for his money by helping to deliver bags of holiday decorations to children’s hospitals across the country.
After previously sailing this year out of Fort Lauderdale and Europe, Royal Caribbean says its fifth ship in its Oasis class will now call Port Canaveral home for at least the next two years.
Port Canaveral started its 2022-23 fiscal year with a record-setting budget plan, after ending its 2021-22 fiscal year with a cruise-disrupting hurricane.
With Hurricane Ian's expected to impact Florida by Wednesday, Royal Caribbean announced Tuesday it will postpone two of its cruises.
A young green sea turtle will go back to the ocean Thursday morning after five months of care, including surgery to remove fishing line from its intestines.
Researchers said the smelly seaweed, called Sargassum, is coming in record numbers this year to Central Florida’s coast and unfortunately, it’s going to get worse soon before it gets better,
If you’re planning to sail on a Disney Cruise out of Port Canaveral, you’re more than likely making a stop at Disney’s private island in the Bahamas, Castaway Cay.
In order to make room at Port Canaveral, the company is shuffling some of its cruise ships around, including the Disney Dream.
President Joe Biden is marking the Memorial Day holiday by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier before delivering a speech at Arlington National Cemetery.
