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Crystal to resume Port Everglades homeporting

Crystal plans to begin homeporting from Port Everglades in November 2024 with the newly refurbished Crystal Serenity.

Anne Kalosh, Editor, Seatrade Cruise News & Senior Associate Editor, Seatrade Cruise Review

June 12, 2023

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The brand, relaunching under new owners A&K Travel Group, is scheduled to resume service with Crystal Serenity on July 31 at Marseille.

2025 itineraries to use Port Everglades

Crystal is to announce its 2025 itineraries later this year and will include Port Everglades for South Florida turnarounds.

'We are excited to make our return to Port Everglades,' said Crystal's Spyros Almpertis, VP port operations & itinerary planning. He noted the port has more than 3m passenger moves a year, adding the line is happy to offer an option for an exceptional cruising experience — playing on the 'Crystal: Exceptional at Sea' branding.

'Crystal is a natural fit for Port Everglades and will complement our growing fleet of high-end brands,' CEO and Port Director Jonathan Daniels said. 'Port Everglades is already known as a big-ship cruise port, and more luxury lines are discovering that our terminals are fully scalable to accommodate more intimate ships and their discerning guests.'

PortMiami prior to the shutdown

Most recently Crystal had made PortMiami its South Florida base prior to the company's shutdown under previous ownership in early 2022. In earlier years, Crystal had sailed from Port Everglades.

Crystal Serenity is currently undergoing an extensive refurbishment at Fincantieri's Trieste shipyard.

About the Author

Anne Kalosh

Editor, Seatrade Cruise News & Senior Associate Editor, Seatrade Cruise Review

Anne Kalosh covers global stories, reporting both breaking and in-depth news on cruising's significant people, places, ships and trends. A sought-after expert on cruising, she has moderated conferences around the world, including the high-profile State of the Industry panel at Seatrade Cruise Global. She created and led the acclaimed itinerary-planning case study for Seatrade's cruise master classes held at Cambridge and Oxford universities. She has been the cruise columnist for AFAR.com, and her freelance stories have appeared in a wide range of publications, from The New York Times to The Miami Herald.

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