Crystal to resume Port Everglades homeporting

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.