Both Royal Royal Caribbean International and Carnival Cruise Line sail out of Galveston year-round. Royal Caribbean leads with 139 sailings in 2025 on several ships out of its dedicated Terminal 10.

Carnival Journeys/Panama Canal. Ahead of its move to Galveston, Carnival Legend will sail a 16-day Carnival Journeys cruise that departs San Francisco on Oct. 6, 2025. The ship will visit Cabo San ...

Carnival Cruise is expecting to have 238,000 passengers departing from Galveston on cruises this summer between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The cruise line announced this week that it estimates ...

A second 14-day Carnival Journeys cruise, roundtrip from Galveston, departs on Feb. 2, 2026. Three 10-day Panama Canal cruises will depart Oct. 27 and Dec. 8, 2025, and March 16, 2026.

Galveston’s cruise business generates $1.6 billion in annual spending and 27,000 jobs statewide, according to the Port of Galveston.It expects 362 trips to embark this year, carrying a record of ...