PortMiami is on Dodge Island, beside downtown Miami. Road access is available through the PortMiami Tunnel and across the PortMiami Bridge. Cruise terminals are spread around the island, so use the terminal and address on your cruise documents when arranging a taxi, rideshare, shuttle or drive to the ship.
Ways to spend your day
South Pointe afternoon
Spend your pre-cruise afternoon by the beach, with a café stop and time to get back to your hotel.
Cuban food outing
Build a pre-cruise meal around Cuban dishes, sandwiches or pastries at Versailles.
Keep boarding day simple
A focused departure morning for travelers arriving late or keeping their pre-cruise stay short.
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Day 2Cruising.A full day at sea aboard Celebrity Xcel. Sailing from Miami toward Oranjestad.
Oranjestad docks in the middle of town, with the pastel Dutch frontages and the shops immediately outside the terminal. Aruba's draw is the beach rather than the capital, and Eagle and Palm are both short rides north.
Ways to spend your day
Town & Dutch pancakes
Browse town and the waterfront, with pancakes or lunch at Renaissance Marketplace.
Eagle Beach
Choose Eagle Beach for your main outing, checking shade and rentals before settling in.
Palm Beach & food
Choose Palm Beach for a beach area with nearby restaurants and watersports.
Kralendijk docks in the middle of a very small capital, and Bonaire's entire draw is underwater: the island's west coast is a marine park you can enter from the shore. Bring or rent a mask rather than booking a boat, and the day organises itself.
Ways to spend your day
Waterfront & lunch
Explore town on foot and choose breakfast or lunch by the water.
Te Amo beach stop
Use a return taxi for a beach outing without a second boat connection.
Klein Bonaire picnic
Choose the offshore beach only when the water-taxi schedule leaves a comfortable return.
Willemstad docks beside Otrobanda, and the walk across the Queen Emma pontoon bridge into the painted Handelskade frontage is the best free thing in the southern Caribbean. Curaçao's shore diving is unusually good and starts a short ride east.
Ways to spend your day
Waterfront & Punda
Explore the colorful city waterfront and choose a lunch stop around the harbor crossing arrangements.
Lunch in Otrobanda
Make a waterfront meal the focus, with a shorter walk and no need to fill the whole day with stops.
Mambo Beach
Choose one beach area with a clear entrance, facilities and return pickup.
