Guides
Getting to the ship in Philadelphia
The schedule tells you when to sail. These guides cover the rest: getting to the PhilaPort Cruise Terminal, parking, the trip from the airport, hotels the night before, the documents to bring and where each route goes. Each one lists its sources and the date we last checked them.
Philadelphia cruise port: where the PhilaPort Cruise Terminal is and how to get there
PhilaPort lists one cruise terminal: the PhilaPort Cruise Terminal at 4 Atlantic Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19153, on the former Hog Island Dock beside Philadelphia International Airport. There is no parking at the terminal, and PhilaPort asks you not to arrive before 9:30 am. All 82 sailings on our schedule are Norwegian, and your cruise documents confirm where you board.
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Philadelphia cruise port parking: the Clarion Hotel lot and free shuttle
There is no passenger parking at the PhilaPort Cruise Terminal. PhilaPort sends drivers to the Clarion Hotel Philadelphia International Airport, 76 Industrial Highway, Essington, with a free shuttle to the terminal. Norwegian's letter of 7 August 2026 put the rate at $16 a day per vehicle, and PhilaPort's page, updated 7 October 2026, says to ask the hotel for current rates.
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Philadelphia airport to the cruise terminal: taxi, rideshare or Norwegian transfer
Philadelphia International Airport is about 5 to 6 miles by road from the PhilaPort Cruise Terminal, roughly 15 minutes without traffic by OpenStreetMap routing. We found no official page showing public transport to the terminal, so the last leg is a taxi, a ride app or Norwegian's transfer. At PHL, taxis wait at Zone 5 and ride apps pick up at Zone 7.
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Hotels near the Philadelphia cruise terminal
DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Airport and Residence Inn Philadelphia Airport, both on Island Avenue, are the closest hotels we checked: 8 and 10 minutes from the PhilaPort Cruise Terminal by car. For parking while you sail, PhilaPort names the Clarion Hotel in Essington, with a complimentary shuttle to the terminal, and SpringHill Suites in Ridley Park sells a Park & Cruise stay.
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First cruise from Philadelphia: questions and answers
Cruises from Philadelphia board at the PhilaPort Cruise Terminal, 4 Atlantic Avenue, next to the airport. Do not arrive before 9:30am, and come in the check-in window you picked in MyNCL. Norwegian adds a service charge of $20 per guest per day in standard cabins, by its page on 3 November 2026.
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Do you need a passport to cruise from Philadelphia?
On a Norwegian round trip that starts and ends in Philadelphia, a U.S. citizen can board with a state-certified birth certificate and a government photo ID, though Norwegian strongly recommends a passport. The one-way sailings that end in Quebec City or Barcelona are not closed-loop cruises, so plan on a passport book for those.
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Bermuda cruises from Philadelphia: the 7-night Thursday trips and the short ones
This schedule has 49 cruises from Philadelphia to Bermuda, all Norwegian Cruise Line round trips to the Royal Naval Dockyard, from 21 November 2026 to 24 August 2028. Most are 7 nights, leave on a Thursday, spend a night in Bermuda and call at Norfolk, Virginia, on the way home. Norwegian Pearl sails them in 2027 and Norwegian Gem in 2028. Fares started at $549 per person on 3 November 2026.
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Caribbean and Bahamas cruises from Philadelphia: winter round trips on Norwegian Pearl
This schedule has 19 Caribbean cruises and 6 Bahamas cruises from Philadelphia, all winter round trips on Norwegian Pearl. The Caribbean trips last 10 to 12 nights and most spend five days at sea. The 8-night Bahamas trips also call at Port Canaveral, Florida. On 3 November 2026 Caribbean fares started at $609 and Bahamas fares at $819 per person.
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Canada and New England cruises from Philadelphia: one way to Quebec City, or round trip
This schedule has 7 Canada and New England cruises from Philadelphia, all on Norwegian Cruise Line in late summer and fall, from 7 September 2027 to 17 October 2028. Of these, 5 are one-way trips that end in Quebec City, so you fly or take the train home, and 2 are October round trips that come back by Portland, Maine. Fares started at $1,279 per person on 3 November 2026.
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Cruises from Philadelphia in 2026, 2027 and 2028, month by month
Cruise ships leave Philadelphia all year, all of them Norwegian: the Caribbean and the Bahamas in winter, Bermuda every Thursday from April to August, and Canada and New England in the fall. Norwegian Jewel's 2026 season is over, and the number of 2026 departures left on the schedule we track is 5, all on Norwegian Pearl. For 2027 it is 43, and for 2028 it is 34.
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Short cruises from Philadelphia: 3-day, weekend and 5-night cruises
When we checked on 3 November 2026, no cruise of 2, 3 or 4 nights left Philadelphia. The shortest on the schedule we track are 3 5-night round trips to Bermuda on Norwegian Pearl, at $719 to $889 per person on 3 November 2026, two sharing, with taxes and fees included. Next come 46 7-night Bermuda trips, most of them leaving on a Thursday.
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Cheap and last-minute cruises from Philadelphia
On 3 November 2026 the lowest starting fare from Philadelphia was $549 per person, two sharing, with taxes and fees included, and the lowest per night was $61. Ships leave Philadelphia in every month on the schedule we track, so a last-minute cruise is possible all year, but Norwegian asks for full payment on any booking made within 120 days of sailing. Our fare records are too new to show whether waiting lowers a fare.
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All-inclusive cruises from Philadelphia: what Norwegian's Free at Sea covers and costs
No cruise from Philadelphia puts drinks and gratuities in the fare. All 82 sailings on the schedule are Norwegian, which sells an open bar, specialty meals, Wi-Fi and excursion credit as its Free at Sea package. Norwegian's US package sheet of March 2026 puts the open bar gratuity at $28.50 a day for each guest aged 21 or over, and a $20 daily service charge applies in a standard cabin. Neither charge is in the fares we show.
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Royal Caribbean and Carnival cruises from Philadelphia: which lines sail from the port
On the schedule we track, every cruise from Philadelphia is Norwegian Cruise Line: 82 sailings on Norwegian Pearl, Norwegian Gem and Norwegian Dawn, from 21 November 2026 to 17 October 2028. Royal Caribbean and Carnival sell none from here. Their own websites, read on 3 November 2026, name Cape Liberty in Bayonne, New Jersey, and Baltimore as Royal Caribbean's nearest ports, and Baltimore, New York and Norfolk as Carnival's.
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