Florida’s cruise dominance was supposed to be permanent. Then Royal Caribbean’s flagship (world’s largest), Icon of the Seas, sails from Galveston in 2027. Icon Of The Seas Is Moving To Galveston, Not Florida. Florida has owned cruise homeporting for forty years. PortMiami, Port Canaveral, Port Everglades, the geographic and infrastructure case was so overwhelming that “cruising from Texas” has been seen as an “also ran.” Galveston was a Carniva…
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