Cruises

Massport expects a document-breaking 2024 cruise period

January 8, 2024
Aleesha Maclean

Journey

The 2024 cruise period begins on March 29.

Massport expects a document-breaking 2024 cruise period
The Norwegian Pearl cruise ship. Massport

A history-breaking cruise time is envisioned at Flynn Cruiseport Boston in 2024, Massport announced on Friday.


  • Vacationers cruising to the Bahamas for Christmas holidays wound up in Boston instead

The 2024 season, which starts on March 29, is envisioned to established information for passenger and ship quantity, Massport described, by bringing extra than 170 vessels, 12 maiden phone calls, and 16 a few-ship days to Flynn Cruiseport Boston.

Boston will host a document 8 homeport ships in a person time in 2024: Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Norwegian Gem and Norwegian Jade Holland The us Line’s Volendam and Zuiderdam Princess Cruises’ Emerald Princess Superstar Cruises’ Superstar Eclipse Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas, and Oceania
Cruises’ Nautica, Massport noted.

In 2023, Boston’s cruise enterprise generated much more than $135 million, according to Massport, with Boston looking at 149 cruise ships and 373,000 travellers, a 20% passenger boost around the preceding 12 months.

“We had been thrilled to see the strong need for cruising in 2023, supporting the City of Boston and the Commonwealth’s vacation and tourism market,” claimed Joseph Morris, Massport port director, in a assertion. “Boston has
developed as both a homeport and destination port of connect with for multiple cruise traces, and we glance forward to fostering added development in passengers, ships, and diversified itineraries as we technique the 2024 season.”

The 2023 period, which ran from March to December (ending with the a lot talked about re-routed MSC Meraviglia), introduced five maiden voyages to Boston and supported itineraries to the Caribbean, Central The us, and Iceland/Greenland from 27 diverse cruise strains.

New itineraries in 2024 include things like the subsequent:

  • 21-working day roundtrip from Boston to the Caribbean/Panama Canal cruise aboard Holland America’s Zuiderdam in October
  • 10-day 1 way Boston to the Caribbean cruise aboard Superstar Cruises’ Movie star Eclipse in Oct
  • 9-working day 1 way Boston to St. Maarten cruise aboard Windstar Cruises’ Star Delight in October.
  • 7-day one particular way Boston to Panama cruise aboard Hapag Lloyd Cruises’ Hanseatic Inspiration in October
  • 14-day one particular way Boston to the Caribbean cruise aboard Holland America Line’s Zuiderdam in November

“Flynn Cruiseport Boston is an significant homeport for Holland The usa Line sailings, and we appear forward to yet another profitable time in 2024,” said Gus Antorcha, president of Holland The usa Line, in a statement. “Guests who board our cruise ships in Boston get to investigate historical sites alongside the New England coast and immerse on their own in the abundant cultures of eastern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Caribbean, and Panama Canal, all whilst suffering from impeccable company at sea.”

Massport also took techniques this year to minimize emissions at Flynn Cruiseport by putting in LED lighting, acquiring hybrid/electriccal help automobiles, recycling, and upgrading the HVAC procedure.