The people who built the Houston Bayport Cruise Terminal have got to be breathing a sigh of relief these days. The $100 million terminal was built in 2008 to host no ships whatsoever. The terminal has been an expensive white elephant for the city until this month, when both Princess and Norwegian Cruise Line announced plans to homeport in Houston, instead of its more entrenched Texas counterpart, Galveston.

Beginning in November 2013, the Caribbean Princess is coming to Texas and Houston will be its homeport with 26 sailings, moving from Galveston for Western Caribbean itineraries. Shortly there after, in the spring of 2014, Norwegian is returning to Texas for the first time in seven years with the Norwegian Jewel doing seven night Western Caribbean sailings as well.

Funnily enough, it was Norwegian Cruise Line who pioneered sailing out of Texas back in the 1990s with “Texaribbean” cruises to the Western Caribbean, and left the market after a decade plus in 2007. These new sailings mark a big growth of sailings leaving from Texas, with Disney coming to Galveston this year, as well as Norwegian’s return to the market in 2014.

Check out this video about the Caribbean Princess and some of its sisters to help get excited about these new sailings from Houston. For more cruise videos, visit our video site, by clicking here!

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