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Caribbean Escape from Fort Lauderdale

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Things change. We checked the pages named below on 2026-10-10. Itineraries, port calls, ship assignments, prices, all-aboard times and entry rules move often. Before you book and again before you sail, confirm them on celebritycruises.com, in your booking, and in the Celebrity app. Several official pages (Celebrity's gratuity and Caribbean destination pages, the CBP and State Department closed-loop pages) would not open for us; we flag each one and tell you where to look. Times marked "typical" are patterns, not promises.

Celebrity 7-Night Caribbean from Fort Lauderdale

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Promise: a clear plan for one week on an Edge-series ship from Port Everglades, whether you choose the Eastern loop or the Western loop, with a day-by-day for each.
Trip length: 7 nights, 8 calendar days, plus a hotel night before if you fly.
Best months: shoulder months outside holiday weeks and outside the peak of hurricane season (June to November). Check weather history for your month and buy flexible flights.
Budget band: built from fees we could verify plus blanks you fill. Verified: the taxi from FLL to the port is about $12 on the meter (checked Oct 10, 2026). Not verified (page blocked or no figure): daily gratuities, port parking rates. Everything else you read from your own booking page.
Best for: first-time Caribbean cruisers who want a modern ship, couples and groups who like choosing between a history-and-beach loop and a reef-and-ruins loop, and points travelers who want to pay for the flights and hotel with miles.

At a glance

Homeport airport: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). The port is next to it (checked Oct 10, 2026).
Reach the pier: about a 10-minute ride; no free shuttles to the port; taxi about $12 by meter (up to five passengers, cards accepted); pre-booked cruise-line transfer meets you at baggage claim .
Terminal: Celebrity's Edge, Apex and Beyond use Terminal 25, which the port says had a renovation investment of "$100 million+" .
Ships: Edge, Apex, Beyond (and Ascent if it appears on your sailing). Beyond: Edge Series, third ship, 3,260 guests at double occupancy. Apex: Edge Series, second ship, 2,910 guests, 130,818 gross tons, 1,004 ft long . Confirm which ship your date uses.
Book ahead: specialty dining, spa, popular shore excursions, and your Celebrity app check-in. Celebrity opens check-in and dining reservations some weeks before sailing; the exact window is on your booking page (We could not confirm this on the official site when we checked — confirm it there before you book.).
Bag-check warning: on your flight home, "airlines at FLL may only be able to check your bags up to two hours before your scheduled flight" .
The one thing most cruisers get wrong: booking the flight home too early. Debarkation is a process, and customs lines take time. Pick a mid-afternoon flight or later.