Cruises From Los Angeles & Long Beach

No — two separate facilities about 8 road miles apart, run by two different entities entirely. The Los Angeles World Cruise Center in San Pedro is a City of Los Angeles harbor-department terminal, operated day-to-day by Ports America, and homeports four lines. The Long Beach Cruise Terminal, next to the Queen Mary, is owned and operated directly by Carnival Corporation — not a public port authority at all — and is Carnival-exclusive. They're covered together on this page because most travelers researching either one are really asking the same question (an LA-area cruise), but check your booking confirmation for which one you're actually sailing from.

As of September 2026, four lines homeport at the Los Angeles World Cruise Center: Princess Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean International, and Virgin Voyages, confirmed directly on the Port of Los Angeles' own site. Princess runs multiple ships across its Mexican Riviera and Alaska seasonal program. Norwegian Bliss is confirmed sailing from San Pedro through 2026. Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas has been the primary LA ship since 2021 and was still sailing from here as of mid-September 2026, though trade reporting describes Voyager of the Seas taking over or adding capacity for the fall 2026 season — the exact transition isn't fully settled between sources. Virgin Voyages is the newest arrival, with Brilliant Lady debuting in San Pedro in April 2026. A much longer list of lines call at San Pedro as a port stop rather than homeporting here — that's a different thing from what's covered on this page.

Only Carnival Cruise Line. The Long Beach Cruise Terminal is Carnival's own facility, and Carnival Panorama has been its year-round ship, running 6-night (Cabo San Lucas, Ensenada) and 8-night (Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlán, La Paz, Cabo San Lucas) Mexican Riviera itineraries. A second ship, Carnival Radiance, is confirmed to join Long Beach starting May 2027 with shorter 3- and 4-night sailings — that's a future addition, not yet in effect when we checked date.

They're two separate systems. San Pedro's official lots (operated by Parking Concepts Inc.) give the first hour free, then charge $2/hour, capped at $23/day for standard vehicles and $40/day for oversized ones — confirmed directly on the Port of Los Angeles' own site. Long Beach's on-site garage charges a flat $23/day, with short-term steps of free for 0-30 minutes, $4 for 31-59 minutes, and $8 for 1-2 hours — though a 7'0" height limit means oversized vehicles can't use it at all. Both have cheaper alternatives nearby, covered in full on the parking page.

For San Pedro: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), about 20 miles and 25-30 minutes in light traffic — though LA traffic can stretch that past an hour. For Long Beach: Long Beach Airport (LGB) is the closer option, about 15 minutes from the terminal, though with fewer direct flights than LAX; LAX is also usable for Long Beach sailings but a specific drive time wasn't independently confirmed when we checked.

No — this is a Pacific-coast hub, not a Caribbean one, and it's the first port we cover where that's true. The core program from both ports is the Mexican Riviera (Ensenada, Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlán), plus Catalina Island as a short-cruise staple. Virgin Voyages adds a longer 17-night Panama Canal repositioning sailing from Los Angeles to Miami, which does eventually reach Caribbean and Central American ports, but that's a one-way repositioning itinerary, not the default booking.