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Galveston Wharves Cruise Terminal 10 entrance sign — Terminal 10 — Royal Caribbean

Galveston Cruise Terminal 25 building on Harborside Drive — Terminal 25 — Carnival and Princess

Royal Caribbean Circle street sign and drop-off at the Port of Galveston — Royal Caribbean Circle drop-off

Galveston Wharves Port of Galveston cruise terminals entrance sign — Port entrance on Harborside Drive

The Port of Galveston renumbered its terminals so the terminal number matches the pier number. Each cruise line usually uses a specific terminal, but ships shift between them by season and sailing. The number printed on your boarding pass is the one that counts, so put that into your map app or give it to your driver, rather than just "Port of Galveston."

Terminal 10

Royal Caribbean

1152 Royal Caribbean Way. A newer terminal about a mile west of downtown, built for Oasis-class ships.

Terminal 16

MSC & Norwegian

1602 Harborside Dr. The port's newest terminal, opened in late 2025, with its own parking.

Terminal 25

Carnival & Princess

2502 Harborside Dr. Carnival's main downtown berth on the waterfront.

Terminal 28

Disney & Princess

2702 Harborside Dr. Directly across from Terminal 25.

Getting there

Post-cruise, the ground transportation zones are numbered separately from the terminals. At Terminal 28 the airport shuttle pickup is Zone 10; Terminal 16 runs numbered zones along the curb. Your driver will tell you which zone to walk to before you disembark.

Zone 10 airport shuttle, private parking and rideshare pickup sign at Galveston Cruise Terminal 28 — Terminal 28 — Zone 10 for airport shuttles

Numbered pickup and drop-off zone signs along the curb at Galveston Cruise Terminal 16 — Terminal 16 — numbered curbside zones

Cruise Terminal 25 arched entrance and check-in doors at the Port of Galveston — Cruise Terminal 25, built in 1927 at Piers 23 to 26.

All the terminals are reached from Harborside Drive on the east end of the island, straight off I-45 as you come across the Causeway. Terminals 25 and 28 sit together downtown. Terminal 10, used by Royal Caribbean, and the newer Terminal 16 are separate clusters.

The most common mistake is heading to the downtown terminals when your ship is at Terminal 10, about a mile west. Follow signs for Royal Caribbean Way in that case, not the 25 and 28 entrances. You may also see older articles that use "Terminal 1" and "Terminal 2" labels. Ignore those and use the current number from your documents.

If you are driving, match your parking to your terminal. Terminal 10 and Terminal 16 have their own lots, so downtown parking is not always the right choice. See the cruise parking guide.

If you take the shuttle

You do not have to think about any of this. Give us the terminal on your boarding pass and we drop you at the right door. Book the IAH or Hobby route, or see the full Galveston cruise port shuttle service.

Galveston cruise terminal directions