The Celebrity Equinox arrived at its new homeport earlier Tuesday. The cruise ship sailed into Port Canaveral less than a week after the entrance of the Caribbean Princess, making Celebrity the port’s seventh major cruise line operator.

For the following two winter seasons, Celebrity has scheduled seven-night sailings of the larger and newer Apex out of Port Canaveral

Today, Celebrity Cruises begins sailing from Port Canaveral, Florida! Celebrity Equinox will offer 7-night Caribbean cruises to destinations including the Bahamas, St. Maarten, Puerto Rico, and Belize.

The cruise line that touts its connection to “The Love Boat” made its debut from Port Canaveral on with the arrival of its first ship to call the Orlando-area port home. Princess Cruises’ Caribbean Princess made its way to the port late in November to begin a winter of mostly six- and eight-night Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries.

Celebrity Cruises launched its inaugural homeporting season in Port Canaveral this week with the Celebrity Equinox. According to Port Canaveral, the vessel has become the 15th vessel to be homeported in its cruise terminals.

Celebrity, Princess making local debuts soon, joining longtime Port Canaveral cruise lines Carnival, Disney, MSC, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean

Celebrity Equinox becomes the first ship in the Celebrity Cruises fleet to begin sailing from Port Canaveral, Florida.