"The first thing we hope you will notice is the eye-catching cover with a rollercoaster on the deck of a cruise ship. This graphic is part our new advertising campaign to the cruise industry, which is designed to grab the reader's attention and then let them know that Port Everglades is prepared to handle any challenge they throw our way," said Port Everglades Director Phillip C. Allen. "Inside, you will notice more references to the Greater Fort Lauderdale area, which is part of an effort to raise awareness among cruise passengers that Broward County is a great vacation destination and they should plan pre- and post-cruise vacations here."

The 2008 Port Everglades Cruise Guide  lists 15 cruise lines, 40 cruise ships and nearly 2,000 itineraries to the Caribbean, Bahamas, the Panama Canal, South America and worldwide. Once only available as a printed brochure, the Cruise Guide is now available online at www.broward.org/port and click on "cruise" in the left navigation column.

The new Port Everglades Cruise Guide includes detailed descriptions and photographs of each ship sailing from the Port as well as valuable travel tips such as transportation information, embarkation and disembarkation procedures, maps and directions, and land vacation ideas in Greater Fort Lauderdale.

The Port's ever-expanding fleet of cruise ships provides guests with an array of cruise vacation choices from the popular Greater Fort Lauderdale area including everything from sampler-size day cruises to around-the-world cruises.  Cruise lines calling at Port Everglades include: Carnival Cruise Lines, Celebrity Cruises, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Discovery Cruise Line, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, Holland America Line, Imperial Majesty Cruise Line, MSC Cruises, Princess Cruises, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Royal Caribbean International, Seabourn Cruise Line, SeaEscape Cruises, and Silversea Cruises.

To obtain a free Port Everglades Cruise Guide, please call 954-468-0176 or log on to the Port Everglades web site at www.broward.org/port.