March 10, 2018

Ireland’s biggest city is also its busiest cruise port, and since its passenger terminals are right next to downtown it’s easy to visit by cruise ship – a fact that isn’t lost on cruisers. Pat Ward, head of corporate services for Dublin Port Company, says that 2018 is already on track to be a record year and the port is working now on the infrastructure to support growth.

This April, Celebrity Cruises will homeport the Celebrity Eclipse in Dublin for an inaugural “mini season” of departures, the first major cruise lines to base a vessel in the city. Celebrity recently announced that it plans to bring the Celebrity Reflection, its newest ship, to Dublin in summer 2019 for another series of sailings.

“We are really pleased with the performance of the 2018 season for Celebrity Eclipse, and our 2019 deployment of a slightly larger ship in Celebrity Reflection to Dublin sees an increase in the number of people who will sail from this great city,” said Celebrity’s head of sales for Ireland, Lorraine Quinn. Read more on Afloat.ie.