PORT EVERGLADES - -GRAND PRINCESS - Record Breaking day - 11/26/11 - 55,000 plus passengers

PORT EVERGLADES— Roughly 53,500 cruise passengers arrived or departed aboard eight ships at Port Everglades on Saturday, setting a new world record, according to port officials.

There hasn't been that much terminal traffic in a single day since the old record was set on March 20, 2010, when 53,365 passengers embarked and disembarked, officials said.

This time, the ships setting sail for the Caribbean were the Oasis of the Seas, Liberty of the Seas, Navigator of the Seas, Carnival Miracle, Grand Princess, Crown Princess, Eurodam and MSC Poesia.

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