The port of Tampa is the launchpoint of Caribbean and other cruises. The port is now limited to smaller relatively speaking cruise ships since many of the largest vessels on the Caribbean cannot navigate under the Sunshine Skyway Bridge approximately 17 stories high to enter the bay.
St. Petersburg is about 90 minutes west from Orlando and the various theme parks near Orlando like Disney World and Universal Studios. Three hours northeast from St. Petersburg is Daytona Beach and Cape Canaveral.
