The Virginia Port Authority has approved $5 million of funding for Norfolk, Virginia's new cruise ship terminal. The new terminal is already under construction. The the 80,000 square-foot facility is located on the pier next to the Nauticus museum and the Battleship Wisconsin; it is scheduled to open in fall 2006. It will be the first cruise terminal in the nation to fully comply with Homeland Security standards put in place after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
114,000 passengers are expected to depart on cruises from Norfolk in 2005. The Celebrity Horizon and the Seven Seas Navigator cruise to Bermuda from the popular port. Two other ships cruise to the Bahamas and the Caribbean from Norfolk.
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