Your day, step by step
Your call is too short for the full plan. Stay close: Baltimore gives you 0 min ashore, so pick one thing near the pier and start back at 15:30.
08:30
Breakfast, then a walk along the Inner Harbor promenade.
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09:00
Taxi or rideshare to Fort McHenry. The star fort pass desk opens at 09:00; entry is $15 per adult, card only.
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11:00
Back to the hotel. Check out and collect bags.
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11:45
Lunch near the Inner Harbor, or a crab cake at Faidley's in Lexington Market.
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13:30
Taxi or rideshare to the Cruise Maryland Terminal, about 10 minutes. Hand over tagged bags at the luggage area.
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14:00
Security and check-in. Be inside the terminal no later than 16:00, 90 minutes before all-aboard.
- Latest you can leave Inner Harbor hotel15:30
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Inner Harbor hotelTaxi or rideshare, about 10 min to the terminal15:30
- BWI airportTaxi, rideshare or cruise transfer, 15–25 min15:30
- Baltimore Penn StationTaxi or rideshare, about 15–20 min15:40
- Fort McHenryTaxi or rideshare to the terminal15:30
Where people get Baltimore wrong
Assuming the terminal is walkable from the Inner Harbor or reachable by MARC at weekends, and arriving late for check-in.
Built from our Baltimore guide, checked against 23 official sources (November 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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This is one port. The Cruise Pass times every port of your cruise.
You just timed Baltimore to your own all-aboard. Every other port on your cruise needs the same, and your ship's times change at each one. The Cruise Pass does this for every port of your sailing, up to 10: each day timed to your ship, a Plan B if you run late, and live mode on the day with Google Maps travel time back to the pier and alerts at 30, 15 and 0 minutes. Every plan uses the same checked facts as this guide. Nothing is made up.
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