Now a world-class cruise facility surrounded by nearly 18 acres of landscaped grounds, The Grand Turk Cruise Ship Centre is finally up and running with almost daily arrivals by Carnival Cruise Lines and other cruise lines after devastating damage caused by hurricane Ike, Sept. 9, 2008. (See Hurricane Ike, 2008) Before Carnival Corporation designed and built the Grand Turk Cruise Center, Grand Turk was a little known tourist destination. Now due to the $60 million project, Grand Turk is the destination of choice for a Caribbean port.