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81% quieter than a typical day in Shanghai. Busiest 00:00 – 13:00, when 1 ship is alongside.
Thousands of people in port, guests plus crew. Crowd level compared with a typical Shanghai day.
The crowd calendar shows every ship and how busy the port is, hour by hour, plus the quietest and busiest days for the next 90 days.
Most ships dock at Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal in Baoshan, where the Huangpu meets the Yangtze, about 28 km by road (40 minutes or more) north of the Bund. It has four large berths, terminal buildings T1 and T2, and jet-bridge boarding; the terminal used varies by sailing.
There is no metro station at Wusongkou: a free shuttle runs to Baoyang Road on Metro Line 3.
Smaller ships use the North Bund terminal in Hongkou, about 1.3 km (a 20-minute walk) from the Bund.
49–50 km · 45–50 min by car
Most fly-in passengers take a taxi or DiDi via the Outer Ring expressway; allow 60–90 minutes in traffic. Public transport needs several metro changes plus a last-mile ride from Baoyang Road.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Typical prices, approximate. Fares change with demand, traffic and time of day.
Taxis are metered: CNY 14 for the first 3 km, then CNY 2.7/km, with a 50% surcharge beyond 15 km and 30% at night (23:00–05:00). At Wusongkou, drop-offs enter with a cruise ticket and stop briefly in P2/P3, while DiDi and private-car pick-ups need a daily code that the arriving passenger applies for inside the terminal. The free shuttle runs only on embarkation and disembarkation days.
2 terminals
Main cruise terminal at 1 Baoyang Road, Baoshan, with four large berths that can take four ships at once and passenger buildings T1, T2 and the domed Eye of the Orient. It is the homeport for most 2026 sailings and is used by most large ships calling, with duty-free shops, currency exchange and a free shuttle to Metro Line 3.
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Riverside terminal on the North Bund in Hongkou, near the Bund. Because of bridge clearance on the Huangpu, it serves only smaller ships, mainly luxury and expedition ships on port calls.
The Baoshan District government says the Wusongkou terminal area has no overnight parking: car parks P1 and P4 are for short stays only. Cruise passengers who need overnight parking use the Shanghai Haishang Shijie car park (60 Wusongkou Road), with a shuttle into the port from its main entrance. Check the current rate with the car park.
Pick the area first. Typical nightly prices, approximate.
Closest to Wusongkou
Typical hotel
Business hotels a few minutes from the Wusongkou terminal.
Sightseeing; near North Bund terminal
Typical hotel
Central hotels near the Bund and the North Bund terminal.
Rail and Hongqiao airport
Typical hotel
Hotels by Hongqiao railway station and airport.
Port times are measured to the Wusongkou terminal; airport times to Pudong.
Prices are approximate. Restaurants in China rarely charge for service.
Restaurants and snack streets in central Shanghai.
Local restaurants near the cruise terminal.
Pedestrian shopping street running from the Bund to People's Square, with many restaurants and food halls on the main route of a short visit.
Old City bazaar around Yu Garden with snack stalls and restaurants, a common stop on a Bund–Yu Garden loop.
Restored shikumen lane-house district with cafes and restaurants, included in the official day tours for cruise visitors.
Shopping centre at 60 Wusongkou Road where the free port shuttle stops; the nearest place to eat outside the terminal.
Shanghai is China's largest city and a global financial centre on the Huangpu River near the mouth of the Yangtze.
Its riverfront pairs the Bund, a row of 1920s banks and trading houses, with the Lujiazui skyline opposite, including the Shanghai Tower and the Oriental Pearl Tower. Inland are Yu Garden and the Old City bazaar, Nanjing Road East, People's Square and the leafy lanes of the former French Concession. Metro, taxis and river ferries are fast and cheap, and most payments are made by mobile app.
Shanghai is mainland China's busiest cruise market, with mostly short homeport cruises to Japan and South Korea.
Riverside promenade lined with 1920s banks and hotels facing the Lujiazui skyline; best walked north to south, and lit up in the evening. About 40 minutes by taxi from Wusongkou, or a 20-minute walk from the North Bund terminal.
Classical Chinese garden of rockeries, ponds and pavilions next to the busy Yuyuan bazaar; easy to combine with the Bund on foot.
Pudong's skyscraper district across the river; the Shanghai Tower's 118th-floor deck gives views over the Bund and the Huangpu. The CNY 2 public ferry from East Jinling Road links it with the Bund.
Plane-tree-lined streets of villas, lane houses and cafes around Wukang Road and Anfu Road, anchored by the 1924 Wukang Mansion; a relaxed alternative to the main sights.