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Choose your date: high-speed ferry sailing frequency varies across spring, summer and fall.
Lake Michigan · Route planner
Is Lake Express the smarter Lake Michigan crossing?
Compare the time saved, passenger fares, standard vehicle charges and local time-zone change before buying a high-speed ferry ticket.
Muskegon, MI ↔ Milwaukee, WI2026 published-source reference
Build your ferry plan
Enter your group and travel date. View only fare categories backed by published operator rates. Confirm booking and current cancellations with the operator.
Pricing shown is illustrative, dated operator information—not live availability or a purchase.
Before you leave for the dock
Check the details
Enter passengers and whether a standard automobile goes aboard; motorcycles and oversize vehicles need separate quotes.
Verify the return
Compare the full journey, including boarding time and driving to the ferry terminal, against driving around Lake Michigan.
Route-specific decisions
All departure and arrival times are local: Milwaukee is Central; Muskegon is Eastern.
2026 rates effective August 11 exclude optional extras; posted $6 fuel and $9 port/security charges per paying person and standard vehicle, per crossing, are included in our estimate.
The published 2026 October schedule has Tuesday restrictions and Saturday-specific departures. Allow 45 minutes before departure; boarding closes 15 minutes prior.
What is live and what is not?
These tools calculate against operator-published 2026 reference data and your inputs. The date selection does not retrieve ticket inventory or prove a ferry will sail. All current departures, booking availability and cancellations must be checked through the official operator links above. The planner deliberately withholds a total when rates are incomplete.