2025-26 Itineraries on the First 12 Carnival
Ships from Eight Homeports Open For Sale Today
MIAMI, Sept. 28,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Cruise Line opened for
sale approximately 400 cruises that will bring guests to
Celebration Key™, its new exclusive cruise port destination in The
Bahamas, beginning with the first
calls in July 2025. Starting today, guests can book cruises
on the first 12 Carnival ships, sailing regularly from eight
homeports, visiting Celebration Key in 2025 and 2026.
"As the first port destination exclusively designed for Carnival
Cruise Line guests, Celebration Key will provide the ultimate
Carnival fun in the sun, immersed in the natural beauty of
Grand Bahama. Our guests have a wide range of ships, homeports
and itineraries that visit our new exclusive destination to choose
from," said Carnival Cruise Line President Christine Duffy. "And we've seen that
there is a lot of interest in Celebration Key as thousands of
Carnival guests signed up over the last week to be the first to
know about the itineraries and features. The July 2025 opening will be here before we know it,
and we are working closely with the Bahamian Government and the
local Grand Bahama community to
make this the premier exclusive cruise port destination in the
Caribbean. We plan to
announce further details on what guests can expect to experience
while there in the near future."
Located on the south side of Grand Bahama Island, Celebration
Key will offer a variety of fun, relaxation and adventure options
for everyone. Promising guests a key to paradise no matter how they
define it, there will be endless ways to enjoy the destination,
whether the pristine white sands of the mile-long beach, authentic
Bahamian shopping and dining, or excursions to explore the
beautiful island of Grand Bahama.
The destination's features and offerings will be anchored around
the largest freshwater lagoons in the Caribbean that will offer numerous
recreational and leisure activities for both families and
adults. Carnival ships will dock at an adjacent cruise pier
that can accommodate up to two of Carnival's Excel-class vessels
simultaneously and will allow guests direct access to Celebration
Key.
"This is so exciting for the people of Grand Bahama as we watch Celebration Key come
to life. We have a bold vision of how Grand Bahama can become the premier
destination for entertainment and events in the region and we look
forward to showing Carnival's guests a warm and memorable vacation
when they start visiting our beautiful island in 2025," added the
Hon. Ginger Moxie, Minister for Grand
Bahama.
The 12 Carnival ships, sailing regularly from eight homeports,
that will visit Celebration Key are:
- From PortMiami: Carnival Celebration and Carnival Conquest
- Carnival Celebration will sail seven-day Eastern and
Western Caribbean cruises from
July 20, 2025.
- Carnival Conquest will sail three- and four-day Bahamas sailings beginning July 18, 2025.
- From Port Canaveral: Mardi
Gras, Carnival Freedom and Carnival Glory
- Mardi Gras will sail
seven-day Eastern and Western
Caribbean cruises from July 19,
2025; as well as one nine-day Eastern Caribbean sailing on October 30, 2025. In addition, Mardi Gras will sail two 14-day
Transatlantic voyages: the first from Port Canaveral to
Barcelona on Sept. 13, 2025 and the second from Barcelona to Port Canaveral on Oct. 16, 2025.
- Carnival Freedom will sail four- and five- day Bahamas sailings beginning July 19, 2025.
- Carnival Glory will sail three- and four-day Bahamas sailings from July 21, 2025.
- From Galveston: Carnival Dream and Carnival Legend
- Carnival Dream will offer eight-day Eastern Caribbean sailings from July 26, 2025.
- Carnival Legend will feature Celebration Key on several 10-day
Exotic Eastern Caribbean cruises.
- From New Orleans: Carnival
Liberty
- Carnival Liberty will sail seven- and eight-day Eastern Caribbean voyages from July 20, 2025.
- From Baltimore: Carnival Pride
- Carnival Pride will set sail on seven-day Bahamas sailings from July 20, 2025, along with a 14-day Carnival
Journeys Panama Canal cruise on Jan. 11,
2026.
- From Jacksonville: Carnival
Elation
- From July 21, 2025, Carnival
Elation will offer four- and five-day Bahamas cruises.
- From Norfolk, Va.: Carnival
Sunshine
- Carnival Sunshine will sail six- and eight-day Bahamas cruises from October 18, 2025.
- From Mobile, Ala.: Carnival
Spirit
- Carnival Spirit will offer six- and eight-day Bahamas cruises beginning Nov. 2, 2025.
To view any of the 2025-26 itineraries that feature Celebration
Key, click here. Over the coming months, Carnival plans to
open more than 100 additional Celebration Key itineraries on six
additional ships.
Carnival also continues to work closely with the Government of
The Bahamas, local Grand Bahama officials and community leaders
as vendors, excursion operators, business partners, construction
workers and local residents are selected for the many business and
job opportunities that the development of Celebration Key will
generate and sustain.
Carnival plans to release more specifics on the phase one
features and development timeline for Celebration Key in the near
future.
For additional information on Carnival Cruise Line and to book a
cruise vacation on Carnival, call 1-800-CARNIVAL, visit
http://www.carnival.com, or contact your favorite travel advisor or
online travel site.
ABOUT CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE
Carnival Cruise Line, part
of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), is
the first cruise line to sail over 100 million guests and is proud
to be known as America's Cruise Line, for carrying more Americans
and serving more U.S. homeports than any other. For over 50 years,
Carnival has continually revolutionized the cruise industry and
popularized the cruise vacation as an affordable and fun travel
option. Carnival operates from 14 U.S. and two Australian homeports
and employs more than 40,000 team members representing 120
nationalities. Carnival currently operates 25 ships and is in an
exciting period of growth with the addition of two ships over the
next year.
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