Carnival Cruise Line Reveals New 2026 and 2027 Sailings

Carnival Cruise Line has unveiled new itineraries departing from the US for 2026 and 2027.

Four of the line’s ships, Carnival Luminosa, Carnival Horizon (pictured), Carnival Vista and Carnival Sunshine, will sail itineraries from east and west coast ports.

Carnival Luminosa will homeport in San Francisco after a 22-day Tahiti and Pacific Islands transpacific “Carnival Journeys” cruise from Brisbane, Australia in April 2026.

“Carnival Journeys” are a limited series of voyages with additional onboard experiences.

Luminosa will sail Alaska from April 27 to September 10, 2026 on a series of 10-day cruises, along with 10 four-day Baja Mexico Cruises between April 23 and August 27, 2026.

The ship will also be deployed on an 18-day Alaska and Japan transpacific “Carnival Journeys” cruise leaving San Francisco on September 20, 2026.

Carnival Horizon will sail a 13-day “Carnival Journeys” voyage from Barcelona to Miami on June 15, 2026, with stops in Alicante, Malaga, Gibraltar and Celebration Key in the Bahamas.

It will then homeport in Miami between summer 2026 and spring 2027 with six to eight-day options in the Caribbean.

Western Caribbean itineraries feature Celebration Key, Grand Cayman, Montego Bay or Ocho Rios, Jamaica.

Southern Caribbean voyages will call at Aruba, Curacao and either Bonaire, Amber Cove or Celebration Key.

Carnival Vista will sail six and eight-day cruises from Port Canaveral. The shorter cruises will stop at Celebration Key, Half Moon Cay, Grand Turk or Amber Cove, while longer cruises will also visit St. Thomas, St. Maarten, San Juan and Aruba.

Carnival Sunshine will operate four to seven-day cruises to the Caribbean from Norfolk in Virginia, with itineraries including Bermuda, the Bahamas, with stops in Half Moon Cay, Bimini, Nassau, Celebration Key and Grand Turk.

There are also voyages to the Eastern Caribbean and Canada with a nine-day “Carnival Journeys” cruise visiting Amber Cove, San Juan and St Thomas.

Fred Stein, vice president of deployment for Carnival Cruise Line, said: “In addition to extending our successful deployment schedules in Miami, Port Canaveral and Norfolk, Carnival Luminosa will bring a new experience to our seasonal homeport of San Francisco for the 2026 Alaska season.

“These new sailings also introduce some truly stellar additions to our ’Carnival Journeys’ programme of longer sailings, with a transatlantic cruise from Barcelona to Miami on Carnival Horizon and Carnival Luminosa’s transpacific voyages from Brisbane to San Francisco visiting Fiji, Tahiti and Hawaii, and San Francisco to Yokohama (Tokyo) visiting Alaska and Japan.”