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Quick Reference: Carnival Celebration, Autumn 2026 Detail What you need to know Ship Carnival Celebration, Excel Class, built 2022, 183,521 gross tons, 18 decks Capacity 5,374 passengers at double occupancy, 1,735 crew Season Autumn running into early winter. 14 Sunday…
Carnival Luminosa slips out of Brisbane on Saturday 30 January 2027 and sashays back on Sunday 7 February after eight nights. It’s a Southern Hemisphere high-summer run with four sea days and, per reseller listings, calls at Lifou, Mystery Island…
Carnival Luminosa sails from Brisbane on Thursday 21 January 2027 for three nights. Reseller listings show a cruise to nowhere: two sea days, no ports of call, and back at the dock on Sunday 24 January. That makes it a…
Here’s the thing about Celebrity Equinox this season: she doesn’t have one personality. Between now and February she has three. First comes a gentle Mediterranean loop out of Barcelona. Then there’s a long Atlantic crossing with eleven sea days. Finally…
Norwegian Getaway Autumn 2026 at a Glance It’s late October, and Norwegian Getaway is about to switch from short Miami hops to a Port Canaveral winter schedule. In the schedules I checked, its Miami departure is today (Oct 23), and…
Most ships pick a lane and stay in it. This autumn, MSC Divina is doing the cruise-ship version of a house move. She does a last lap of the Eastern Mediterranean, then a long hop across the Atlantic, then settles…
Serenade of the Seas this autumn: quick reference Detail What to know Ship Serenade of the Seas (Radiance Class, built 2003, refurbished 2025) Season Autumn, with sailings running into early January Region Mexican Riviera / Baja (Pacific) Home port San…
Carnival Venezia slips out of Port Canaveral on Sunday, January 24, 2027, for seven nights and sails back in on Sunday, January 31. She is a Costa-built, Italian-styled ship that joined Carnival in 2023, so expect a gondola and faux…
Carnival Legend leaves Tampa on Sunday, January 31, 2027, for 13 nights of southern Caribbean and Panama, which is a long way from the usual Bahamas hop. Think road trip, not long weekend with a buffet. You get six sea…
Autumn on Carnival Paradise is a bit like autumn on a budget airline: it’s cheap, it’s cheerful, and you’d better know what you’re signing up for. The ship leaves from Tampa, it’s one of the older and smaller ships in…
