Carnival Cruise Line revealed a few of its 2026 cruises. Next yr’s summer time season options three vessels touring to Alaska and Europe, together with Carnival’s first photo voltaic eclipse cruise.
The cruise line is introducing its Carnival Journeys Eclipse crusing, which is able to start an 11-day journey in Dover, England, on August 9, 2026. Passengers onboard Carnival Legend could have an enviable vantage level throughout the August 12 celestial phenomenon. Legend will name on France, Spain, Portugal, and Belgium alongside the best way.
| Carnival Cruise Line President Christine Duffy described the itinerary, saying, “The chance to see a total solar eclipse while having fun exploring the cultural richness of Spain, Portugal, and France aboard Carnival Legend, is a truly special opportunity—among a lineup of many phenomenal cruises.” |
Experience Europe Onboard Carnival Legend
The 2002-built cruise ship will start its summer time season with a 14-day transatlantic crusing from Miami on May 24, 2026. It will name on Dun Laoghaire (Dublin), Ireland; Holyhead, Wales; and Liverpool, England, earlier than ending its journey in Dover (London), England.
After repositioning in Dover, the Spirit-class ship will host 9 itineraries spanning 9 to 12 days. Three varieties of cruises will discover:
- Northern Europe (Copenhagen and Amsterdam)
- The British Isles (Ireland, England, Scotland, and Iceland)
- Scandinavia and the Baltics (Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, and Germany)
These shall be adopted by 9—and 12-day voyages from Civitavecchia, Rome, throughout which era they’ll go to Croatia, Turkey, the Greek Islands, and Italy.
Carnival Legend will finish its European leg with a 14-day Carnival Journeys on November 1, 2026. It will take company to Bermuda, Gibraltar, and Spain because the ship travels from Civitavecchia to Tampa, Florida,
Discover Alaska and the Panama Canal With Carnival Spirit and Carnival Miracle
Carnival Miracle and Carnival Spirit will head to Alaska. For now, solely Seattle embarkations can be found.
Carnival Miracle will depart for seven-day Alaskan sailings starting May 7, 2026. Guests can tour Victoria, British Columbia, and Alaska’s Tracy Arm Fjord, Skagway, Ketchikan, and Juneau. Two longer itineraries will deal with Alaska’s Inside Passage and close by cruise locations.
Passengers longing to go to the historic Panama Canal can be a part of Carnival Miracle and Carnival Spirit’s repositioning cruises as they journey to and from The Last Frontier. These voyages will cease at Cartagena, Colombia; Puntarenas, Costa Rica; and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Spirit will head to Seattle from Alaska on a 16-day journey from Mobile, Alaska, to Seattle on April 12, 2026, changing into the primary cruise to attach the 2 cities. On October 8, 2026, the two,124-passenger cruise ship will depart for Mobile.
Meanwhile, Carnival Miracle will embark on its repositioning cruise from Tampa on April 11, 2026. It will as soon as extra reposition from Seattle on September 26, 2026, throughout a 16-day Panama Canal itinerary that ends in Galveston, Texas.
Other cruise traces have begun providing particular photo voltaic eclipse cruises, together with Virgin Voyages’ Eclipse Voyages and Holland America Line’s Iceland photo voltaic eclipse sailings.