Carnival Cruise Line is extending the schedules of Carnival Liberty and Carnival Valor from New Orleans, as well as Carnival Panorama from its homeport of Long Beach. The new cruises widen Carnival’s array of vacation options, available throughout 2026 and into early 2027. Both ships offer a variety of sailings connecting New Orleans with popular destinations in the eastern, western, and southern Caribbean, as well as The Bahamas. From Long Beach, Carnival Panorama will sail to popular Mexican Riviera destinations.
“The sailings we’re opening today showcase the diverse array of destinations and itineraries available to our guests. We believe variety is essential to allow guests to curate unforgettable cruises as they plan future vacations. New Orleans and Long Beach are vital to our homeport strategy, and bring great new options to our guests who sail from each port as we continue to broaden our overall cruise schedule for 2026-27,” said Fred Stein, vice president of itinerary planning for Carnival Cruise Line.
Cruise from New Orleans on Carnival Valor and Carnival Liberty
Carnival is offering a variety of itineraries aboard Carnival Valor and Carnival Liberty from New Orleans, where the cruise line recently celebrated 30 years of year-round service and welcomed its seven millionth guest to embark from the port. Carnival Valor will sail four- and five-day Western Caribbean cruises, featuring stops in popular Mexican ports such as Cozumel and Progreso throughout 2026 and early 2027.
Carnival Liberty delivers more variety for guests sailing from New Orleans, presenting a mix of week-long Western and Eastern Caribbean options. Among the ports included in the itineraries is Celebration Key, Carnival’s new exclusive destination opening in 2025, Belize, Mahogany Bay, Montego Bay, Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Key West, Nassau and Half Moon Cay, an exclusive destination that will be expanded in 2026. In addition, there are two six-day Western Caribbean and two eight-day Eastern Caribbean options, as well as a unique 14-day round-trip Carnival Journeys cruise departing Nov. 29, 2026 that visits Cozumel; Montego Bay; Curacao; Aruba; Colombia; Costa Rica and Colon, Panama, from which shore excursions to tour the Panama Canal are available for purchase.
Cruise from Long Beach on Carnival Panorama
Popular Mexican Riviera destinations are featured on six- to eight-day itineraries from Long Beach aboard Carnival Panorama. Guests can choose among itineraries that feature visits to Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada, as well as Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlán and La Paz. The ship recently completed a dry dock that introduced several enhancements and new features, including new retail shops and a non-smoking casino.
For additional information on Carnival Cruise Line and to book a cruise vacation on Carnival, call 1-800-CARNIVAL, visit http://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. Since its founding in 1972, 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, as well as seasonally from Europe and employs more than 48,000 team members representing 120 nationalities.
Carnival’s fleet of 27 ships reflects an exciting period of growth that continues with the addition of seven ships through 2033: two ships joining in February 2025 when P&O Cruises Australia integrates into Carnival; a fourth and fifth Excel class ship scheduled for 2027 and 2028 respectively; followed by three additional new ships from an innovative new class currently under development. Carnival’s next new guest offering will be the all-new exclusive destination, Celebration Key, set to debut on Grand Bahama next summer.
