Carnival Cruise Lines
Carnival's Destiny is slated to begin an all-new itinerary in January, sailing for seven nights to the southern Caribbean from San Juan. New ports of call will include St. Lucia, Antigua, Dominica, Barbados, and St. Thomas/St. John. The inaugural cruise on this route will depart on Jan. 7.
Meanwhile, the new schedule for the Carnival Legend includes an eight-day itinerary departing from Ft. Lauderdale that includes stops in St. Kitts, St. Lucia and St. Maarten. This will be the first time that Carnival ships will make port calls in St. Kitts and St. Lucia in more than a decade.
Windstar
Windstar is now using an 18-month deployment calendar for its ships, which should help you plan your small-ship cruise vacation.
The 148 passenger Wind Spirit and 308-passenger Wind Surf will sail 7-day cruises in the Caribbean between December and March. The Wind Spirit itinerary is a roundtrip from St. Thomas to St. John, St. Martin, St. Barthelemy, Tortola, Jost Van Dyke, and Virgin Gorda.
The Wind Surf will sail two different roundtrip itineraries from Bridgetown, Barbados: northbound to Nevis, St. Martin, St. Barthelemy, Basse-Terre, and Les Saintes, Guadeloupe, and St. Lucia; and southbound to Bequia, Dominica, St. Lucia, the Grenadines, Grenada, and Tobago.
Wind Star also will sail between Barbados and Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica on March 31 and November 24, 2007 and April 5, 2008 for 14-day Panama Canal cruises.
Celebrity Cruises
The renovated Celebrity Century will begin short cruises from Miami in November, 2006, offering 4- and 5-night roundtrips through April 2007.
The Celebrity Zenith, Galaxy, Constellation, Millennium, and Summit also will continue to cruise the Caribbean between 2006-08, and the Zenith also will sail from Port Liberty, N.J., for 7-night Bermuda cruises between April and October.
