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Carnival Cruise Line adds 2026/27 cruises from New Orleans, Long Beach
Carnival Cruise Line is extending the schedules of Carnival Liberty and Carnival Valor from New Orleans, as well as Carnival Panorama from its Long Beach, CA homeport.
The new cruises expand Carnival’s vacation options, available throughout 2026 and into early 2027.
Liberty and Valor 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 Mexican Riviera destinations.
“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,” said Fred Stein, vice president of itinerary planning for Carnival Cruise Line.
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.
It recently welcomed it seventh millionth guest.
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, with a mix of week-long Western and Eastern Caribbean sailing.
Among the ports are Celebration Key, Carnival’s new destination opening in 2025, Belize, Mahogany Bay, Montego Bay, Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Key West, Nassau and Half Moon Cay.
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 in November 2026.
It 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.
Popular Mexican Riviera destinations are featured on six- to eight-day itineraries from Long Beach on 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.
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