Carnival Cruise Line Opens Celebration Key Itineraries
by Dori Saltzman /Carnival Cruise Line has opened for sale approximately 400 cruises that visit Celebration Key, its new exclusive port destination in The Bahamas. Twelve Carnival ships will visit the destination in 2025 and 2026, sailing from eight homeports.
“As the first port destination exclusively designed for Carnival Cruise Line guests, Celebration Key will provide the ultimate Carnival fun in the sun,” said Carnival Cruise Line president Christine Duffy. “And we’ve seen that there is a lot of interest in Celebration Key as thousands of Carnival guests signed up over the last week to be the first to know about the itineraries and features.”
Celebration Key will offer a mile-long white sand beach, authentic Bahamian shopping and dining, and excursions to Grand Bahama. Multiple freshwater lagoons will offer numerous recreational and leisure activities for both families and adults. The destination will feature a cruise pier that can accommodate up to two of Carnival’s Excel-class ships.
The 12 Carnival ships that will visit Celebration Key are:
From PortMiami
* Carnival Celebration, sailing seven-day Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises starting July 20, 2025.
* Carnival Conquest, sailing three- and four-day Bahamas cruises starting July 18, 2025.
From Port Canaveral
* Mardi Gras, sailing seven-day Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises starting July 19, 2025, as well as one nine-day Eastern Caribbean sailing departing Oct. 13, 2025.
* Carnival Freedom, sailing four- and five-day Bahamas cruises starting July 19, 2025.
* Carnival Glory, sailing three- and four-day Bahamas cruises, starting July 21, 2025.
From Galveston
* Carnival Dream, sailing eight-day Eastern Caribbean cruises starting July 26, 2025.
* Carnival Legend, which will feature Celebration Key on several 10-day Exotic Eastern Caribbean cruises
From New Orleans
* Carnival Liberty, sailing seven- and eight-day Eastern Caribbean cruises starting July 20, 2025.
From Baltimore
* Carnival Pride, sailing seven-day Bahamas cruises starting July 20, 2025, as well as one 14-day Carnival Journeys Panama Canal sailing departing Jan. 11, 2026.
From Jacksonville
* Carnival Elation, sailing four- and five-day Bahamas cruises starting July 21, 2025.
From Norfolk
* Carnival Sunshine, sailing six- and eight-day Bahamas cruises starting Oct. 18, 2025.
From Mobile
* Carnival Spirit, sailing six- and eight-day Bahamas cruises starting Nov. 2, 2025.
Over the coming months, Carnival plans to open more than 100 additional Celebration Key itineraries on six additional ships.