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Punta Cana and Ponce feature as new Celebrity destinations

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Celebrity Equinox will visit the Dominican Republic's Punta Cana in a new winter 2018/19 itinerary
In addition to Celebrity Equinox sailing year-round, the 2018/19 winter Caribbean season for Celebrity Cruises features four other ships, and new itineraries with destinations like Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Celebrity Equinox sails from PortMiami, and Celebrity Silhouette, Celebrity Reflection and Celebrity Infinity will operate round-trip Port Everglades, while Celebrity Summit will sail from San Juan.

During winter 2018/19, Celebrity Equinox will offer a four-port eastern Caribbean cruise featuring the new destination of Punta Cana. Other stops are San Juan, St. Thomas and Nassau.

Celebrity Infinity will offer short cruises from Port Everglades, with four- and five-night sailings that alternate visits to Key West and Cozumel or Nassau.

Celebrity Silhouette will operate nine- and 12-night southern Caribbean sailings, with the shorter cruise calling at Grand Cayman, Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, and the longer one at St. Thomas, St. Maarten, St. Lucia, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica and St. Kitts.

Celebrity Reflection will offer the 10-night 'Ultimate Caribbean' voyage with calls at Antigua, Barbados, St. Lucia and an overnight at St. Maarten.

Three 11-night 'Ultimate Caribbean' sailings visit Puerto Limón (Costa Rica), Colón (Panama), Cartagena (overnight), Grand Cayman and Cozumel. Four 11-night 'Ultimate Caribbean' cruises overnight at Aruba and stop at Bonaire, Curaçao, Grand Cayman and Cartagena.

From San Juan, Celebrity Summit has a roster of varied routes. These include alternating seven-night southern Caribbean cruises, one visiting St. Croix, Dominica, St. Maarten, Barbados and Grenada, the other calling at Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Kitts and St. Thomas.

A 10-night Lesser Antilles voyage charts St. Vincent, Grenada, St. Lucia, Dominica, St. Maarten and Antigua, while an 11-night version features St. Croix, St. Kitts, Curaçao, Aruba (overnight), Bonaire and St. Thomas. Additional 12-night Dutch Antilles itineraries call at alternate ports, including Fort-de-France (Martinique) and Ponce.