Carnival opens 2026/27 cruises from Tampa and Mobile

Destinations include The Bahamas, the Caribbean and the Panama Canal.

The offerings exemplify Carnival's committment to provide 'the convenience of sailing from homeports that are a short drive away,' President Christine Duffy said. She added that many of the newly released cruises include calls at Celebration Key and Half Moon Cay.

Two Tampa ships

Carnival is marking 30 years of sailing year-round from Tampa this month and will continue that in 2026/27 with Carnival Paradise based there year-round and Carnival Legend sailing seasonally.

Carnival Paradise will offer a range of four-day western Caribbean cruises, four-, five-, and six-day Bahamas cruises and five- and six-day western Caribbean cruises. Among the destinations are Cozumel, Roatán's Mahogany Bay, Belize City and Grand Cayman, as well as Celebration Key, Princess Cays and Nassau.

Carnival Legend

From November 2026 through March 2027, Carnival Legend will offer a variety of western Caribbean and Bahamas sailings. Six- and seven-day cruises call at Grand Cayman and Cozumel, as well as Costa Maya, Belize, Ocho Rios, Montego Bay, Mahogany Bay, Celebration Key, Half Moon Cay and Nassau.

Three eight-day western Caribbean sailings are also available, along with two eight-day voyages to Panama with stops at Limón, Costa Rica; Grand Cayman and Colón, Panama, where shore excursions to tour the Panama Canal are available for purchase.

A 13-day 'Carnival Journeys' cruise to Panama calls Aruba, Curaçao, Amber Cove (Dominican Republic) and Colón.

Carnival Spirit from Mobile

Carnival Spirit will arrive back in Mobile, where it homeports seasonally, via a 16-day 'Carnival Journeys' repositioning cruise that sails from Seattle Oct. 8, 2026 and transits the Panama Canal. Destinations include Cabo San Lucas, Puntarenas (Costa Rica) and Cartagena. This follows the ship's repositioning from Mobile to Seattle in April 2026 ahead of the Alaska season. The two sailings will be the first connecting Mobile and Seattle.

From October 2026 through March 2027, Carnival Spirit will resume its seasonal Mobile schedule of six-, seven- and eight-day cruises to The Bahamas. Six-day cruises all stop at Celebration Key, with an additional call at either Nassau, Bimini or Princess Cays. Seven-day cruises feature Celebration Key with additional stops at Key West and Half Moon Cay or Princess Cays and Nassau.

Ten eight-day Bahamas sailings visit Key West, Celebration Key and Nassau, along with either Half Moon Cay or Princess Cays.