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Year-round Miami, 6 ships in Europe, new Iceland, Japan routes for Celebrity Cruises

Besides Celebrity Xcel's inaugural Caribbean season in 2025/26, Celebrity Cruises will field its first year-round Miami ship and new Iceland and Asia itineraries.

Anne Kalosh, Editor, Seatrade Cruise News & Senior Associate Editor, Seatrade Cruise Review

November 16, 2023

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Six ships will be in Europe, and three in Alaska in summer 2025.

Caribbean

In summer 2025, three Celebrity ships will cruise the Caribbean, going up to nine in winter 2025/26, including four Edge vessels, from four Florida homeports.

For the first time, Celebrity will sail year-round from PortMiami, with Celebrity Beyond on weeklong cruises to the eastern Caribbean visiting Antigua, Tortola and the Bahamas. Almost every itinerary will call at Perfect Day at CocoCay.   

As recently reported, Celebrity Xcel will debut with weeklong cruises from Port Everglades in late 2025, alternating between the Bahamas, Mexico and Grand Cayman, and Puerto Plata, St. Thomas and St. Maarten.  

Celebrity Ascent will sail 10- and 11-night itineraries to the Panama Canal and Southern Caribbean beaches of Antigua, Barbados and St. Lucia.  

Celebrity Apex will be the first Edge ship sailing from Port Canaveral (following Celebrity Equinox's debut there in winter 2024/25), and Celebrity Constellation returns to Tampa, both offering seven-night cruises to ports including Key West, Bimini, Puerto Rico, Cozumel and Belize.  

For the first time, Celebrity Silhouette and Celebrity Eclipse will sail from Port Everglades, with Silhouette on eight-night cruises to the 'ABC' islands, and Eclipse on eight-night and six-night trips to Dominica, Antigua and San Juan and Grand Cayman, Bahamas and Mexico, respectively. 

Six ships in Europe

Celebrity’s Europe ships include the Edge-class Celebrity Ascent and Celebrity Apex, visiting nearly 100 destinations with 48 overnight stays.  

Celebrity Apex will return to Southampton for a second season, with more Arctic Circle and Norwegian Fjords itineraries than before. A new port is Trondheim in Norway.

Celebrity Ascent will chart the new port of Bar, Montenegro, on seven- to 11-night cruises from Barcelona and Civitavecchia (Rome).

Joining Ascent in the Mediterranean, Celebrity Equinox for the first time will operate back-to-back itineraries of nine and 10 nights without repeating ports. Destinations are the Italian Riviera, Greek Isles and France, Spain and Portugal, with overnights at Istanbul, La Spezia (for Florence) and Lisbon.  

Iceland circumnavigations

For the first time, Celebrity will offer a mini season of four new seven-night sailings circumnavigating Iceland in July and August 2025 on Celebrity Silhouette. Sailing from Reykjavik, these immersive itineraries include a new port, Djúpivogur, home to the black sand and icebergs of Diamond Beach. 

Amsterdam return

Celebrity will also return to Amsterdam in 2025, with Celebrity Eclipse on 12- and 13-night ‘Best of Scandinavia’ cruises including Estonia and Finland, as well as overnights in Stockholm and Copenhagen.  

Celebrity Infinity and Celebrity Constellation also return, with Infinity sailing seven-night Greece and Turkey cruises from Piraeus and Constellation 10- and 11-night Italy and Croatia itineraries from Civitavecchia and Ravenna. 

Once again, Celebrity Infinity will stay year-round in Europe, chasing the winter sun. In winter 2026, the ship is scheduled to visit the Holy Lands on 10- and 11-night cruises from Piraeus.

Asia

With Asia resurging, Celebrity will send two ships and make overnight calls at 11 cities.

Celebrity Millennium will sail 12-night ‘Best of Japan’ itineraries, many coinciding with significant festivals such as Golden Week, Gion Festival and Nebuta Festival. Itineraries will offer access to Mount Fuji and Kyoto. And, for the first time, Celebrity will offer four open-jaw sailings from Seoul, South Korea to Japan.  

Celebrity Solstice will sail 12-night cruises to Hong Kong, Vietnam and Thailand with overnight stays at Hanoi, Hong Kong and Bangkok.

Three Alaska ships

Celebrity will have three ships in Alaska during 2025 with Celebrity Edge in Seattle for a second summer, joined by Celebrity Solstice and Celebrity Summit on cruises from Vancouver, BC and Seward. Cruise-tours are available to destinations including Anchorage, folksy Talkeetna and wild Denali. 

Australia/New Zealand and South America/Antarctica

Back for another year, Celebrity Edge returns to Australia and New Zealand with cruises featuring Sydney and the New Zealand fjords.

Returning to South America in 2025/26, Celebrity Equinox will sail from Buenos Aires to destinations including Uruguay, the Falkland Islands, Chile and Antarctica.

About the Author

Anne Kalosh

Editor, Seatrade Cruise News & Senior Associate Editor, Seatrade Cruise Review

Anne Kalosh covers global stories, reporting both breaking and in-depth news on cruising's significant people, places, ships and trends. A sought-after expert on cruising, she has moderated conferences around the world, including the high-profile State of the Industry panel at Seatrade Cruise Global. She created and led the acclaimed itinerary-planning case study for Seatrade's cruise master classes held at Cambridge and Oxford universities. She has been the cruise columnist for AFAR.com, and her freelance stories have appeared in a wide range of publications, from The New York Times to The Miami Herald.

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