Sample itineraries
These are typical routings and ports. Ships, dates, and fares change.
Experience one of the world's greatest engineering marvels as your ship physically climbs from one ocean to another.
More on Panama Canal, including excursionsOptional excursions
These can be arranged in the port or the city, as an add-on to enrich the trip. They are not in the cruise fare unless the line includes them.
The locks, from the ship
Gatun or Agua Clara, then Miraflores or Cocoli. Most of one day.
Cartagena’s old city
Cartagena, Colombia, when the itinerary includes it. A morning or an afternoon.
Panama City, when the ship docks
When the itinerary lists a dock in Panama City. The hours the ship is alongside.
14–17 nights · Spring and fall
Fort Lauderdale or Miami to San Diego or Los Angeles
Princess, Holland America, Celebrity, or a luxury ship whose fare an agent requests
10–11 nights · Fall through spring
Fort Lauderdale or Miami, back to the same port
A Florida round trip, compared across the lines that publish one
15–20 nights · Spring and fall
Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, or Vancouver to Florida
Often a repositioning, including some from Vancouver or Seattle