Carnival Cruise Line gives one thing it rarely does: a cruise to Japan.
The world’s second-largest cruise model introduced Wednesday that its four,008-passenger Carnival Panorama would function a one-time voyage from Lengthy Seashore, California, to Yokohama, Japan (the port of Tokyo), on August 22, 2024.
The voyage might be unusually lengthy for a Carnival crusing (18 nights) and can deliver calls in each Alaska and Japan because the ship arcs across the higher Pacific Rim on its approach to Yokohama.
Whereas cruising the Alaskan coast, the ship will go to Ketchikan, Endicott Arm Fjord, Sitka, and Icy Strait Level. Calls in Japan will embody the northern ports of Kushiro and Aomori. The itinerary consists of 11 days at sea, plus a day of scenic cruising within the Endicott Arm.
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The voyage comes as Carnival relocates Carnival Panorama to Asia for a month for a dry dock overhaul at a shipyard. There are at the moment no cruises scheduled for the ship in September 2024.
After a month-long keep in Asia, Carnival Panorama will return to North America by way of one other uncommon itinerary for the model introduced Wednesday: a 25-day trans-Pacific voyage from Singapore to Lengthy Seashore.
The newest voyage will start on October 12, 2024 and consists of stops in Phu My, Vietnam (the port of Ho Chi Minh Metropolis); Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; Manila, Philippines; Guam; and the islands of Oahu and Maui in Hawaii because the ship sails east throughout the Pacific towards California.
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Such in depth itineraries are exceedingly uncommon for Carnival, which is understood for its concentrate on quick cruises from US ports. Almost all the line’s ships depart from US ports. The one common exceptions are a small variety of vessels deployed in Australia to supply cruises concentrating on the native market; often the road will provide distinctive cruises from European ports.
Among the many ships Carnival is deploying to Australia is its three,zero12-passenger Carnival Splendor, which can even function two unusually lengthy itineraries in 2024.
Along with asserting Carnival Panorama’s long-haul voyages on Wednesday, Carnival mentioned Carnival Splendor would function a 15-night voyage from Sydney to Singapore on July 21, 2024, which might deliver two calls in Indonesia along with a number of calls in Australia.
The ship will make a 16-night return voyage to Sydney on August 24, 2024, which can even deliver a number of stops in Indonesia.
Just like the Carnival Panorama voyages, the longest voyages of the Carnival Splendor are additionally associated to the ship crusing to Asia for an overhaul in dry dock at a shipyard.
As of Thursday morning, fares for the 18-night voyage to Japan began at $1,979 per individual, excluding taxes and charges. Fares for the 25-night voyage from Singapore to California begin at $1,359 per individual.
Lengthy voyages to and from Singapore on Carnival Splendor begin at $755 per individual.
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