Princess Cruises Unveils the Largest Americas Season Ever for 2025-26
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Princess Cruises has unveiled a massive 2025-26 Americas season, highlighted by the long-awaited winter/spring itineraries for its newest ships, Sun Princess and Star Princess. The magnificent vessels will depart from Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale) on seven-day Eastern and Western Caribbean excursions, transporting guests to some of the world’s most captivating destinations.
Sky Princess will create history as the first Royal Class ship to call Port Canaveral in Central Florida home, delivering eight-day Eastern and Western Caribbean sailings and six-day Eastern Caribbean sailings.
The year-round 2025-26 season has 278 voyages departing from seven accessible ports via short drives or domestic flights: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Galveston, Texas, Fort Lauderdale, Port Canaveral, Florida, New York City, and Vancouver, British Columbia.
The destination-packed season, which goes on sale on 20 December, features a festive Mexican Riviera cruise onboard Royal Princess, a nostalgic throwback commemorating the 60th anniversary of the very first Princess voyage, which set sail on Princess Patricia in December 1965.
“Our Americas programme for 2025-26 is our largest ever offered, making it convenient for guests to drive to their nearby port or take a short flight to enjoy a spectacular Princess cruise,” said Terry Thornton, Princess Cruises’ chief commercial officer. “Sun Princess and Star Princess will deliver epic vacations and magnify the beauty of the Caribbean by offering guests the most celebrated views and vantage points of the island’s crystal blue waters and exotic charm.”
Princess’ 2025-26 Americas cruise season highlights and deployments include:
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- Ten ships – the largest deployment ever – including Star Princess sailing her maiden season from North America, joining her sister Sun Princess, as well as Caribbean Princess, Emerald Princess, Enchanted Princess, Island Princess, Majestic Princess, Regal Princess, Sapphire Princess, and Sky Princess.
- 29 destinations in 22 Eastern, Western and Southern Caribbean countries.
- 178 total departures of 25 unique itineraries, ranging from four to 20 days.
- Star Princess, Sun Princess, Majestic Princess and Enchanted Princess sail from Ft. Lauderdale:
- Regal Princess returns to Galveston for a third season of seven-day Western Caribbean voyages with Mexico.
- Sky Princess sails her first season from Port Canaveral with eight-day Eastern and Western Caribbean sailings and six-day sailings to the Eastern Caribbean.
- Enchanted Princess departs on a 12-day New York to Ft. Lauderdale voyage visiting the ABC Islands – Aruba, Barbados and Curaçao.
- Five ships – Caribbean Princess and Island Princess spend a full season taking guests to see this engineering marvel and are joined by Coral Princess, Emerald Princess and Sapphire Princess as they transit the region in fall and/or spring.
- 27 destinations in 13 countries throughout Central America and the Caribbean.
- 28 total departures on eight unique itineraries.
- Two ways to sail the Panama Canal: Roundtrip from Ft. Lauderdale with partial transits of the Panama Canal – 12-day voyages from Ft. Lauderdale
- Three ships – Emerald Princess, Royal Princess and Ruby Princess
- 31 total departures on four unique itineraries departing from Los Angeles or San Francisco with voyages from seven to 14 days.
- In honour of Princess Cruises’ 60th anniversary, Royal Princess departs on a 14-day Mexican Riviera sailing on December 6, 2025, the same month the 6,000-ton, 90-passenger Princess Patricia first departed Los Angeles in 1965. Commemorative events will be held onboard this sailing and feature overnight stays in Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Vallarta and stops in the hidden gem destinations of Loreto and Manzanillo.
- Royal Princess also sails seven-day Mexican Riviera cruises from Los Angeles.
- Emerald Princess departs on 10-day Baja Peninsula & Sea of Cortez cruises from Los Angeles, including an overnight in Cabo San Lucas on every sailing.
- Ruby Princess offers 11-day Mexico cruises roundtrip from San Francisco with a late-night stay in Cabo San Lucas on every voyage.
- Seven ships – Caribbean Princess, Coral Princess, Discovery Princess, Grand Princess, Royal Princess, Ruby Princess, and Sapphire Princess.
- 21 total departures from Los Angeles, San Francisco or Vancouver on nine unique itineraries.
- Royal Princess returns for a West Coast season including seven-day Classic California Coast voyages from Los Angeles, with More Ashore late-night stays in San Francisco and San Diego. The ship also sails four- and five-day West Coast Getaways featuring late-night stays in either San Diego or San Francisco.
- Ruby Princess returns to San Francisco as the year-round leader in the City by the Bay with five- and seven-day cruises along the California Coast, plus a seven-day Pacific Northwest Coast cruise with late-night stays in Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle.
- Coral Princess takes guests on an 11-day California Coast roundtrip cruise from Vancouver with late-night stays in San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
- Wine lovers delight with five seven-day Pacific Wine Country cruises between Vancouver and Los Angeles on Royal Princess, Coral Princess, and Caribbean Princess.
- Five ships – Coral Princess, Emerald Princess, Island Princess, Ruby Princess, and Sapphire Princess.
- 23 destinations in 11 countries, on 20 total departures and five itineraries, from 16 to 54 days.
- A choice of three voyages to Hawaii and the South Pacific, including one that ventures all the way to Australia and New Zealand:
