4 Cruise Ships Per Day Can Now Visit Celebration Key After Carnival Completes Pier Extension

Carnival Corporation has announced that the pier extension on Celebration Key has been completed allowing up to four cruise ships per day to visit the port in The Bahamas.

Celebration Key opened last summer and is the newest cruise port from Carnival. With the pier extension, four ships and over 13,000 guests can visit the port each day. The pier extension was completed ahead of schedule. Three- and four-ship days will be routine starting in September.

The extension will allow roughly 200 more ship calls and 700,000 passengers each year. This number will grow after Carnival Cruise Line completes the Phase 2 portion of the port.

Later this year, two more of Carnival Corporation’s cruise lines, Princess Cruises and AIDA Cruises, will be begin stopping at Celebration Key.

Celebration Key is the cornerstone of Carnival’s Paradise Collection that give cruisers memorable destinations to visit on their vacation.

Carnival Corporation has a total of seven private destinations in the Caribbean and Bahamas. They are:

• RelaxAway Half Moon Cay
• Isla Tropicale
• Amber Cove
• Puerto Maya
• Grand Turks Cruise Center
• Princess Cays
• Celebration Key

Josh Weinstein, CEO of Carnival Corporation, said the following:

“Celebration Key is one of the centerpieces of our Paradise Collection – a bold destination built to redefine what a Caribbean vacation can feel like.

“From a mile of white sand beach to the Caribbean’s largest freshwater lagoons and five distinct experience portals, every part of Celebration Key was designed to deliver something unforgettable. Finishing the pier extension ahead of schedule gives us a real jump on meeting the extraordinary demand we’re seeing and allows us to bring even more guests to this unique Bahamian paradise sooner than expected.”

Hon. Ginger Moxey MP., Minister for Grand Bahama, added:

“The expansion of Celebration Key’s pier is a powerful endorsement of Grand Bahama’s economic potential. Every ship that calls on our island creates opportunities for Bahamians—from entrepreneurs and small businesses to countless families who depend on a thriving tourism sector. This investment represents more than new infrastructure; it is an investment in our people, our economy, and a future built on sustainable, year-round growth.”