Carnival Opens 346 Cruises on 5 Ships for PortMiami 2028/29 (Half Are Shorter Sailings)

Carnival Cruise Line just opened reservations for 346 sailings that are scheduled to depart from PortMiami between April 2028 and April 2029. The ships for these bookings include Carnival Celebration, Carnival Conquest, Carnival Magic, Carnival Vista, and Carnival Venezia.

The newly released schedule is for sailings on five Carnival cruise ships, and these itineraries will visit 22 different ports across The Bahamas, Eastern Caribbean, Western Caribbean, and Southern Caribbean.

There is plenty of variety both in ships and durations for these new reservation openings too. While there are a couple of 11-day Carnival Journeys cruises opening up, about half of the newly released cruises are shorter 3- to 5-day sailings (174 of the 346 total departures).

Plenty of Shorter Cruises Open for 2028

If you enjoy those shorter cruises that cover the weekend or allow you to just take a few days off work, PortMiami is going to have plenty of options.

Two ships will handle all of these shorter runs from PortMiami:

• Carnival Conquest
• Carnival Magic

Cruisers on either ship can look forward to stops in Nassau and Grand Turk, along with two of Carnival’s exclusive destinations: Celebration Key and RelaxAway, Half Moon Cay.

A Bigger Focus on Celebration Key

Celebration Key, Carnival’s exclusive destination on Grand Bahama, is probably the biggest highlight of the 2028/29 PortMiami lineup that was just released.

Out of the 346 total sailings from Miami, 217 will include a visit to Celebration Key. This means almost two-thirds of every Carnival departure from PortMiami during this window will stop at the newly built private destination.

It is all part of Carnival’s Paradise Collection, which brings together the cruise line’s largest exclusive portfolio of destinations across The Bahamas, Caribbean, and Mexico.

Week-Long Sailings on Carnival Celebration

For cruisers who prefer a classic seven-night cruise, Carnival Celebration will continue sailing out of PortMiami on week-long Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries.

Depending on the route, Carnival Celebration will call on some of the Caribbean’s most popular ports, including:

• Amber Cove
• San Juan
• St. Thomas
• Cozumel
• Isla Tropicale

Longer Southern Caribbean and Carnival Journeys Voyages

For even longer itineraries, Carnival has continued to build on the popular Carnival Journeys sailings with 8- and 11-day cruises for 2028/2029.

• 8-Day Southern Caribbean Cruises: Carnival Vista and Carnival Venezia will offer 39 eight-day sailings down to the ABC Islands. Every voyage visits Aruba and Curaçao, and most itineraries also include a stop in Bonaire.
• 11-Day Carnival Journeys: Carnival Conquest will take a break from its short getaways to sail two special 11-day Carnival Journeys cruises to the Southern Caribbean. These port-intensive trips feature stops at Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, St. Maarten, and St. Thomas.

Reservations for all 346 PortMiami sailings are open now on Carnival.com and through travel advisors.