Princess Cruises Is Planning Its Biggest Caribbean Summer Ever. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Grand Turk. Nassau. Cozumel. San Juan. Roatan. They’re some of the most popular stops for cruise passenger in the Caribbean, from the snorkeling in Turks and Caicos to the old-fashioned beach vibes on the Caribbean coast of Honduras.
Now Princess Cruises, which has been deepening its Caribbean network, has plans for a major season in 2026: what the company is calling its biggest Caribbean summer ever, with plans to hit all of those stops — and more.
If you’re not familiar with how the cruise industry works, the lines typically put out itineraries for booking two years out — giving their core customers and all travelers ample time to choose their future voyages.
So what’s happening in the summer of 2026? Princess has 90 different sailings in the wider Caribbean, sailing out of two Florida ports: Fort Lauderdale and Cape Canaveral.
It’s a range of six, seven and eight-day itineraries, ranging from six-day jaunts that include stops in Nassau, the Dominican Republic and Grand Turk; to longer 13-day and 14-day Southern Caribbean “islander” cruises that include calls everywhere from Aruba to Curacao to Bonaire, Dominica and San Juan, among others, with eight total calls on each of the longer voyages.
The cruise lines encourage you to book earlier; right now, Princes is offering summer 2026 guests an extra $50 per person if you reserve a 7 to 10-day trip.
If you’re a member of Princess Cruises’ Captain’s Circle, you get up to $200 in onboard spending if you book before the end of October 2024.
What do we like about Princess? The food is a cut above most of the major cruise lines, and if you splurge for its Medallion Class you get an elevated level of amenities and service.
So what will these cruises cost?
A sample seven-day Western Caribbean-Mexico that sails roundtrip from Port Canaveral (with stops in Cozumel, Costa Maya and the island of Roatan), starts at $989 for interior state rooms. That is a per-person rate. For a balcony stateroom, that price goes up to $1,449 per person right now.
You can book now at Princess Cruises.
