12 best Panama Canal cruises for a bucket-list trip
A Panama Canal transit is a rite of passage for many cruise lovers. Experiencing this marvel of early 20th-century engineering appeals to those with a wide array of interests, from history and politics to colonial architecture and wildlife spotting. Built by the U.S. government between 1903 and 1914, this 50-mile waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans revolutionized shipping by creating an expedited route for the transit of cargo and, ultimately, cruise ship passengers.
Panama Canal itineraries are offered by almost every cruise line. Thanks to a 2016 canal expansion project, a third set of locks can now accommodate larger vessels. It's possible to cruise the Panama Canal on ships of all sizes (from 148 guests to more than 3,000) on itineraries that range from a week in the sun to a six-month world cruise.
Some ships sail a full transit of the canal, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, or vice versa. These one-way journeys between Miami or Fort Lauderdale and Los Angeles or San Diego, visits ports in Central America, South America, Mexico and California.
Others sail only a partial transit, entering the locks from the Atlantic and cruising into Lake Gatun before turning around and exiting again. These itineraries, sailing round-trip from Florida ports, combine the canal experience with island-hopping in the Caribbean.
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The array of options means that a Panama Canal cruise experience is possible even if you're short on time or have a limited budget — and chances are high that your favorite cruise line offers one or more itineraries. Most sailings attract couples, typically retirees, but if the timing is right a Panama Canal cruise can also be a great multi-generational experience.
Here are a dozen of the best Panama Canal cruises to consider.
Holland America's 14- to 16-day Panama Canal cruises
Holland America offers a variety of Panama Canal cruises , but the most popular itineraries span 14 to 16 days. They offer a full transit between Fort Lauderdale and San Diego, or vice versa, and are offered on multiple ships, including Zaandam, Eurodam, Nieuw Amsterdam and Volendam. These sailings call on Cartagena, Colombia; Puntarenas, Costa Rica; Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala; Huatulco and Puerto Vallarta or Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Who should go: Holland America ships sailing a full transit are popular with retired couples who appreciate the cruise line's consistency and good value. All four ships accommodate between 1,432 and 2,106 passengers and offer signature onboard experiences that include the Greenhouse Spa and the BBC Earth in Concert multimedia performance. The larger Eurodam and Nieuw Amsterdam feature additional specialty dining options, such as Tamarind and Nami Sushi, as well as B.B. King's Blues Club, Lincoln Center Stage and Billboard Onboard.
Regent Seven Seas Cruises' 16-night Los Angeles to Miami cruise
Regent Seven Seas Cruises ' newest ship, Seven Seas Grandeur, debuts in November 2023 and its first two Panama Canal itineraries in early 2024 are already waitlisted. For those planning ahead, the 16-night Miami to Los Angeles (Dec. 13-29, 2024) and 16-night Los Angeles to Miami (Jan. 8-23, 2025) transits offer luxurious all-inclusive pampering, plus port calls in Ensenada, Cabo San Lucas and Acapulco, Mexico; Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala; Corinto, Nicaragua; Panama City, Panama; Cartagena, Colombia; and George Town, Grand Cayman.
Who should go: This itinerary can be a wonderful splurge for a couple seeking to celebrate a milestone anniversary or birthday in a memorable way on a luxurious new ship. Prices start at a hefty $10,399 per person for a spacious balcony suite, but they also include airfare, transfers, gratuities, dining and beverages, Wi-Fi and shore excursions — meaning you'll hardly have any other vacation expenses.
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Celebrity Cruises' 11-night Panama Canal & Southern Caribbean cruise
For a Panama Canal experience that begins and ends in Fort Lauderdale, Celebrity Cruises ' 11-night Panama Canal & Southern Caribbean itinerary is a great option. There's plenty of time to plan ahead for the Dec. 2, 2024 cruise or the half-dozen almost identical sailings that follow through March 2025. All sailings are aboard the new 3,260-guest Celebrity Beyond and visit Cartagena, Colombia; Colon, Panama; Oranjestad, Aruba; Kralendjik, Bonaire; and George Town, Grand Cayman (Willemstad, Curacao replaces Grand Cayman on some 2025 sailings).
Who should go: Celebrity Beyond and its Edge-series sister ships appeal to Millennials, Gen Xers and young-at-heart Boomers who appreciate innovative design, entertainment and dining options. The ships are geared toward couples or groups of friends, but families with older teens might also enjoy the onboard vibe. There are no splash pools or waterslides for younger kids, although calls on three Caribbean islands offer aquatic fun.
Windstar Cruises' 7-night Costa Rica & Panama Canal cruise
To explore the Panama Canal region in a relaxed manner aboard an intimate motorized sailing yacht, check out Windstar Cruises' 7-night Costa Rica & Panama Canal itinerary aboard the 148-guest Wind Star. Bookable on more than two dozen dates in 2023, 2024 and 2025, the itinerary takes guests from Colon, Panama to Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica (or vice versa). The ship will transit the canal and visit Panama City and Isla Parida in Panama, plus Golfo Dolce and Quepos (for Manuel Antonio National Park) in Costa Rica.
Who should go: Fans of small-ship cruising who enjoy a casual onboard ambiance, are interested in nature and wildlife and wish to sample the regional flavors of Central America should consider a Windstar cruise . All accommodations are in snug yet well-designed staterooms with windows, but no balconies. Wind Star is a cozy and social four-deck ship featuring a pool and pool bar, a lounge and two restaurants.
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Silversea's 31-day New York to Lima cruise
Silversea Cruises ' indulgent 31-day New York to Lima sailing aboard its newest ship, 728-guest Silver Nova features a Panama Canal transit in the middle of the trip. The one-way itinerary departs New York City in November and visits Bermuda and multiple sunny Caribbean islands — Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Barth's, St. Kitts, Antigua, Martinique, St. Lucia, Barbados, Bequia, Grenada, Curacao and Aruba — and Cartagena, Colombia before transiting the canal to call on ports in Ecuador (Manta) and Peru (Salaverry and Lima).
Who should go: Silversea's clientele is mostly mature couples with a luxury mindset and an appreciation for elevated dining with a strong regional focus. They also appreciate the cruise line's all-inclusive ease. A month-long itinerary such as this is likely to attract retirees seeking an extended warm-weather escape.
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Carnival Cruise Line's 8-day Panama Canal cruise from Tampa
Experiencing the Panama Canal doesn't have to be time-consuming or budget-busting. Carnival Cruise Line 's 8-day Panama Canal from Tampa itinerary offers a round-trip, partial-transit sailing aboard the 2,124-passenger Carnival Pride with port calls in Limon, Costa Rica and George Town, Grand Cayman—beginning at under $900 per person.
With four pools (including an adults-only aft Serenity Pool), a WaterWorks aqua park, Camp Ocean kids club and seven restaurants, the ship offers enough diversions for sea-day fun, even at half the size of Carnival's newest megaships.
Who should go: Carnival's action-packed ships and affordable cruise fares appeal to families, friends and couples of all ages who enjoy a lively onboard ambiance and casual complimentary dining options (including a Guy Fieri burger venue).
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Seabourn's 21-day Caribbean & Panama Canal Passage
For a one-way Panama Canal transit that visits six countries (Aruba, Curacao, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Mexico) and offers six relaxing and luxurious days at sea, consider Seabourn 's 21-day Caribbean & Panama Canal Passage . The 450-guest Seabourn Sojourn will sail from Miami to Los Angeles in December.
Calls on Golfito and Puntarenas in Costa Rica offer access to eco-adventure. Visits to Puerto Quetzal in Guatemala and Puerto Chiapas and Huatulco in Mexico feature excursions focused on pre-Spanish-colonial culture, coffee cultivation and more, while a call on Cabo San Lucas offers whale-watching, deep-sea fishing or tequila tasting opportunities.
Who should go: Work-from-anywhere entrepreneurs and retirees who enjoy the luxury and refinement of small-ship cruising will enjoy this three-week Panama Canal transit. Seabourn Sojourn pampers its guests with attentive service, elevated cuisine and all-ocean-facing suites featuring walk-in closets and spacious marble bathrooms. Seabourn's all-inclusive cruise fares also cover gratuities and complimentary wines and spirits.
Princess Cruises' 10-day Panama Canal with Costa Rica & Caribbean cruise
While Princess Cruises does offer several longer ocean-to-ocean Panama Canal itineraries — including two in 2023 that transit via the historic locks — its popular 10-day Panama Canal with Costa Rica & Caribbean cruises conveniently sail roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale on more than a dozen dates in 2023 and 2024.
What's more, you can choose from among three ships: 3,140-guest Caribbean Princess or 3,080-guest Ruby Princess and Emerald Princess. In addition to the partial transit, these sailings call on Jamaica and Grand Cayman in the Caribbean, as well as Cartagena, Columbia; Limon, Costa Rica; and Colon, Panama.
Who should go: Couples who enjoy a ship with a more traditional vibe and families with kids who are content to participate in interactive learning activities and nature-based adventure (vs waterslides) will enjoy this cruise. Princess ships are known for their Movies Under the Stars screenings, multiple pools, specialty dining options such as Sabatini's Italian Trattoria and The Salty Dog Gastropub, and Crooners piano bar.
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Norwegian Cruise Line's 17-day South America: Peru, Colombia & Chile cruise
There's no "Panama Canal" in this itinerary's name, but Norwegian Cruise Line 's 17-day South America: Peru, Colombia & Chile cruise in January 2024 does a full canal transit (and spends a day in Panama City) as it sails from Miami to Santiago, Chile. The 1,936-guest Norwegian Sun sails to historic Santa Marta and Cartagena in Colombia; Manta, Ecuador; Trujillo, Lima and Pisco in Peru; and Arica and Coquimbo in Chile, before disembarkation in Santiago.
Who should go: Couples and friends interested in experiencing not just a Panama Canal transit but some of the top coastal experiences along the Pacific Coast of South America should choose this itinerary. Norwegian Sun is an older, smaller vessel that was refurbished in 2018 and features a top deck more conducive to sunning than thrill rides. The ship also has a surprising number of restaurants for its size: two main dining rooms, a buffet restaurant, a sports bar and an outdoor grill on a complimentary basis, plus eight specialty dining venues (including Mexican, Italian, French, Japanese and a steakhouse) for an added fee.
Oceania's 16-day Miami to Los Angeles cruise
Following its May debut, Oceania Cruises ' 1,200-guest Vista — the first new-build ship in Oceania's fleet in more than a decade — will offer back-to-back 16-day Miami to Los Angeles and Los Angeles to Miami itineraries in October and November. Both sailings visit six countries with port calls that include George Town, Grand Cayman; Cartagena, Colombia; Puntarenas, Costa Rica; Corinto, Nicaragua; Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala; and Acapulco, Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada, Mexico. (The second sailing visits San Diego instead of Ensenada.)
Who should go: Oceania's newest ship offers a great compromise between a small and medium-size vessel and is ideal for those seeking a premium cruise experience with casual sophistication. Older couples especially will appreciate the ship's elegant stateroom decor in soft hues of wheat and seagrass, mix of grand and intimate spaces and wide array of dining options (including two new venues, Ember for inventive American cuisine and Aquamar Kitchen for wellness-focused breakfast, lunch and dinner). A more immersive mixology program features curated cocktail menus, indulgent pairing experiences and specialty beverage carts.
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Cunard's 29-day Alaska & Panama Canal cruise
Talk about packing for all kinds of weather! Cunard's 29-day Alaska & Panama Canal sailing aboard 2,081-passenger Queen Elizabeth begins in Vancouver on Aug. 7 and explores Alaska for more than a week (visiting Ketchikan, Juneau, Hubbard Glacier, Skagway, Glacier Bay National Park and Sitka). Then the ship heads back south along the U.S. Pacific Coast (stopping in Victoria, Vancouver, San Francisco and Los Angeles) before heading to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Only then will it transit the Panama Canal. The ship makes one Atlantic stop in Aruba before passengers disembark in Fort Lauderdale.
Who should go: British cruise line Cunard appeals mainly to older travelers who savor the line's formal traditions. This cruise is for you if you enjoy afternoon tea, dressing up for dinner, gala evenings and dancing to big-band orchestras. The particular itinerary appeals to retirees who wish to visit a variety of cruise regions in one singular itinerary.
Viking's 180-day World Voyage
For the ultimate cruise indulgence, Viking's 180-day World Voyage I includes a Panama Canal transit (on Christmas Day, no less) as 930-passenger Viking Sky cruises from Fort Lauderdale to New York City (Dec. 19, 2024–June 17, 2025). This round-the-world cruise will visit 37 countries as guests enjoy Viking Sky's modern Scandinavian interior decor, soothing LivNordic Spa, two pools (including one with a retractable roof) and six onboard restaurants. Pricing includes airfare, gratuities and complimentary wine and beer with lunch and dinner.
Who should go: With cruise fares that start at $79,995 per person, this six-month adventure at sea requires a luxury budget. Viking 's base clientele is mostly retired or close-to-retirement-age professionals who enjoy the cruise line's focus on educational enrichment (via onboard lectures) and serene ambiance (there's no casino and the nighttime vibe is on the quiet side).
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Panama Canal Partial Transit Cruise on Carnival Review
- Post published: April 25, 2022
- Post category: Carnival / Cruise Tips
- Reading time: 25 mins read
We sailed a partial transit of the Panama Canal on the Carnival Pride in April 2022. This is a review of our experience plus some tips for a Panama Canal Partial Transit on a Carnival Cruise.
The Panama Canal is truly a unique experience in the world of cruising. This 100 year old piece of equipment is still working and is quite the modern marvel. (Yes, it is an episode of the show.)
Before we get started with our experience, we booked this cruise specifically for this one day. We were sure we could and would enjoy the rest of the days Carnival had planned for the cruise, but they weren’t important. This was the day.
Want to start at the beginning of our review of this cruise? Check out Embarkation on the Carnival Pride in Tampa
That meant we planned to spend however much of the day was taken up by the Panama Canal, actively engaged in the experience.
We booked an aft-facing balcony and that is where 90% of the pictures in this post come from. There were many benefits of being able to experience the canal from our own room and our own balcony, but the Carnival Pride was a good ship for the Panama Canal. The Carnival Pride has many outdoor low-level decks that went around or most of the way around the ship. These Promenade Decks make a great spot to view the passage through the canal and to get up close and personal with the people and machinery as you go through the locks. The ship also has a couple of decks in the front where you can watch and a large open deck around the back.
Many people on board were not as actively engaged in the experience as we were, but my hope is that you can use our experience of the Panama Canal Cruise on Carnival to help you plan your day.
Our experience through the Panama Canal on the Carnival Pride:
7:00: room service .
We decided to start our day with room service to get us up and moving. And have coffee. Coffee is very important. Once the food and coffee arrived, we turned on the front of the ship camera on the TV and opened our curtains. We could immediately see ships behind us in the dim haze of the early morning.
7:20 There’s a jungle out there!
We headed out onto the balcony and started enjoying the scenes of sunrise over the rainforest with our coffee and pastries. If we had it to do over again, one of us would have run upstairs for some omelets or burritos, but we were not exactly sure what time we would make it to the beginning of the canal.
It was absolutely beautiful early in the morning over the jungle. The sun was rising and the jungle had this deep fog over it. We don’t often catch the sunrise on a cruise, but this one was worth it!
8:00 Local Commentary
A local guide came on over the announcements (in the halls, not the rooms) telling a little about the history of the canal and what we were looking at. He was not always the most engaging guide, but his nuggets of information were interesting when we could hear them. We couldn’t hear them on our balcony so we missed most of them.
8:10 The Bridge
The first sign we were really making it somewhere was the bridge. Once we made it under the bridge, the waterway kept getting smaller and smaller until we were finally in the canal.
9:10 The first sight of the walls & mules!
Prior to this cruise we had read and watched several things about the history of the Panama Canal. This gave us insight into what we were viewing as we went, but I was also very fascinated by the mechanical mules that are attached to each ship as it goes through the canal.
9:30 Closing of lock #1
On the journey to Gatun lake, we were being raised to the level of the lake in the mountains. As soon as the first lock closed, we began to feel the ship rising. The doors were getting lower and lower behind us. We were not sure if we would truly feel the ship being raised and lowered, but it was obvious that we were pretty quickly moving to the height of the door to the lock.
10:00 Closing of lock #2
After lock #2 closed, I decided to run downstairs to see what it looked like from the 3rd deck, which mostly wraps around the entire ship on the Carnival Pride. I ran down the aft stairwell and there were a few people hanging out on the side of the ship. We were approaching the guard tower. I was able to see the wall and the mules up close. There were people on the decks above me who asked a question or two of the men standing at the guard tower. They were above me where I was standing on deck 3. The walls of the canal were so close I could have easily reached out and touched them. I watched for a few minutes and took some pictures. On my way back in I walked to the other side of the promenade deck and accidentally found myself in a crew smoking area. I snapped a couple of quick pictures and walked briskly back up to the room.
10:20 Guard tower
I made it back to the room as the back of the ship was going past the guard tower and from there we were quickly in the lake.
10:35 Closing of lock #3
The last lock closed and we again felt open waters around us. We sort of coasted into the lake and then found ourselves a spot to pause for a rest before we went back through.
11:00 Gatun Lake
What struck us the most about Gatun Lake was how normal it looked. It just looks like any other lake here in the United States. There were some small islands with trees on them. The sides of the lake were covered in trees. Unless there was a giant container ship sailing by you hardly noticed you were somewhere so exotic as a lake in the middle of an isthmus in the middle of a canal that was built 100 years ago to connect the two major oceans of the world.
11:30 Pizza is always open for lunch!
Since we never ate a full breakfast and we are full breakfast people, we were starved by lunch time. We headed up to lunch around 11:30 and we assumed the only things open with lunch food would be the pizza and deli, but they seemed to open up the main food line a few minutes early. That was actually one thing we really liked about the buffet on this sailing – they seemed to actually take the itinerary of the ship in consideration and the buffet seemed to open outside of normal Carnival buffet times when needed. We already had it in our heads that we wanted pizza though, so we grabbed our pizza, wandered around for a minute looking for a table with a view and finally sat down to eat.
12:00 T-Shirt Deck Sale
It actually started at like 9:00 in the morning and at that time there was a line snaked around the pool for people to purchase their Panama Canal t-shirts instead of actually looking at the Panama Canal. But as we paused on anchor in the middle of the lake after lunch, we did buy a t-shirt. We walked around the front of the ship and checked out the lake, but it was noon and the ship wasn’t moving. The Panama Canal is actually pretty close to the equator. We’ve sailed all around the Caribbean, but this was the furthest south we have every been. And it was hot. So we went back to find some air conditioning and get off our feet because we had been standing all morning to watch the canal.
12:30 When does this whole thing start up again?
No part of the timing of the day was on the Hub App – this was really our biggest complaint. The announcements in the dining room the night before mentioned we would start going through the canal around 7:30. We asked out waiter and he said around 9:30. But we had no idea when we would go back through.
1:00 Nap time?
After sitting in the room for a few minutes, we decided it would probably be a few minutes and we would be able to see it coming anyway. That’s the nice thing about watching everything from the back of the ship. You have time to be prepared.
3:00 Um…I think we’re moving!
We were both relaxing in the cool air, when I looked out the window and realized the scenery outside had changed and realized we were starting to move. We slowly gathered ourselves and our camera equipment back up and stepped back out into the sweltering Panamanian heat. The stagnant, hot air really made one appreciate how challenging it would have been to work there. We at least could step back into our air conditioning when we got hot, but the workers could not.
3:30 Back into the walls of the locks
We slowly started gliding back into the correct channel (there is an arrow pointing to the correct side) and back through the canal. Our mules were reattached and we were headed back towards the open ocean!
3:45 Closing of lock #1
We were now being dropped down instead of raised up. Again, you could very much feel the water level dropping and the walls getting closer and closer to us as we lowered more to their level.
4:15 Closing of lock #2
The oppressive heat was starting to get to us by this time of the afternoon and we spent our time alternating between standing outside on the balcony under an umbrella (yes, like a rain umbrella but that sun was brutal) and sitting on the bed inside the air conditioned room watching.
4:45 Closing of lock #3
Finally the last lock closed behind us. The two ships we could see in the canal were high above us. It is so dramatic how far each lock raises and lowers the ships. We watched as the ship behind us continued its progress through the locks and being lowered as we sailed back out into the gradually more opening of the space around us.
5:15 Out of the walls
Once we were out of the walls, we started discussing how long of a day it had been and what we wanted to do with our couple of hours before our 8:15 dining time. Pool? Hot tub? Nap?
5:30 Back under the bridge
Once we slid under that last bridge we felt like we were back out into the ocean and the experience was really over. It had lasted the length of an entire work day and we were more tired than if we had been at work. We had been actively standing, watching, shepherding our cameras the entire day and it was exhausting work!
6:00 Pool to cool down?
When we got up to the Serenity deck we could still see the land and bridge fading into the distance. We soaked our tired feet in the lukewarm water of the hot tub and watched it finally fade into the distance.
Tips for cruising the Panama Canal on Carnival:
Turn on the camera channel on your tv. .
Flip through the channels on the tv. Carnival has several live camera channels (in general, not just on the Panama Canal sailings). One of those is a front facing camera. Turn this on first thing in the morning to help you figure out what is going on. This is great if you want to come back to your room to rest or cool off at any point during the day. You can watch the camera view to make sure you are not going to miss anything you find important. (This has nothing to do with the Panama Canal, but there is also a camera trained on the main pool 24/7. Check this out early in the cruise if you have strong feelings about being on the camera anyone in the ship can see!)
Looking for more general Panama Canal Partial Transit Tips? Check out these Panama Canal Tips !
Make good room choices.
If you want to be able to watch anything from your room, this is not a cruise for a guaranteed stateroom. The aft balcony was amazing because we were able to stay on our own balcony with all our own things, space, camera batteries, fridge full of water and bathroom. But the aft balconies are always more expensive. If you get a regular balcony, make sure you get one on the right or starboard side of the ship. First of all, this is the side that is in the middle so you can see the other ships going the opposite direction. Secondly, the sun was on the left (port) in both directions. Because we went one direction in the morning and back in the afternoon, the left side of the ship was hot and in the sun both times. Don’t get a balcony on the port side.
Make sure you know what time you will get started
There was no information on the Hub App about the timing of the day. The maitre’d made an announcement in the show at dinner and we heard other information around the ship as well. Ask people. Most of the crew has done this before. See what they say.
Get up early
Your particular sailing might not get started so early, but you don’t want to sleep in and miss anything. Plan for an early morning – and maybe hope for it. It got hot by the afternoon.
Be prepared to be hot.
We were prepared for it to be hot. I like it hot. But it was hotter than I was expecting. Dress accordingly and drink plenty of water and wear plenty of sunscreen.
Plan your viewing location
Different places on the ship would have afforded very different views. Scout out the best viewing locations ahead of time. Remember crowds will ebb and flow throughout the day.
Make the most of it
Going through the Panama Canal is truly a once in a lifetime experience. It is one of the marvels of the modern world and is amazing how many lives were consumed in the building of it and how well it has held up and continued to work in the century since its completion. This is not the day to be in the pool or at the bar. You don’t have to spend the entire day actively consumed by the canal like we did, but spend some quality time marveling at its mechanics.
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