Island Jewels – St. Thomas & San Juan

About this cruise

You board in Port Canaveral on December 18, 2026 for 8 nights visiting St. Thomas, Philipsburg, San Juan and Celebration Key, and you come back from this kind of trip wondering why you don't do it more often. You ease into this one, with a few sea days up front to find your rhythm before the 4 port calls start. The route threads through 4 countries along the Caribbean coast: U.S. Virgin Islands, Sint Maarten, Puerto Rico and Bahamas. People come back from this cruise talking about Celebration Key: Carnival's newest private island escape. Around 8 hours per port on average, which is generous enough to go beyond the obvious. There are 14 restaurants on Carnival Vista, so you'd need to double up a few evenings to try them all in 8 nights. Port Canaveral itself is worth spending some time in. Don't just treat it as a departure point. 4 ports, 4 countries, one suitcase. That's the appeal.