Pacific Passage – Panama & Acapulco

About this cruise

This is the kind of cruise where you actually have time to go back to a port highlight you missed the first time. 16 nights from Tampa on April 4, 2027, visiting Santa Marta, Cartagena, Panama Canal, Acapulco, Cabo San Lucas and Seattle. The trip wraps in Seattle, so you won't retrace your steps. It starts gently with sea days, so by the time you reach the first port you'll have explored the ship and actually feel on holiday. The route threads through 4 countries along the Caribbean coast: Colombia, Panama, Mexico and United States. You get around 8 hours in each port, which is enough for an excursion, lunch, and some wandering around on your own. When you're not ashore, Carnival Legend has 8 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. One of the underrated parts of a longer cruise: you actually get to know people. The couple from dinner, the group at trivia, the bartender who remembers your drink. An April departure catches that sweet window of warm-enough weather before the summer rush. Whether you've cruised before or not, this 16-night itinerary is a genuinely good one.