Sun Princess to Launch Caribbean Season From Fort Lauderdale in 2026
Built by Fincantieri, Sun Princess is Princess Cruises’ first Sphere-class ship and the fleet’s first liquefied natural gas-powered vessel, entering service in 2024.
Princess Cruises’ Sun Princess is sailing from Barcelona to Fort Lauderdale on a 15-night transatlantic crossing, with arrival scheduled for November 21, 2026. The vessel will then begin a winter season of Caribbean and Bahamas cruises.
The 4,300-passenger ship’s opening departure will be a six-night Eastern Caribbean cruise calling at Celebration Key, Carnival Corporation’s private destination, along with Grand Turk and Amber Cove. The Florida deployment is scheduled through March 2027.
The winter program includes similar Eastern Caribbean itineraries and weeklong Western Caribbean voyages. Additional destinations on the Caribbean schedule include Cozumel, Mexico; Roatan, Honduras; and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
During its current Atlantic crossing, Sun Princess has scheduled calls at Malaga and Cadiz in mainland Spain, Gibraltar, and Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands before reaching its Florida homeport. Princess Cruises did not include an executive statement with the deployment update.
The repositioning follows nearly six months in the Mediterranean during the ship’s third season in the region. That program began in April, with departures from Piraeus, Civitavecchia and Barcelona. Its ports of call included Messina, Italy; Corfu, Greece; Bar, Montenegro; and Kusadasi, Turkey.
Built by Fincantieri and in service since 2024, the 177,882-gross-ton Sun Princess is the first ship in Princess Cruises’ Sphere class. It is also the fleet’s first LNG-powered vessel and operates with approximately 1,600 crew members.
Following the Caribbean season, Sun Princess is scheduled to return to Europe. Its next summer deployment is due to begin in early April 2027 and continue through early November.
See current Sun Princess fares and itineraries on Cruise Lookup.
