Carnival Cruise Line
Panama Canal Opens 2026-27 Cruise Season With More Than 220 Transits
Five vessels are scheduled to make their first Panama Canal passage during the season, including Seven Seas Prestige, Spirit of Adventure and Explora III.
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American Encore Marks Idaho’s First Riverboat Christening
Former United States Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers served as godmother and performed the bottle break after the ship began a nine-day Columbia and Snake rivers cruise from Stevenson.
Princess Cruises
Star Princess Completes First Panama Canal Transit
Star Princess' crossing shows how the canal's expanded locks are reshaping cruise deployment, letting larger new ships join a route once built around smaller vessels.
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American Encore Begins Panama Canal Delivery Voyage to Columbia River
The new vessel underscores the company’s bet on premium, United States-built river cruising as Pacific Northwest itineraries draw demand and spur investment in small ports.