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Carnival Cruise Line Announces Unique New Asia Cruises

Image: Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Panorama. (photo via Carnival Cruise Line (Carnival Cruise Line Media)
Image: Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Panorama. (photo via Carnival Cruise Line (Carnival Cruise Line Media)
Mia Taylor
by Mia Taylor
Last updated: 4:25 PM ET, Thu February 2, 2023

Carnival Cruise Line has opened reservations for unique sailings to Asia, including Long Beach, California to Tokyo, Japan and Sydney, Australia to Singapore.

The new sailings feature a pair of first-ever ports of call in the Philippines and Indonesia.

"Offering guests new destinations to explore and make fun memories builds on our incredible portfolio of Carnival Journeys sailings," the cruise line's president Christine Duffy said in a statement. "We have over 150 long cruises open for sale right now, with itineraries taking guests to beautiful places all over the world, and now Carnival Panorama and Carnival Splendor will expand on that with these truly unique sailings."

The new itineraries will be served by the Carnival Panorama and the Carnival Splendor. The dates currently available include:

Carnival Panorama

-August 22, 2024: 18-day Transpacific Carnival Journeys sailing from Long Beach to Tokyo (Yokohama) including Ketchikan, AK; Cruise Endicott Arm Fjord; Sitka, AK; Icy Strait Point, AK; Kushiro, Japan, and Aomori, Japan.

-October 12, 2024: 25-day Transpacific Carnival Journeys sailing from Singapore to Long Beach and including visits to Ho Chi Minh (Phu My), Vietnam; Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; Manila, Philippines; Guam; Honolulu, HI, and Maui (Kahului), HI.

Carnival Splendor

-July 21, 2024: 15-day Carnival Journeys sailing from Sydney to Singapore and including Brisbane, Australia; Airlie Beach, Australia; Cairns, Australia; Lombok Island, Indonesia; Benoa (Denpasar), Bali

-August 24, 2024: 16-day Carnival Journeys sailing from Singapore to Sydney and including Tanjung Priok, Jakarta, Java; Benoa (Denpasar), Bali; Lombok Island, Indonesia; Darwin, Australia; Airlie Beach, Australia and Moreton Island, Australia

Carnival Panorama will be the first Carnival ship to visit Manila, Philippines while Carnival Splendor will mark the cruise line's first visit to Tanjung Priok in Indonesia.

Both the 4,000-guest Carnival Panorama and 3,000-guest Carnival Splendor offer a variety of guest favorites, including Carnival Waterworks, Piano Bar 88, and Cloud 9 Salon & Spa.


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Mia Taylor is an award-winning journalist who has two decades of experience. Most recently she worked as a staff writer for America's largest digital publisher DotdashMeredith, where she contributed stories on a daily basis to four of the company's most iconic brands - Parents,Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens, and Health. Her work has also appeared in Travel + Leisure, The Boston Globe, The San Diego UnionTribune, Westways Magazine, Fortune, and more.

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