So who is getting ready to book for 2026/27?

[Jazzbo]

I was idly searching the Celebrity website at 3:30 this morning (insomnia — if I can’t get back to sleep in 30 minutes or so, I pick up my phone). A November 2026 TA caught my interest — 16-day Barcelona to Buenos Aires for $2449 AQ on the Equinox. This wasn’t on my radar, but I’m intrigued, so I put an AQ cabin on hold a few minutes ago.

[cricketts]

Perusing the new releases... nothing grabs my attention 😞 

We've been to most of these ports. I wonder if and when they will return to the Holy Land...

Meanwhile, we've been looking and booking some very interesting itineraries on Princess and HAL.  There also might be a switch to land base itineraries in our future... it's too bad since we love the Retreat!

Now we're waiting for the releases on the weeks of November 19th and December 10th.

Edited November 10 by cricketts

[Cruise till you drop]

On 11/6/2024 at 8:49 AM, Cruise till you drop said:

We booked a 14 day May/June 2026 Mediterranean cruise on Sun Princess that takes us to 6 countries (Greece, Italy, France, UK, Spain and Montenegro).  But 14 days seems too long given we’ll probably tack on extra days on both ends so it’ll be closer to 3 weeks.

 

However we’ve been holding out hopes that Celebrity would have some nice itineraries more in the 10-11 day range that would rival Princess.

 

But after viewing all the new releases yesterday, we didn’t really find anything so we’ll likely just stay with what we have.

 

I’m kind of disappointed but not shocked given our research on 2025 sailings was about the same perception

Update - after reviewing the 2026 Mediterranean schedules once again and with different filters, we did find a good one on Celebrity Ascent in June 2026 that’s 10 nights and goes to Italy, Greece and Croatia (as well as to Montenegro).

 

We did end up cancelling the Princess one and booking this one.

 

This will mean we will have sailed/booked 4 of the 5 E-class ships (Apex still not yet)

 

Edited November 10 by Cruise till you drop

[island lady]

15 hours ago, Jazzbo said:

I was idly searching the Celebrity website at 3:30 this morning (insomnia — if I can’t get back to sleep in 30 minutes or so, I pick up my phone). A November 2026 TA caught my interest — 16-day Barcelona to Buenos Aires for $2449 AQ on the Equinox. This wasn’t on my radar, but I’m intrigued, so I put an AQ cabin on hold a few minutes ago.

 

We are doing Equinox 2025 R/T out of Buenos Aires for B2B (28 nights) doing both SA, and Antarctica.   🙂  Should be a good cruise as well, and looking forward to returning to Antarctica.

 

Makes me wonder if they are then going to do that route again in 2026 since your TA ends there. 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 10 by island lady

[champagnecruiser]

I am holding a Transatlantic for 2026. Concierge cabin for a great price.

I have Future Cruise Deposit to use for £75 per person. The regular deposit for U.K. bookings is £150 per person but, the deposit on the T/A I’m holding is showing as £860.
This is almost half of the cruise fare!

I have other T/As booked but they are all just regular £300 deposit.

Could phone/ask Celebrity but……..

Any help appreciated!

[rodndonna]

Booked a fall Celebrity 2026 TA the other day on an impulse when someone on CC noted what seemed like an error in pricing. Couldn't pass up in a great deal 🙄

[deliver42]

I was looking for Alaska sailings from Seattle in 2026 on all the cruise lines, and was very disappointed in Celebrity's offering. Only the Edge and a really blah itinerary for a ridiculous price for an IV.

[mickeysgal]

Booked us a 2026 Rome to Ravenna cruise on Constellation.  Overnight in Florence (will finally get to see Cinque Terre) and a lot of Croatia ports. Very little sea days which for us, is good.  The way this itinerary lays out, it will give us time before and after in Italy.  Price has already increased by over 300.00 from when we booked.  One more now to book - with our Book Later certificate. 

[cricketts]

2 hours ago, deliver42 said:

I was looking for Alaska sailings from Seattle in 2026 on all the cruise lines, and was very disappointed in Celebrity's offering. Only the Edge and a really blah itinerary for a ridiculous price for an IV.

 Won't Solstice and Summit also be in Alaska?

[cricketts]

I see that "Winter Asia" opens for sale the week of December 10th. What type of itineraries or which ships will these be?

[Cruise Junky]

12 hours ago, cricketts said:

I see that "Winter Asia" opens for sale the week of December 10th. What type of itineraries or which ships will these be?

A lot of that release will be Solstice including the Grand Voyage. 

[Cruise Junky]

12 hours ago, cricketts said:

 Won't Solstice and Summit also be in Alaska?

From Vancouver, not Seattle 

[mickeysgal]

On 11/14/2024 at 1:07 PM, cricketts said:

I see that "Winter Asia" opens for sale the week of December 10th. What type of itineraries or which ships will these be?

2026? Or 2027? 

[island lady]

9 hours ago, mickeysgal said:

2026? Or 2027? 

 December 2026 is barely out....I just last week booked (finally) my fall 2026 TA.   I don't know of any bookings for December 2027.  

[Sox Fan Cruiser]

On the Ascent right now. They announced that the next batch of cruises are coming out on the 19th (Tuesday). Not sure what areas but it will include early 2027 Caribbean options. 

[cricketts]

13 hours ago, mickeysgal said:

2026? Or 2027? 

The flyer with the dates reads "2026 - 2027 New Deployment Opening Schedule". I assume this refers to dates starting around April of 2026 to about March of 2027.

[WrittenOnYourHeart]

Very glad I decided to go ahead and book the Apex to Norway for Aug 2026 rather than wait to see what the Caribbean options would be. Seems that in 2026 they are continuing limiting solo travelers to the Solo IV or the much more expensive Retreat on the Beyond sailings. 😞 

 

Just reinforces my decision to stick with the Silhouette in Feb 2026 to see if I like that class of ship since I'm spoiled to AQ. (I am doing the solo IV for Norway because I wanted extra $$ to spend on excursions and travel. But by and large I'm now spoiled to Aqua.)

Edited November 19 by WrittenOnYourHeart

[Sox Fan Cruiser]

The Mardi Gras cruise 2027 is also a disappointment. Don’t get to New Orleans until Tuesday. And only stay one night. We are going to pass. 

[mahdnc]

On 11/16/2024 at 9:10 AM, Sox Fan Cruiser said:

On the Ascent right now. They announced that the next batch of cruises are coming out on the 19th (Tuesday). Not sure what areas but it will include early 2027 Caribbean options. 

2026-2027 Caribbean sailings have just been released. 

[Tyler414]

Nothing to exciting, It seems Celebrity does not have much interest in going to the British Virgin Islands very often. Just an observation.  

[gordylad]

like the look of the eclipse sailing april 2027 12 night caribbean

[563toM]

42 minutes ago, gordylad said:

like the look of the eclipse sailing april 2027 12 night caribbean

That is exactly what we booked this morning.  I had marked down we were going to do the same sailing in February 2027 but it was too pricey for us at over $200 per person/day.  We book the Oceanview room and after Black Friday discounts etc we are cruising at $186 per person/day for the April 19, 2027 sailing.  I did compare it to the April 2026 sailing and the price is lower so I reprice as it drops.  

[Dave JS]

12 minutes ago, 563toM said:

That is exactly what we booked this morning.  I had marked down we were going to do the same sailing in February 2027 but it was too pricey for us at over $200 per person/day.  We book the Oceanview room and after Black Friday discounts etc we are cruising at $186 per person/day for the April 19, 2027 sailing.  I did compare it to the April 2026 sailing and the price is lower so I reprice as it drops.  

How do you reprice as it drops?

[clskinsfan]

The Ascent 11 night Southern Caribbean interests us as well. We have not done an Edge class ship yet. Because we have no interest in infinite verandahs. But would be interested in port hole or sunset verandah for that cruise. We already booked Iceland/Greenland one way to Boston for August of 2026. That one is on Silhouette. Our favorite class of Celebrity ship. 

[mahdnc]

27 minutes ago, Dave JS said:

How do you reprice as it drops?

 Call your TA (if you are using one) or Celebrity to get the price adjustment done.