Cruises From New Orleans, Louisiana

Carnival Cruise Lines

• Carnival Triumph visits ports in the Bahamas and eastern and western Caribbean in round-trip, four-, five- and seven-day cruises. Both the four- and five-day trips sail year-round, with the four-day visiting Cozumel and the five-day including stops in Cozumel and Progreso, Mexico. The seven-day western Caribbean option travels to Cozumel, Roatan and Belize City in Belize year-round with the exception of August.

  Carnival Triumph sails to the eastern Caribbean out of New Orleans in seven-day,one-way itineraries. Sailing year-round with the exception of August, Carnival Triumph visits Key West, Florida, and the Bahamian ports of Freeport and Nassau. Built in 1999 and refurbished in 2005, the 13-deck Carnival Triumph has a crew of 1,100 and a passenger capacity of 2,748.

  Carnival Cruise Lines
  3655 NW 87th Avenue
  Miami, FL 33178
  888-227-6482
  carnival.com

Norwegian Cruise Lines

• Built in 1999 and refurbished in 2004 and 2008, Norwegian Spirit sails to ports in the western Caribbean from November to April. Cruises are offered in one-way and round-trip, seven- and 12-day journeys. The seven-day, round-trip itinerary on Norwegian Spirit sails to Cozumel and Costa Maya in Mexico, Santo Tomas de Castilla in Guatemala and Belize City, Belize.

  The 12-day, one-way journey on Norwegian Spirit sails in April from New Orleans to Boston. Ports visited include Costa Maya, Santo Tomas de Castilla, Oranjestad in Aruba and Willemstad in Curacao. The 13-deck Norwegian Spirit has a capacity of 1,996 in addition to a crew of 882.

  Norwegian Cruise Lines
  7665 Corporate Center Drive
  Miami, FL 33126
  866-625-1166
  ncl.com

P & O Cruise Lines

• Ventura, which sails out of New Orleans in December, travels to ports in the southern Caribbean in a 14-day, one-way cruise to Barbados. Passengers aboard Ventura sail to ports in Florida's Key West, Port Everglades and Port Canaveral, Puerto Rico's San Juan and the islands of St. Thomas, St. Martin, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Grenada and Barbados. Ventura, which was built in 2008, boasts 14 decks and a 3,100-passenger capacity in addition to its crew of 1,200.

  P & O Cruise Lines
  Richmond House, Terminus Terrace
  Southampton SO14 3PN, U.K
  +44-0845-678-00-14
  pocruises.com