The massive modern cruise ship Celebrity Ascent sails on blue water under a clear sky. The ship features a dark blue and white hull, multiple stacked decks with tiered balconies, a prominent orange vertical structure on the side, and a small white lighthouse visible on the right.

Celebrity Cruises

Panama Canal & Southern Caribbean

Panama Canal

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Trip Details

Departs: November 23, 2026

Returns: December 4, 2026

Departure Port: Fort Lauderdale

Ship: Celebrity Ascent

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Celebrity Ascent

The fourth Edge-class ship, and the one where the class stopped experimenting

Aboard

  • Fourth Edge-class ship, delivered by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in November 2023
  • Built on the stretched Edge hull, sixty-six feet longer than Edge and Apex
  • Le Voyage, the Daniel Boulud restaurant, redesigned for this hull
  • A multi-deck Sunset Bar at the stern, designed by Nate Berkus
  • Two cantilevered pools on the Rooftop Garden that hang out over the ship's side
  • Runs almost nothing under ten nights
More About Celebrity Ascent

Ashore

Where You Stop

Fort Lauderdale

Cartagena

Oranjestad

Willemstad

Panama Canal

The Panama Canal

A hundred-year-old feat of engineering that lifts a ship eighty-five feet over a continent, and one of the few cruise days where nobody leaves the deck.

Best Time to Go
December through April, the dry season
Typical Length
10 to 15 nights
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