Carnival adds longer Caribbean cruise routes

Carnival Cruise Lines continues to add longer and more unusual itineraries as it rolls out its schedule for next winter.
Carnival repeat cruisers have been clamoring for something different than the prevailing routes in the Caribbean.

For the first time, Carnival will visit the island of Tobago, which lies some 1,620 miles south of Miami. That's too far to make sense on a shorter trip, so Carnival is including it on an 13-day cruise Carnival Sunshine cruise in February 2016 that sails round trip from Port Canaveral. The itinerary also will include stops in St. Maarten, Dominica, Barbados, Grenada, Martinique, St. Kitts and St. Thomas.
Tobago is the less-developed half of the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is mainly a beach and diving destination.
In another intriguing itinerary, Carnival Glory leaves Miami on Halloween next year and stops in Aruba, Bonaire, Grenada, Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Thomas and St. Maarten, before returning to Miami two weeks later.
The line's latest unveiling of 2015-16 voyages includes 11 cruises that are longer than Carnival's typical five- to eight-day trip. In all, six ships will offer itineraries of between 10 and 14 days from October 2015 to February 2016, Carnival said. The brand offers more than 1,600 Caribbean cruises annually.
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