Call it a new era for Panama Canal cruises. The official opening of the 48-mile-long waterway's massive new locks on Sunday will add a new twist to what long has been a bucket list item for ...

A new era for Panama Canal cruises kicked off over the weekend as a passenger vessel transited the waterway's new, bigger locks for the first time. Disney Cruise Line's 83,308-ton Disney Wonder ...

The new, wider locks on the Panama Canal will open June 26 with the first official transit of a cargo ship, but don’t expect much traffic through them from cruise ships.

Disney Cruise Line said its 2,713-passenger Disney Wonder became the first cruise ship to transit the new locks of the Panama Canal. The Wonder was expanded in length in a drydock in late 2016 to ...

The new locks will be 1,400 feet long, 180 feet wide and 60 feet deep. A Panama Canal Authority spokesman said the project should be completed in late 2015 or 2016. Construction of the existing ...

Panama has eliminated a cruise tourism incentive in which homeporting ships could have their transit tolls refunded.

Panamax refers to ships of proper size that will fit through the existing locks, 1,050 by 110 feet in outer dimensions. And there are many classes of cruise ship that are designed to those transit ...

The newly expanded Panama Canal locks are open, and at least four cruise lines are planning to utilize the increased dimensions. In June 2016, the Panama Canal officially opened its third set of locks ...

Still, many ships operating Panama Canal cruises will continue to use the original locks -- at least for now. Princess said three of its vessels -- Coral Princess, Island Princess and Pacific ...

The official opening of the 48-mile-long waterway's massive new locks on Sunday will add a new twist to what long has been a bucket list item for cruising fans. Princess Cruises, which offers more ...