Some lines will begin using the new locks for canal sailings. Others will stick with the older locks. Cruisers who want a specific experience will need to choose their ship wisely.

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. Only one cruise ship has ...

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

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 Panama Canal is a marvel of engineering that allows cruise and cargo ships to efficiently cross Central America instead of skirting the southernmost tip of South America at Cape Horn. For years, ...

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.

Modern mega-cruise ships such as Cunard's Queen Mary II, Celebrity Edge Class ships, Norwegian Bliss and Prima class, or the Sun Princess will navigate through the new, wider Panama Canal ...

Modern mega-cruise ships such Cunard’s Queen Mary II, Celebrity Edge Class ships, Norwegian Bliss and Prima class, or the Sun Princess will travel through the new, wider Panama Canal, Gary says.

Panama Canal itineraries are offered by almost every cruise line. Thanks to a 2016 canal expansion project, a third set of locks can now accommodate larger vessels. It's possible to cruise the ...

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 ...