Fresh cruise itineraries, experiences at Celebrity, Princess and Disney

Cruise lines like to change it up by offering new itineraries or a new way of experiencing an old favorite such as Alaska. If you’re in trip-planning mode, here are three fresh takes coming later in 2015 and beyond that you can check out now online or with your travel agent.

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Celebrity Cruises

For the first time, Celebrity will have a home port in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The Celebrity Constellation will head to the Middle Eastern port starting in the 2016-17 season.

The Constellation will embark on nine-night Arabian Sea sailings with stops in Oman and Dubai starting in November 2016. The cruise line also offers 15-night sailings between Abu Dhabi and Singapore, stopping at four ports in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

Info: Celebrity Cruises, (888) 283-6879, or contact a travel agent

Be prepared to meet a lumberjack or a “Deadliest Catch” crew of crab fishers this summer on board Alaska cruises operated by Princess.

The on-board program called North to Alaska! is set to start in May and aims to give passengers a deeper cultural experience with more local dishes (expanded seafood options) and local stories about logging, fishing and even a wolf named Romeo.

In addition, a Klondike festival will bring sled-racing presentations and traditional dances to ships, capped with “midnight sun” parties on the top deck.

Princess offers 120 cruises to Alaska between May and September, leaving from San Francisco; Seattle; Vancouver, Canada; and Whittier, Alaska.

Info: Princess Cruises North to Alaska!, (800) 774-6237, or contact a travel agent

Disney Cruise Line

Disney plans to add two destinations — Tortola in the British Virgin Islands and Martinique — to its Caribbean sailings starting in 2016.

The seven-night southern Caribbean cruises that include Martinique sail from San Juan, Puerto Rico. As always, all cruises in the Caribbean include a stop at Disney’s private Castaway Cay.

Info: Disney Cruise Line, (800) 951-3532, or contact a travel agent

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