Celebrity Summit Leaves Los Angeles on 17-Night Repositioning Cruise to Tampa
If you're booked on the Celebrity Summit's first Tampa sailing on October 18, 2026, expect a seven-night Bahamas and Florida cruise visiting Bimini, Nassau and Key West. Weeklong Western Caribbean sailings call at Cozumel, Costa Maya and Belize City. Check your sailing date against the winter schedule, which runs until the ship repositions to the West Coast in April 2027. If you want the January 2027 jazz-themed New Orleans cruise, confirm it is a charter before you book.
My read is that this is a routine seasonal swap, and the article gives no reason beyond the move to Tampa, so I won't invent one. The Summit sails 17 nights from Los Angeles on October 1, 2026, and gets to Tampa in time for an October 18 start. The winter program is mostly weeklong loops, including a seven-night Bahamas and Florida cruise and Western Caribbean sailings to Cozumel, Costa Maya and Belize City. The wry part is that a 25-year-old ship that went through the Celebrity Revolution refit in 2019 is now doing short Gulf-side hops. Cruisers who prefer short trips win, and anyone wanting a long Panama Canal itinerary has few options beyond the repositioning legs. The January 2027 jazz charter from Tampa to New Orleans is the one unusual sailing, and it is a charter, so I would check who controls the booking. In your shoes, I would pick your sailing before the April 2027 return to the West Coast.