Carnival adds first New York-to-Puerto Rico cruises

Gene Sloan | USATODAY

Industry giant Carnival today announced plans for its first one-way cruises between New York City and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The eight-night trips on the 3,006-passenger Carnival Splendor will include several stops that wouldn't be possible on a round-trip sailing of similar length out of New York, including day visits to the islands of Antigua and St. Kitts.

The first New York-to-San Juan cruise will take place on Oct. 24, 2014; and there will be two more on Jan. 12 and Feb. 13, 2015. Three San Juan-to-New York voyages will depart on Nov. 1, 2014; and on Jan. 20 and Feb. 21, 2015.

Carnival says that passengers can book New York-to-San Juan and San Juan-to-New York voyages back to back to create one long, two-week trip out of New York.

In addition to Antigua and St. Kitts, port calls on the sailings in both directions will include St. Thomas and St. Maarten.

Carnival already offers three eight-night roundtrip itineraries out of New York on the Splendor that mostly stop in the Bahamas and Florida.

Carnival today also announced it would offer new four-, five- and seven-day cruises on the Carnival Splendor to Canada and New England. The trips will take place from June to October 2014.