Azamara Cruises' 694-guest Azamara Journey will operate Caribbean and Panama Canal cruises in late 2009 and early 2010. The Journey, which underwent a $19 million makeover before its 2007 launch, will sail through the Caribbean and Panama Canal from December 2009 through mid-April 2010, visiting 23 ports in 15 countries.

First-time calls will be made at Castries, St. Lucia; Willemstad, Curacao; and San Diego, Calif. The Journey also will anchor off of the island of Bequia. San Diego, instead of Los Angeles, will be the turnaround port for two 16-night Panama Canal sailings, one westbound from Miami departing on December 18, 2009, and one eastbound to Miami departing on January 3, 2010.

Between the two Panama Canal sailings, Azamara Journey will call at Port Antonio, Jamaica; Cartagena, Colombia; Puntarenas, Costa Rica; San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua; Willemstad, Curacao; and Acapulco, Cabo San Lucas and Huatulco, Mexico.

A new 10-night Easter voyage sailing roundtrip from Miami on April 1, 2010, will call at St. John, St. Martin, Dominica, St. Kitts and Virgin Gorda. Three 12-night Caribbean itineraries will be operated out of Miami from January through March 2010, featuring calls at Bequia, Castries, Dominica, St. Croix, Antigua, Martinique, St. Barts, Guadeloupe and more.