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 Below is a list of the four cities with cruise ship ports of calls in California. If you're looking for an affordable journey, there's nothing that can beat the all-inclusive cruise experience.

Long Beach:
Carnival Miracle, Inspiration and Imagination destinations are Baja Mexico 3 & 4 day, Mexican Caribbean
(Cabo) 6 days and Hawaiian Islands 15 days
Carnival Cruises, Carnival Miracle
Carnival Miracle Cruise Ship 15 Days Hawaii from Los Angeles, CA
15 Days - Starting in Long Beach with stops in Hilo, Kahului, Honolulu, Nawiliwili, Kona, Ensenada

Los Angeles:
Princess Cruises--Star, Island, Celebrity, Coral, Crown and Sapphire Princesses cruises last 4 days, 15 days Mexico, coastal Santa
Barbara, Panama, Hawaii, Osaka Japan, Vancouver BC, Panama, Ft. Lauderdale, Cape Horn, Santiago Chile
Seabourn, Seabourn Sojourn world voyages up to 94 days or segments
Silversea, Silver Whisper lasts up to 113 nights to China, Barcelona or 20 nights to Auckland, New Zealand
Carnival Imagination, Inspiration, Miracle and Legend Baja sampler 4 days, Tahiti & Fiji 23 days
Costa Cruises, Costa Deliziosa up to 72 days
Celebrity Century to Santa Barbara 8 nights
Holland America up to 71 days to Great Barrier Reef
Azamara Club Cruises, Azamara Quest to Sea of Cortez, Copper Canyon


San Diego:
Holland America up to 45 days to Panama, Incan Empires, Mexican Riviera, Hawaii, Tahiti and Marquesas, Vancouver BC, Coastal
Celebrity Cruises - Century, Infinity to Panama Canal Cruise 15 days
Royal Caribbean (RCL), RCL Legend of the Seas 15 Night Eastbound Panama Canal Cruise, Fort Lauderdale
Disney Wonder 14 day to Vancouver, Port Canaveral Florida, coastal California


San Francisco:
Cunard Queen Elizabeth, Queen Victoria world cruises up to 91 nights
Princess Grand, Star Princesses - Panama, Mexico, Coastal California, Hawaii
Oceania Cruises, Oceania Regatta 18 days trips goes to Alaska, New York
Regent Seven Seas Navigator 31 Nights to Montreal, Vancouver Canada, New York
Celebrity Century up to 23 nights to Sydney, Alaska
Holland America 17 night Panama Canal
Crystal Cruises Serenity 102 nights Grand Pacific Panorama