Welcome to the Eastern Caribbean Page
Please
feel free to go to our CONTACT page to request price
and availability quotes for your cruise. The
maps below show four different Eastern Caribbean itineraries from
Carnival,
who has at least five ships cruising there. Victory, Triumph and Valor
from Miami and Glory from Port Canaveral for 7-night cruises and Liberty from Miami on
an 8-night
itinerary starting at $799. The 7-night cruises can start for as little as $499.00 per
person, less than $72.00 per day for your hotel (ship) and food. Port Canaveral
departures are serviced by the Orlando Airport. There are
excellent fares from New England airports to Orlando, as low as $149.00 round
trip in July to $350.00 round trip for peak school vacation travel.
Excellent fares are also available to Ft. Lauderdale and Miami. As with
most cruise lines, Carnival has schedules extending well
into 2007 and as always it's better to book early, with a refundable deposit,
just to secure that early booking discount. The Carnival Legend covers New
York departures to this area in May and October and can start as low as $699.
Royal
Caribbean has Eastern schedules that stop at their private spot on
Hispaniola. This map shows a sample of both Eastern and Western
itineraries, each stopping at RCCL's private Labadee, in
Haiti. This is a highlight of the cruise, and many cruisers will tell you,
"the private island stop is the best part of the cruise."
You can see from this map, you don't have to depart from Florida to get to the Eastern Caribbean by cruise ship. Although I believe RCCL has changed it's Baltimore summer departures to go to Cozumel, Norwegian has departures from New York to this area year round. Royal Caribbean has the Explorer, Voyager, Radiance and Navigator alternating East and West on 7-night schedules from Miami starting at $599 and Jewel on 8-night schedules from Ft. Lauderdale starting at $949. Mariner is covering 7-night schedules from Port Canaveral.
Norwegian
has its new ship the Jewel, alternating weeks on a new Eastern itinerary from
Miami, currently scheduled well into 2007. Visit San Juan from noon to
8:00 pm, perfect for touring Old San Juan, then a full day at St. John's Antigua
where you can tour Nelson's Dockyard, the only remaining Georgian Dockyard in
the world or climb to Shirley Heights where you can see to Montserrat.
Then to
St. Thomas where an 8:00 am to 4:00 pm schedule allows for international
shopping and a visit to the most beautiful beach in the world at Meghan's Bay.
A 9:00 am to 4:00 pm stop at NCL's private island, Great Stirrup Cay, it will
make you never want to return to Miami. Starting at $799, did someone say mutiny?
New York departures sail 10-nights on the Dawn visiting St.
Thomas, Tortola, St. Maarten, San Juan and Great Stirrup Cay and start around
$850.
Please feel free to go to our CONTACT page to request price and availability quotes for your cruise.
Princess
offers the Caribbean Princess traveling on an Eastern itinerary from Ft.
Lauderdale twice per month and alternating with a Western itinerary. Two
full days at sea allow you to get familiar with the ship and truly enjoy its
amenities. This schedule allows for full day stops at St. Thomas and St. Maarten where there are huge selections of shore excursions. After all
that touring, a pampering stop at the private island Princess Cays will help you
rejuvenate before returning to Florida. Starting around $649 per person.
10-night deep Eastern cruises on the Sun Princess sail from Ft.
Lauderdale to St. Vincent, Grenada, St. Lucia, Martinique, St. Thomas and
Princess Cays, starting at $999.
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MSC
Cruises offers a truly exotic Eastern Caribbean cruise with stops in the
Dominican Republic. The La Romana stop offers first class beaches and
swimming with dolphins but, most importantly, an opportunity to visit the oldest
city in the Americas, Santo Domingo. Founded by Columbus himself in about
1504, this city will make you feel like you're in Spain. Nothing like a
little trip to Europe while you're in the Caribbean. With weekly
departures scheduled from January 14 to April 1, 2006, the MSC Opera, built in
2004, offers offers modern amenities and gracious Italian service on an
intimate 58.6 ton vessel. If you are looking for a superior cruise
with competitive pricing that is a world away from the mass market, this is the
one for you. 
Holland
America Line offers several Eastern itineraries, 7-nights on the Zuiderdam
starting at $699
and Westerdam starting at $719, from Ft. Lauderdale . This is a typical itinerary for the
Zuiderdam, which makes the most regular 7-night sailings for
HAL. Half
Moon Cay is their private island and Tortola, in the British Virgins is a
popular stop were you don't want to miss the Baths.
HAL
offers 10-nights on the Maasdam, seasonally from Norfolk, VA and 10-nights on
the Noordam from New York on select dates in February, March and April
to cover those
northern departure points. Holland America Line prides itself in
maintaining that classic cruise liner feel through it's extremely high level of
service, fine dining and some very expensive art collections. HAL's schedules,
for the most part are varied and seasonal, please
contact an agent to find the right destination and date for your cruise.
Costa Cruises
offers the Mediterranea and the Magica, both new ships and both depart
from Ft. Lauderdale. Sailing to San Juan, St. Thomas, the Dominican
Republic and Nassau, these cruises are classic Eastern Caribbean. San Juan
is an evening stop offering nightlife in Old San Juan. St. Thomas is early
morning until evening, offering plenty of time to visit nearby St. John.
Hispaniola brings a beach stop at Catalina Island and for the evening the ship
moves to Casa de Campo for the nightlife. An afternoon spent in Nassau
rounds out the itinerary for some last minute shopping or a visit to Paradise
Island. Don't leave this cruise line out of your thoughts if you like
great cruise pricing starting at $649.
The Yachts of Seabourn float about the Eastern Caribbean on varying itineraries such as a 5-night from Ft. Lauderdale that leads to a 7-night St. Thomas to St. Thomas, etc.
Celebrity
Cruises offers the Millennium, 7-night weekly
sailings alternate Eastern Caribbean itineraries from Ft. Lauderdale, January to March and start
around $800. One week will go to San Juan, St. John's in Antigua,
Philipsburg on St. Maarten and the next week to Casa de Campo in the Dominican
Republic, San Juan, St. Thomas and Nassau. The Century
offers 7 and 9-night sailings to the Eastern and deep Eastern Caribbean from Ft.
Lauderdale.
7-nights offer San Juan, St. Thomas, St. Maarten and Nassau and start at $600,
while 9-night offers St. Maarten, St. Lucia, Barbados and Antigua and start at
$800.
Constellation
offers select 9 and 12-night sailings from the port of Bayonne, New Jersey
to the Eastern Caribbean. The 12-night cruises go to Charleston, South
Carolina; Freeport and Nassau, Bahamas also St. Maarten, St. Thomas and San
Juan. The 9-night covers Labadee on Hispaniola in Haiti, San Juan, St.
Maarten and Kings Wharf, Bermuda.
Please feel free to go to our CONTACT page to request price and availability quotes for your cruise.
Radisson
Navigator and Mariner alternate 4, 5, 7 and 10-night
sailings from San Juan and Ft. Lauderdale. In the six-star tradition of Radisson
Seven Seas Cruises, the Seven Seas Navigator is destined for distinction.
Occupying the uppermost niche in cruising, she offers her 490 guests an unusual
level of luxury and some of the highest space and service ratios at sea. From
her all-suite, all-ocean-view accommodations with their luxurious marble baths
to her signature cuisine to her superbly attentive staff, she has few equals.
Seven Seas Mariner is the world's first all-suite, all-balcony ship, as
well as the first to offer dining by the famed Le Cordon Bleu® of Paris in
Signatures, one of four single, open-seating restaurants. Catering to only 700
guests, she is one of the most spacious cruise ships afloat, and, her staff to
guest ratio of 1 to 1.6 provides the highest level of personal service in the
six-star tradition of Radisson Seven Seas.
Destinations vary by sailings but some excellent ports, not frequented by mega ships, are called on, such as Roseau on Dominica, the garden isle of the Caribbean. Also St-Barth, one of the Caribbean’s precious gems. Please contact one of our agents for pricing and details.
Windstar Cruises, a most unusual line, combining the allure of tall ships
with the comforts of cruise liners and offering two ships in the Eastern
Caribbean for winter sailings. Wind Spirit departs from St.
Thomas and sails East and South to the BVI, St. Barth, and St. Martin.
Wind Surf starts in Bridgetown on Barbados, hightails it up to Nevis
and floats down to St. Martin, St. Barth, Guadaloupe, Iles Des Saintes and
Pigeon Island off St Lucia. Unusual ships and unique itineraries.
Please contact one of our agents for pricing and
details.
Oceania
Cruises sails the Regatta from Miami in the winter on 10
and 12-night itineraries. The 12-night cruise Departs December 22, 2005
and February 14, 2006 and visits La Romana, Virgin Gorda, St. Barts, Dominica,
St. Lucia, Antigua and St. Kitts, prices starting at $1699.00. The
10-night is less ambitious departing January 3, 2006 and visiting La Romana,
Virgin Gorda, St. Kitts, Antiuga and St. Barts, prices starting at $1299.00.
Sleek, elegantly charming, Regatta is the Flagship of the
Oceania Cruises fleet. Her decks are resplendent in the
finest teak, custom stone and tile work and her lounges, suites and staterooms
boast luxurious, neo-classical furnishings, Regatta offers every
luxury you expect. Four unique, open seating restaurants, a world class fitness
center and spa, 8 lounges and bars, casino and 342 lavish suites and luxurious
staterooms, nearly 70% of which feature private verandas. And with just 684
guests to pamper, the 400 professionally trained European staff ensures you will
want for nothing. Contact one of our agents for
pricing and details.
Windjammer Barefoot Cruises offers Legacy, a four-masted Barquentine, formerly the France II, built in 1959 at Le Havre, served as a meteorological research vessel for the French Government, acquired by Windjammer in 1989 and renovated with custom interiors, spacious accommodations and state-of-the-art navigational systems. Eastern Caribbean sailings of 6-night itineraries, Monday through Saturday, from St. Thomas to Water Island, Jost Van Dyke, St. John, Norman Island, Tortola and Virgin Gorda. Rates start at $800 per person with 4 in a cabin and go up to $1600 for very comfortable accommodations for 2. A most excellent way to really explore all the unique coves and secluded swimming spots in and around the most beautiful Virgin Islands.
Please feel free to go to our CONTACT page to request price and availability quotes for your cruise.
Disney
Cruise Line offers family adventures to the Eastern Caribbean with Magic,
sailing 7-nights from Port Canaveral and visiting
St. Maarten/St. Martin, St. Thomas and Castaway Cay,
Disney's Private Island in the Bahamas. Cruise rates start at $799.
Of the three main 7-night
Caribbean departures from southeast Florida, the Eastern route can be less
expensive than Western and Southern. The Eastern area of the Caribbean consists of
the Bahamas, Puerto Rico (San Juan) and the U.S. Virgin
Islands (St. Thomas), the British Virgin Islands (Tortola) and Saint Maarten
(Martin) and sometimes a few others. The Island of Hispaniola lies in this path and is a
popular
land vacation destination, the cruise lines have been increasing stops to the
Dominican side and Royal Caribbean has had a private spot called Labadee on the
Haiti side for years. A small cruise Line, MSC Cruises, stops at La Romana in
the South and Cayo Levantado in the North. Costa and Celebrity stop at
Casa de Campo and Catalina Island.
Please feel
free to go to our CONTACT page to request price and
availability quotes for your cruise.
This is a close up of the Virgin Islands, both U.S. and British, showing the Windjammer Barefoot Cruise destinations. It does not show U.S. St. Croix, which would be just south of the label Caribbean Sea.