SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN CRUISE PORTS AND WHY THEY'RE GROWING IN POPULARITY
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- čas přidán 18. 12. 2022
- Recently Cruise lines have increased their offerings for cruises to the Southern Caribbean. Traditionally cruise lines have offered alternating 7 day cruises of the Eastern and Western Caribbean, but in recent years Cruise lInes have started to Alternate 6 and 8 Day itineraries which include sailings to the Southern Caribbean Cruise Ports. With Islands such as Aruba and Curacao being accessible from Florida on 8 day sailing the Southern Caribbean is raising in popularity.
The Southern Caribbean includes many ports such as the previously mentioned Aruba and Curacao, and also includes Bonaire, Barbados, Aruba, St Kitts, and St Lucia. Many times Southern Caribbean cruises started from the San Juan, Puerto Rico Cruise port and would visit 5 to 6 islands on a seven night cruise, but during an 8 night cruise that leaves from Florida you will experience extra sea days and late night stops. Visiting the Southern Caribbean Cruise ports is easier than ever.
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I booked A southern Caribbean cruise to Aruba, Curacao bc its an 8 day cruise and I'm on Oasis. The ship is just as much of an experience for us as the ports. This gives us 4 full days on the ship for sea days which was super important bc there is so much to see and do on the ship. We wanted an immersive activity based ship and we wanted time to enjoy that as well as the ports. This seemed the like the perfect itinerary for us to get a good balance of ship time and port time.
Oasis of the Seas will give you so many fun things to do, and you’ll have plenty of time to experience everything without feeling rushed! Enjoy your cruise so much!
An eight day cruise to the Southern Caribbean sounds amazing!
I can’t wait to tell everyone about my experience. This will be my longest cruise ever
Also can’t wait to see all your Instagram pics from the cruise next week!
I am so excited to share !
I would absolutely love an 8 day itinerary and would love to get to some of those ports that you mention. Of course, for me, it very much depends on the ship that is going there though!
We need to find a unique 8 night oasis class cruise for you!
I would love that!!!
I like port days. I wish those 8 days would add one more port so there would be 4. I'm thinking about doing a btb 8 and 6 on Oasis. That way lots of ports on the 6 and sea days on the 8.
I like port stop days too, I’m ready for a Mediterranean cruise so you stop almost everyday
Several comments:
1) After five cruises to the Caribbean, I am getting tired of the same old destinations and the predictable excursions. I also have below zero interest for the "private destinations." A number of the standard destinations are pretty much complete wastes like Bimini. the ABC Islands offer a good contrast to most standard destinations.
2) If you are really serious about seeing the Southern Caribbean, forget the megaships and try one of the yacht style cruises like Windstar Cruises. They do 7 day cruises out of Puerto Rico and Barbados. They have a "no sea day" philosophy where you are hitting a different port every day. Also, since they have ships for 200-400 passengers, they can go into much smaller ports than the large cruise ships. While they are more expensive than the cheapest inside cabins on the large ships, they are actually cheaper than some of the suites on the larger ships and the inside cabins on Icon of the Sea.
I thought that flying into a place like San Juan or Barbados would be pricey our of Phoenix, there was little difference than fling into Miami and Fort Lauderdale.
Just an idea.
This is a great point! I’ve actually seen some of the windstar cruises out of St Maarten, talk about an awesome embarkation port!
I love the southern Caribbean if there were more options. It seems these ships go to the same ports all the time like it’s a seasonal thing I live in New York, and would like to be able to port out of my own city and go to the southern Caribbean, without having to fly to Florida, or another state or Puerto Rico
I know there are a couple of options from New York that will be sailing this year. But they are longer cruises for sure!