Azure Drift – St. Thomas & Puerto Plata

About this cruise

You sail from Miami on January 10, 2027 and spend 7 nights visiting Puerto Plata (Amber Cove), St. Thomas, Tortola and Great Stirrup Cay. It's a well-tested route and there's a reason people keep booking it. There's a stretch of back-to-back port days, so those days are busy, but the sea days around them give you time to recharge. The route threads through 4 countries along the Caribbean coast: Dominican Republic, U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands and Bahamas. With about 8 hours at each port, you'll want a plan, or at least a shortlist. As for the ship itself, Norwegian Aqua launched in 2025, so everything on board is still new. You can tell. 7 nights of not thinking about anything except where to eat next. That's the pitch.