Caribbean & Colonial – Grand Cayman, Aruba & St. Lucia

About this cruise

Clear the calendar from April 4, 2027. This one's 14 nights from New Orleans, and the route visits Grand Cayman Island, Oranjestad and Willemstad, with additional stops along the Caribbean. By the time you're a week in, you'll have completely stopped checking your phone. You wind up in Boston, so it's worth planning a night or two there. It starts gently with sea days, so by the time you reach the first port you'll have explored the ship and actually feel on holiday. Crossing 8 borders through the Caribbean: Cayman Islands, Aruba, Curaçao, Caribbean Netherlands, Grenada, St. Lucia, British Virgin Islands and United States. You'll notice the culture shift at every stop. You get around 10 hours in each port, which is enough for an excursion, lunch, and some wandering around on your own. When you're not ashore, Norwegian Breakaway takes the food seriously, with 20 restaurants to choose from. 7 are included, and the rest are worth the splurge. Longer sailings have a different energy. People relax into it, stop rushing, and start actually talking to each other. If you like having options (restaurants, bars, activities, entertainment), a big ship delivers that. Pro tip: fly in the day before. New Orleans has plenty to offer, and you'll board relaxed instead of rushed. An April departure catches that sweet window of warm-enough weather before the summer rush. Hard to ask for much more than that, honestly.