Caribbean Escape – Puerto Plata & Labadee

About this cruise

You board in Fort Lauderdale on April 16, 2028 for 6 nights visiting Puerto Plata (Amber Cove), Labadee and CocoCay, and you come back from this kind of trip wondering why you don't do it more often. There's a nice rhythm here: explore a port, recover at sea, do it again. You never feel rushed or restless. The route threads through 3 countries along the Caribbean coast: Dominican Republic, Haiti and Bahamas. Don't rush through Puerto Plata (Amber Cove), which is known as Dominican amber and Atlantic waves. Around 10 hours per port on average, which is generous enough to go beyond the obvious. There are 8 restaurants on Explorer Of The Seas, so you'd need to double up a few evenings to try them all in 6 nights. Fort Lauderdale itself is worth spending some time in. Don't just treat it as a departure point. Timing-wise, spring usually means comfortable temperatures and lower prices than peak season. All told, 3 ports across 6 nights covers a lot.