Coconut & Coral Trail – Dominicana & St. Maarten

About this cruise

You sail from La Romana on August 23, 2027 and spend 7 nights visiting Catalina Island, Virgin Gorda Island BVI, Philipsburg, Fort-de-France and St. John's. 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 5 countries along the Caribbean coast: Dominican Republic, British Virgin Islands, Sint Maarten, Martinique and Antigua & Barbuda. Most ports give you about 10 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, MSC Opera has 4 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. It's peak season, so the weather is at its best and the ship will be full. That's part of the fun. 7 nights of not thinking about anything except where to eat next. That's the pitch.