Indigo Meridian – Curacao, Aruba & Amber Cove

About this cruise

14 nights starts to feel like a proper adventure. You leave Fort Lauderdale on March 6, 2027 and the route takes you through Puerto Plata (Amber Cove), Willemstad, Oranjestad, Celebration Key and Grand Turk Island at a pace where there's never any need to rush. The shape of this trip works well: open water on either side with 5 port calls clustered in the middle. 5 countries (Dominican Republic, Curaçao, Aruba, Bahamas and Turks & Caicos Islands) across the Caribbean, each with its own character. If one port sticks with you, it'll probably be Celebration Key, Carnival's newest private island escape. Around 10 hours per port on average, which is generous enough to go beyond the obvious. You won't go hungry on Regal Princess. 6 restaurants come with the fare, plus 6 more when you feel like treating yourself. There are enough performances, events, and social mixers on a cruise this length that you couldn't do them all if you tried. And that's a good problem. Timing-wise, spring usually means comfortable temperatures and lower prices than peak season. It's the kind of trip you actually remember afterwards.