Island Jewels Voyage – St. Lucia & Barbados

About this cruise

A 12-night sailing gives you something shorter trips can't: the feeling that you're not just visiting places but actually living somewhere else for a while. This one leaves Fort Lauderdale on February 28, 2027 and visits Basseterre, Castries, Bridgetown, Willemstad, Kralendijk and Oranjestad. You ease into this one, with a few sea days up front to find your rhythm before the 6 port calls start. 4 countries (St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, Barbados and Netherlands) across the Caribbean, each with its own character. Don't rush through Bridgetown, which is known as Rum, reggae, and a coral-fringed coast. Around 10 hours per port on average, which is generous enough to go beyond the obvious. You won't go hungry on Celebrity Eclipse. 5 restaurants come with the fare, plus 5 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. All told, 6 ports across 12 nights covers a lot.