Island Serenity – Philipsburg & St. Thomas

About this cruise

By March 22, 2026 you'll be ready for this. 7 nights out of Fort Lauderdale, visiting Puerto Plata (Amber Cove), St. Thomas and Philipsburg, and nothing on the agenda except showing up. The final stretch is open ocean, which gives you time to process everything you've seen and use the ship one last time. It's a proper Caribbean tour: 3 countries, from Dominican Republic to Sint Maarten. You get around 9 hours in each port, which is enough for an excursion, lunch, and some wandering around on your own. When you're not ashore, Celebrity Xcel joined the Celebrity Cruises's lineup in 2025. Still has that new-ship feel. A March departure catches that sweet window of warm-enough weather before the summer rush. You start in Fort Lauderdale and come back with stories from Dominican Republic, U.S. Virgin Islands and Sint Maarten.