Ocean Discovery – St Thomas, Philipsburg & Basseterre

About this cruise

The kind of trip where you lose track of what day it is, and nobody cares. 16 nights from Fort Lauderdale on April 3, 2028, visiting St. Thomas, Philipsburg and Basseterre, with additional stops along the Caribbean. The first couple of days are at sea, which gives you time to settle in and get to know the ship before the ports begin. The route threads through 7 countries along the Caribbean coast: U.S. Virgin Islands, Netherlands, St. Kitts & Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Lucia, Grenada and Barbados. Most ports give you about 10 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, Island Princess has 6 restaurants on board, which means you could eat somewhere different nearly every night. By night three you start recognising faces; by night ten you're swapping numbers. That's the magic of a longer sailing. A spring departure helps too: decent weather and a calmer feel at each port. Whether you've cruised before or not, this 16-night itinerary is a genuinely good one.