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My dream cruise vacations currently on my wishlist
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items I have apparently reached the stage of adulthood where I browse cruises like other people browse Zillow. These are the Virgin Voyages itineraries currently making me open another tab and start mentally planning outfits. I haven't sailed these yet, so...
Athens, Santorini, Rhodes, Bodrum AND an overnight in Mykonos? This is exactly how I end up mentally planning outfits for a trip I have not booked. It's a 7-night round trip from Athens, and the overnight means I wouldn't have to look at Mykonos for ...
Greek Isles & Mykonos Overnight
Kotor, Dubrovnik, Sarandë and Mykonos in one week, starting and ending in Athens. I keep reopening this one because Albania is not a stop I see on most cruise routes. Seven nights, two sea days, and every port looks like a different kind of postcard....
The Adriatic, Albania & Greece
Cannes, Toulon for Provence, Valencia and then Ibiza with an overnight, all on a 7-night loop from Barcelona. The overnight in Ibiza is the part that has me paying attention. I can picture myself texting a friend a screenshot of this one with “who is...
French Riviera, Spain & Ibiza Overnight
This is the one for people who want Italy and the Riviera without picking just one. Nice, Rome, the Amalfi Coast, Sicily and Palma, round trip from Barcelona. The Rome stop is listed as Civitavecchia, so I'd want to look at how far that is before get...
Italy, French Riviera & Spain
Eleven nights is the longest Greek itinerary I'm looking at, and it's the only one with Istanbul as an overnight. Crete, Rhodes, Santorini, Ephesus and Mykonos fill in the rest, round trip from Athens. If I ever had the time off, this is the one I'd ...
Greek Isles, Turkey & Istanbul Overnight
Cinque Terre by way of La Spezia, Rome, Corsica, Cannes and Marseille. That's five stops in seven nights from Barcelona, which sounds busy in the best way. I'd probably have a spreadsheet open comparing this one to the other Barcelona trips before I ...
French Riviera & Italy
The shorter Greece and Turkey option. Santorini, Chania, Ephesus and a Mykonos overnight, seven nights round trip from Athens. It overlaps with a couple of the other Greek ones on here, so the real question is which mix of stops I'd pick. Ephesus is ...
Greek Isles, Turkey & Mykonos Overnight
Ten nights round trip from Miami with St. Maarten, Tortola, St. Kitts, Antigua and a stop at the Beach Club at Bimini. This is the longer Caribbean option on my list. I like that it's not just the usual three islands and back, but I'd want to read th...
Eastern Caribbean & Bimini Beach Club
Aruba, Curaçao, Antigua and St. Maarten in seven nights round trip from San Juan. The Aruba and Curaçao pairing is what stands out to me, since I rarely see those two together on a week-long route. If I want an easy yes for a first Caribbean cruise, ...
Southern Caribbean & Aruban Nights
Costa Maya, Roatán, Belize City, Cozumel and Bimini over eight nights from Miami. This is the one for the person who wants a lot of different ports and not a lot of repeats. I'd compare it with the seven-night Western Caribbean one below it before pi...
Western Caribbean & Bimini Beach Club (8 Nights)
Grand Cayman, Ocho Rios, Nassau and Bimini on a seven-night loop from Miami. It's the version I'd actually be able to fit into a normal work calendar. Fewer stops than the eight-night one, but Jamaica and the Cayman Islands on one route is a good eno...
Western Caribbean & Bimini Beach Club (7 Nights)
Barbados, St. Lucia and Martinique are the draw here, with St. Maarten and St. Kitts mixed in, all round trip from San Juan in seven nights. I'm adding it because the stops go further south than most of what I've been looking at. Not sure yet whether...
Southern Caribbean Cruise (Barbados, St. Lucia & Martinique)
Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlán and Puerto Vallarta, seven nights round trip from Los Angeles. This is the Pacific side of Mexico, which is a different vibe from the Caribbean ones above it. I like a simple route when I'm still deciding if I'm a cruise pers...
Mexican Riviera Cruise from Los Angeles
Sixteen nights, one way from Miami to Los Angeles, with Cartagena, Colón, a day cruising the Panama Canal, Puntarenas, Puerto Quetzal and Cabo San Lucas. This is the big one. It's also the longest and the least likely to fit my calendar, but I keep c...
Panama Canal: Miami to Los Angeles
Ketchikan, Sitka, Endicott Arm and Dawes Glacier, and Victoria, round trip from Seattle in seven nights. This is the odd one out on my list because it's the only one where I'd be packing a jacket. Glaciers are the reason it's on here, and I'd want to...
Alaska: Inside Passage & Glacial Fjords