Has anyone cruised Florida to New Jersey

[FloriDUHMan]

We are looking at cruises for our anniversary and saw one that leaves from our home port and ends in New Jersey. It’s 10 days on Celebrity. Has anyone experienced this run? Any pluses or minuses for a cruise like this?

[CruiserBruce]

Something is missing here. You can't sail from Florida to NJ without a stop in a distant foreign port, like Aruba. Maybe Bermuda?

[Host Kat]

10 minutes ago, FloriDUHMan said:

We are looking at cruises for our anniversary and saw one that leaves from our home port and ends in New Jersey. It’s 10 days on Celebrity. Has anyone experienced this run? Any pluses or minuses for a cruise like this?

 

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[leaveitallbehind]

It likely is a repositioning cruise and if so the only downside I see is the need to fly back to Florida after the cruise versus returning directly to your home port on the ship.

[FloriDUHMan]

Thank you. Yes, it is a repositioning cruise. The flight home is cheap. We would just have to pack strategically. We just weren’t sure how all those sea days would be. 

[njhorseman]

18 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said:

Something is missing here. You can't sail from Florida to NJ without a stop in a distant foreign port, like Aruba. Maybe Bermuda?

Bermuda isn't a distant foreign port.

Aruba is.

[CruiserBruce]

1 hour ago, FloriDUHMan said:

Thank you. Yes, it is a repositioning cruise. The flight home is cheap. We would just have to pack strategically. We just weren’t sure how all those sea days would be. 

What is the itinerary? Again,  you can't sail from Florida to New Jersey without a stop in a distant foreign port.

[jelayne]

3 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said:

What is the itinerary? Again,  you can't sail from Florida to New Jersey without a stop in a distant foreign port.

We have done this cruise.  It visits the ABCs .

 

To the OP if you like sea days it is a great cruise.  We have done it once and were booked to due the NJ to FL in October but had to cancel due to health issues. 

[FloriDUHMan]

7 minutes ago, jelayne said:

We have done this cruise.  It visits the ABCs .

 

To the OP if you like sea days it is a great cruise.  We have done it once and were booked to due the NJ to FL in October but had to cancel due to health issues. 

Yes, it is the ABCs. Thanks for the insight. I don’t mind sea days, but the pools do seem to be more crowded. This will only be our second cruise, so we’re learning as we go. 

[cruisestitch]

35 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said:

What is the itinerary? Again,  you can't sail from Florida to New Jersey without a stop in a distant foreign port.

The repositioning cruise does stop in a distant foreign port so no worries there.  

[broadwaybaby123]

I did Boston to Miami last year on Celebrity visiting the ABC Islands. Depending on the time of year, it can be HOT! We had temps well until the 90's daily. 

[leaveitallbehind]

The ABC's are great ports of call and IMO would be well worth the rest of the repositioning days.  We also like repositioning cruises as they are usually priced well and offer a good mix of ports of call and relaxing sea days.

[Iamcruzin]

9 hours ago, CruiserBruce said:

Something is missing here. You can't sail from Florida to NJ without a stop in a distant foreign port, like Aruba. Maybe Bermuda?

Aruba is the far and distant port that allows transport from one US city to another. The cruise lines usually reposition on an ABC island itinerary. I have been looking for one of these. I would rather go to New York though. Princess runs this route to NY every so often. They had one this year but the timing didn't work for us.

[Ex-Airbalancer]

Here is the cruise 

[WestLakeGirl]

10 hours ago, CruiserBruce said:

Something is missing here. You can't sail from Florida to NJ without a stop in a distant foreign port, like Aruba. Maybe Bermuda?

Nothing amiss.  While Bermuda would not fulfill PVSA, Aruba does and this cruise stops in Aruba.

[SSAtlantic]

We did this cruise in 2023 and are booked for 2025.  It is one of our favorite itineraries. The four sea days after the ABCs are so relaxing and the temps cool off a bit but not too much. 

[CruiserBruce]

45 minutes ago, WestLakeGirl said:

Nothing amiss.  While Bermuda would not fulfill PVSA, Aruba does and this cruise stops in Aruba.

That was what I was asking...I am very aware of the PVSA's requirements. That is why I made the comments. Just seeking clarity.

[FloriDUHMan]

I would like to thank everyone for jumping in and providing so much information. This is a great community and very supportive. 
 

I appreciate each of you! 

[Baron Barracuda]

We did similar itinerary on NCL Prima earlier this year (MIa - NYC via ABC's).   Have also done ABC's r/t from NJ years ago on Silhouette.  Found these itineraries very relaxing with older crowd and few kids. 

[Hawkstar33]

Silhouette and The ABC Islands...Awesome trip on an awesome ship...Already booked the 3, and 10 nt BTB, end of April 2025

 

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[jlawrence01]

18 hours ago, FloriDUHMan said:

We are looking at cruises for our anniversary and saw one that leaves from our home port and ends in New Jersey. It’s 10 days on Celebrity. Has anyone experienced this run? Any pluses or minuses for a cruise like this?

  

I would book that cruise as the rate is one of the lowest that I have seen from Celebrity for a Southern Caribbean cruise.  However, I am already booked on cruises in March and April on the Regal Princess and Carnival Magic that visit Curacao and Aruba.

 

The one drawback of these Southern Caribbean cruises is that they tend to have more sea days.  Also, unlike other ABC cruises, there are no intermediate cruise stops like Barbados.

 

One advantage of the cruise is that it does visit Bonaire which is one of our favorite (and quietest) cruise ports which is generally visited by smaller, more expensive cruise lines.

 

I was looking at that itinerary last night on my TA's website.  I wish that I could go.

 

[amevola]

We did this this cruise last year in April and are doing it next April with cousins.

 

We enjoy this trip, because we love the ABCs.  We also enjoy sea days.  Arriving in Cape Liberty in NJ is a bonus, because we catch Amtrak back to our hometown in Connecticut.  We'd rather deal with the airport in the beginning of the trip. 😉

 

You will have a good time

[ConnMom]

We also did this cruise in April of '23 and loved it.  The ABC islands are easy and pleasant to visit, and we enjoy sea days.  We were on the Summit, but I think that a larger ship will be an improvement.  It is not the most exciting vacation but it is very relaxing.  

Enjoy!

 

Cheryl

[Hawkstar33]

Watch for the Black Friday flash sale, or whatever they call it....We will look to book the unlimited dining package on the 10 nt, at a discount....Every night specialty dining, and lunch during sea days....

[NMTraveller]

14 hours ago, WestLakeGirl said:

Nothing amiss.  While Bermuda would not fulfill PVSA, Aruba does and this cruise stops in Aruba.

How does Bermuda not fulfill PVSA?  We sailed from Manhattan to Bermuda and back.