Both the Norwegian Dawn and the Norwegian Jewel, part of Norwegian Cruise Lines' fleet, have New York City as their port of call and sail on seven-day journeys. The Norwegian Dawn sails out of New York City to Bermuda's King Wharf, where it spends three days in port and three days at sea before returning.
The Norwegian Jewel also offers a seven-day journey, but its destination is the Bahamas. It stops at Port Canaveral, Great Stirrup Cay and Nassau ports. Cruisers spend three days at sea and three days in port before returning to New York City.
Norwegian Cruise Lines
7665 Corporate Center Drive
Miami, FL 33126
(866) 625-1166
ncl.com
New York City is the port of call for Princess Cruise Lines' Caribbean Princess, which offers two round-trip nine-day itineraries to the Caribbean. Option 1 on the Princess Caribbean is a voyage to Hamilton (Bermuda), Puerto Rico (San Juan), St. Thomas/Charlotte Amalie (Virgin Islands) and Grand Turk (Bahamas).
Option 2 sails to the same ports as option 1, with the exception of Hamilton (Bermuda), which is exchanged for Philipsburg/St. Maarten (Netherlands Antilles). Both cruises include four days at sea and four days in port.
Princess Cruise Lines
24844 Avenue Rockefeller
Santa Clarita, CA 91355
(800) 774-6237
princess.com
Carnival Cruise Lines' Carnival Miracle travels on two round trip eight-day Caribbean journeys that begin in New York City. The first option travels to the Bahamas ports off Grand Turk, Half Moon Cay and Nassau before returning to New York City.
The second eight-day option also visits Grand Turk (Bahamas), but replaces the other ports with San Juan (Puerto Rico) and Saint Thomas (Virgin Islands). Both cruises spend four days at sea and four days in port.
Carnival Cruise Lines
3655 NW 87th Ave.
Miami, FL 33178
(888) 227-6482
carnival.com
Both departing out of their New York City port of call, Holland America Cruise Lines' ms Veendam sails on a seven-day trip to Bermuda, while the ms Prisendam offers a 24-day itinerary to the Transatlantic and a 42-day itinerary to the Scandinavia and fjords region.
The ms Veendam travels to Bermuda's St. George and Hamilton, where it spends two days in St. George and three days in Hamilton. The journey ends in New York City after a total of two days at sea and five days in port.
Both the ms Prinsendam's 24- and 42-day journeys begin in New York City and initially travel to Fort Lauderdale (Florida), Horta (Portugal), Ponta Delgada (Portugal), Cadiz (Spain), Portimao (Portugal), Lisbon (Portugal), La Coruna (Spain), Bilbao (Spain), Falmouth (England), Le Havre (France), Dover (England) and Amsterdam (Netherlands), where the 24-day journey, which spends 11 days at sea and 12 days in port, is completed.
The 42-day journey continues on to its final destination of London (England) after spending a total of 15 days at sea (two in the Arctic Circle) and 26 days in port on its 42-day itinerary. Ports visited from Amsterdam on include Kiel Canal (Germany), Lubeck (Germany), Copenhagen (Denmark), Skagen (Denmark), Oslo (Norway), Molde (Norway), Tromso (Norway), Honningsvag (Norway), Trondheim (Norway), Alesund (Norway), Bergen (Norway) and London (England).
Holland America Cruise Lines
300 Elliott Ave. West
Seattle, WA 98119
(877) 932-4259
hollandamerica.com
Cunard Cruise Lines' cruise ship the Queen Mary 2 has New York City as its port of call for both its seven-day and 17-day itineraries to the Transatlantic. The seven-day option spends six days cruising the Atlantic Ocean before it reaches its final destination of Southhampton (England).
The Queen Mary 2's 17-day option offers a round-trip voyage from New York City, spending 11 days on the Atlantic and five days in the following ports: Southampton (England), Zeebrugge (Belgium), Rotterdam (Netherlands) and Cherbourg (France).
Cunard Cruise Lines
24303 Town Center Drive, Suite 200
Valencia, CA 91355
(800) 728-6273
cunard.com
Costa Atlantica, part of Costa Cruise Lines' fleet, offers 13-, 14-, 15- and 17-day cruises to various destinations in the Transatlantic. All itineraries on the Costa Atlantica have a New York City port of call and travel first to Newport (Rhode Island), Boston (Massachusetts), Bar Harbor (Maine), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Sydney (Nova Scotia) and Le Havre, (France).
On the 13-day itinerary, the final destination is Le Havre, while the 14-day itinerary continues on to Dover (England), its final destination. The 15-day voyage includes Dover (England) and Bremerhaven (Germany), the final destination. The 17-day itinerary adds Dover (England), Bremerhaven (Germany) and Copenhagen (Denmark), which ends the cruise.
Costa Cruise Lines
200 S. Park Road, Suite 200
Hollywood, FL 33021
(877) 88-COSTA
costacruise.com