Would such an All-American cruise itinerary interest you?

[Texas Tillie]

OK let’s see....

Houston; been there once. Once was more than enough.

New Orleans: Who in their right mind would want to go the Big Easy for just part of a day? It would have to be at least a triple nighter. :)

Tampa; See Houston above.

Miami and Fort Lauderdale: Well the good thing is if you miss the ship in Miami you can cab it to FL.

Cape Canaveral: Not much to see unless you go into Orlando for the theme parks. Been there, done that. Out of children purgatory finally. Don't drag me back in :(

Jacksonville: Yuck!

Charleston: Now you're talk ‘n.

Myrtle Beach: Can you get a round of golf in? If not, why stop there?

Norfolk: At least you might see some really big ships!

Atlantic City: WHY??? There is a casino on the cruise ship already!

New York: That's a quadruple nighter at least.

Boston: I love that town. :hearteyes:

Portland: Never been there but its Maine, so it must be great!

So Start in Portland, at least an overnight in Beantown, a quad in NYC, then it's down to Charleston for some southern charm. Then off to Freeport to make the cruise legal (ya it’s a dump but at least it’s not Nassau!), and then skip Florida all together and high-tail it over to the Big Easy, disembark and stay for a week. Of course you will need another vacation afterwards. :D

Edit: Sorry, I forgot Rhode Island

............................................... but doesn't everyone? ;)

Sorry, that would not be legal. A foreign flagged ship (all cruise ships but the one NCL in Hawaii) must go to a DISTANT foreign port if transporting passengers between 2 different US ports. The DISTANT foreign ports that qualify are the ABC Islands and South America.

[spookwife]

Assuming it was possible (apparently it is against US laws?) , Would such an All-American cruise itinerary interest you? It would start in Houston and slowly work its way east and then North. Houston, New Orleans, Tampa, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Cape Canaveral, Jacksonville, Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Norfolk, Atlantic City, New York, Rhode Island, Boston, Portland.

 

Did I miss any important city or ports along the route?

 

 

not in the least. if I wanted to visit any of those cities( and I have) I'd do it the old fashioned way.

[cruisemom42]

Assuming it was possible (apparently it is against US laws?) , Would such an All-American cruise itinerary interest you? It would start in Houston and slowly work its way east and then North.

 

Houston, New Orleans, Tampa, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Cape Canaveral, Jacksonville, Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Norfolk, Atlantic City, New York, Rhode Island, Boston, Portland.

 

Did I miss any important city or ports along the route?

 

 

No interest here. I've visited all of them already with the exceptions of Norfolk and Portland.

 

My main interest is in ex-US itineraries at this point.

[bob brown]

The closest I ever came was in 2012 on the NCL Dawn repo cruise from Quebec City to Tampa...

We were scheduled to call at Portland, Boston, New York, Norfolk, Baltimore, Charleston, Miami, Key West, and end at Tampa...that would have been NINE US ports (perhaps a record?)

 

However, our cruise was impacted by Hurricane Sandy, and we called at Halifax instead of Portland, and spent an extra day at sea instead of New York...

Still a lot of US ports....

[rccampbell]

I personally would like to see a cruise that included full day if not overnight in Key West and New Orleans, could go anywhere else then too.

[InitialD]

Nah I can drive to any of those places. I like to go places that I would have to fly to but the boat is cheaper than flying. :)

[DirtyDawg]

Sorry, that would not be legal. A foreign flagged ship (all cruise ships but the one NCL in Hawaii) must go to a DISTANT foreign port if transporting passengers between 2 different US ports. The DISTANT foreign ports that qualify are the ABC Islands and South America.

 

OK swap out Freeport for Havana. It may be old and semi-communist not it's not Nassau! :D

 

Is that Foreign and distant enough?

 

If not, you pick but you have to fit in a joke about it not being Nassau! :)

[spookwife]

No interest here. I've visited all of them already with the exceptions of Norfolk and Portland.

 

My main interest is in ex-US itineraries at this point.

 

 

As a former resident of Norfolk, you ain't missing anything.

 

 

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[Texas Tillie]

OK swap out Freeport for Havana. It may be old and semi-communist not it's not Nassau! :D

 

Is that Foreign and distant enough?

 

If not, you pick but you have to fit in a joke about it not being Nassau! :)

 

 

The only DISTANT foreign ports in the Caribbean are the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao). None of Mexico or Central America counts This is why there are so few cruises that start and end in different US ports. . A cruise that starts and ends in the same port just needs to go to a foreign port.