Among the company's other tempting alternatives (in ascending order by starting prices):
From $318 for a 4-night cruise to the Bahamas on Royal Caribbean's giant Sovereign of the Seas, departing Port Canaveral (Florida) on May 19 and 26, visiting Cococay and Nassau.
From $338 for a 5-night cruise to the Western Caribbean on Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Seas, departing Ft. Lauderdale and visiting Cozumel and Grand Cayman. May 18 only.
From $339 for a 7-night cruise on the imposing SS Norway to the Eastern Caribbean, departing Miami weekly from September 15 through November 3, visiting St. Maarten, St. Thomas and Norwegian Prince's private island.
From $527 for a 7-night cruise to Alaska on June 8, using the Ocean Princess and departing from Seward, visiting College Fjord, Glacier Bay, Skagway, Juneau and Ketchikan before docking at Vancouver.
From $529 for a 7-night cruise on Carnival's Sensation on May 19, departing Tampa and visiting Grand Cayman, Cozumel and New Orleans before returning to Tampa.
From $547 for a 7-night Holland America Maasdam cruise on May 26, departing Ft. Lauderdale and visiting Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Half Moon Bay before returning to home port.
From $575 for an 8-night Transatlantic crossing on the Royal Princess, departing Ft. Lauderdale on May 22 and ending up in Southampton, England.
From $575 for a 7-night cruise to Bermuda from New York, departing on June 2, 9 and 16, non-stop on the Pacific Princess.
From $653 for a 7-night cruise on Royal Caribbean's Nordic Empress, departing New York on May 19, also to Bermuda.
From $671 for a 7-night cruise out of Los Angeles on Carnival's Elation on May 26, visiting Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas before returning to Los Angeles.
From $671 on another cruise to Mexico, this time 7 nights on Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas, departing San Diego on June 2 and 16, and visiting Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta before returning to San Diego.
From $765 for a 7-night cruise to Alaska on Holland America's Volendam, departing Vancouver on June 10, and visiting Juneau, Skagway, Glacier Bay and Ketchikan before returning to Vancouver.
From $814 for a 7-night cruise to Canada and New England on the Norwegian Sea, departing New York on June 2, and visiting Halifax, Bar Harbor, Boston, Martha's Vineyard and Newport before returning to New York.
From $912 for a 9-night cruise up the northeastern coast of the USA on Holland America's Rotterdam on May 24, visiting Newport, Boston, Bar Harbor, Halifax, Sydney, Charlottetown (PEI), Quebec City and Montreal before returning to its point of departure, New York City.
Note that all prices include port charges (sometimes a sizable amount).
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