Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

14-Night Boston to New Orleans Cruise Adventure

Norwegian · Norwegian Breakaway · from Boston

$1,249 per person · next sails Nov 8, 2026 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Boston (BOS)

Your gateway to the voyage. Arrive a day or two early — the best of the trip starts before you board.

Open-jaw · fly into BOS, home from MSY · $798 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Boston

Fly in at least a day early — every seasoned cruiser does, so a delay never costs you the ship. Here’s what’s worth that day, within reach of your port — not just the city you fly into.

54 mi from Boston

Green Animals Topiary Garden

A 7-acre Victorian topiary garden (1872) with 80+ animal and geometric plant sculptures, bird aviaries, and period landscape design. The garden is hor…

61 mi from Boston

Touro Synagogue & Jewish Heritage Trail

America's oldest continuously-operating synagogue (1763), designed with architectural symbolism by Peter Harrison, with a self-guided heritage trail c…

Your voyage · 14 nights, day by day

Day by day — the unforgettable thing at every port

Your whole sailing in order: the day you board, every port it calls — each with the single bucket-list experience there and the operator who runs it — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
Boston Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Days 2–4
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 5
St. Thomasport guide →
Sunset Kayak & Bioluminescent Lagoon Paddle Throug… · $170 for two with St. Thomas Cruise Excursions (Local Expert)how to make it yours →
Day 6
Catamaran Sail to Soufrière · $250 for two with Cosol Tours St. Luciahow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
St. Georgesport guide →
Grenada Private Taxi Tour · $160 for two with Grand Tours Grenada (Call the Boss Taxi)how to make it yours → ·
Day 8
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 9
Willemstadport guide →
Private Full-Day Curaçao Island Tour with Local Ex… · $438 for two with Dundu Tours (certified local guide, Willemstad)how to make it yours → ·
Day 10
Port of Oranjestadport guide →
Aruba · $298 for two with Aruba Watersports Centerhow to make it yours → ·
Day 11
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 12
Georgetownport guide →
Coral Gardens & Barrier Reef Snorkel with Starfish… · $130 for two with Cayman Watersportshow to make it yours → ·
Days 13–14
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 15
New Orleans Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near New Orleans

You end in a different port — stay on, and add what’s within reach before you fly home.

1 mi from New Orleans

Preservation Hall

1 mi from New Orleans

Frenchmen Street Live Music Venues

Before you sail

Make it longer — by land from Boston

The ship is the spine, not the whole trip. These are full land adventures within reach of your port.

3 mi from Boston · fly BOS

Salt Air and Sophistication on Portland, Maine's Peninsula

Coastal Culture & History

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48 mi from Boston · fly PVD

Newport's Gilded Coast: Mansions, Lighthouses & Living History

Coastal Heritage & Culture

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151 mi from Boston · fly ISP

Salt Air & Polo Fields: A Proper Hamptons Weekend Done Right

Coastal Culture & Craft

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Home

Fly home from New Orleans (MSY)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into BOS, home from MSY · 2 travelers $798 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Boston · Contemporary~$175
Cruise fare14 nights · Norwegian · 2 guests$2,498
Shore excursions6 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,446
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$5,097
Flights are estimated from our best gateways (refine from your own airport above) — an open-jaw trip: out to the embark port, home from where you disembark; the cruise fare is this sailing’s lead-in price for two; the hotel scales with the style you pick above; shore excursions are real book-direct operator prices, added as each port is curated; transfers are an estimate. We always build in at least one night ashore before you sail.
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