Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

19-Night New York to San Francisco Cruise Adventure

Norwegian · Norwegian Bliss · from New York

$1,934 per person · next sails Apr 9, 2027 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into New York (JFK)

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

Open-jaw · fly into JFK, home from SFO · $714 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near New York

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.

4 mi from New York

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

Your voyage · 19 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, the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach — any days at sea, and the day you step off.

Day 1
New York Embark
Board in the afternoon — fly in at least a day early (your day ashore here is just above).
Days 2–3
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 4
Puerto Plata
The full 27 jumps at the Damajagua Waterfalls · $11 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 5
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 6
Cartagena
The Roman Theatre of Cartagena with the Rafael Mon… · $13 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 7
Colon
Panama Canal Full Transit · $390 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Panama Canal
⚙ Curating Panama Canal’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 9
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 10
Puerto Caldera
⚙ Curating Puerto Caldera’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
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
Puerto Quetzal
⚙ Curating Puerto Quetzal’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 13
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 14
Acapulco
⚙ Curating Acapulco’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
Day 15
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 16
Puerto Vallarta
Hidden Beach at Marietas Islands · $111 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Day 17
Cabo San Lucas
El Arco & Lover's Beach · $240 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Days 18–19
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Day 20
San Francisco Disembark
Disembark in the morning — or stay on for the days just below.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near San Francisco

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

44 mi from San Francisco

French Laundry (Michelin 3-Star Fine Dining)

The most prestigious restaurant in North America, offering a 3-Michelin-star tasting menu of contemporary French cuisine in an intimate 70-seat settin…

89 mi from San Francisco

Andrew Molera State Park

A 4,800-acre park featuring wide sandy beaches, river valleys lined with cottonwoods, and forested trails where coastal wilderness transitions to Big…

Home

Fly home from San Francisco (SFO)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into JFK, home from SFO · 2 travelers $714 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · New York · Contemporary~$474
Cruise fare19 nights · Norwegian · 2 guests$3,868
Shore excursions5 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$765
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$6,001
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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