Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

12-Night Brooklyn to San Juan Cruise Adventure

Virgin Voyages · Valiant Lady · from Brooklyn

$1,443 per person · next sails Oct 19, 2026 Book this cruise@ Cruisebound · same fare
Get there

Fly into Brooklyn (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 SJU · $750 for two est.
Before you sail

Bucket-list days near Brooklyn

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.

8 mi from Brooklyn

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

The voyage · 12 nights

The unforgettable thing at every port

We’ve found the single bucket-list experience at 5 of your 7 ports — the private, expert-led way, not the ship’s coach. The rest are being curated now — check back shortly.

Kings Wharf
⚙ Curating Kings Wharf’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
St. Maarten
Maho Beach · $150 for twohow to make it yours → ·
St. Croix
Buck Island Reef · $250 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Road Town
Norman Island · $240 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Bimini
Swim with Wild Dolphins at Honeymoon Harbour · $300 for twohow to make it yours → ·
San Juan
Walk El Morro & Old San Juan's City Walls · $20 for twohow to make it yours → ·
Brooklyn
⚙ Curating Brooklyn’s bucket-list experience — check back shortly.
After you disembark

Bucket-list days near San Juan

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

49 mi from San Juan

Bioluminescent Bay Tour (Vieques)

0 mi from San Juan

Sunken City Scuba Diving Tour

Home

Fly home from San Juan (SJU)

What this adventure runs estimated · for two
Your hotel
Flights open-jaw · fly into JFK, home from SJU · 2 travelers $750 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · Brooklyn · Premium~$203
Cruise fare12 nights · Virgin Voyages · 2 guests$2,886
Shore excursions5 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · more as they curate · swap any at its port above ↑~$960
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$4,979
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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