Bucket-List Cruise Adventure

19-Night New York to San Francisco Cruise Adventure

Norwegian · Norwegian Bliss · from New York

$2,429 per person · next sails Apr 14, 2028 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 · $786 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 and the operator who runs it — 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 Plataport guide →
★ The full 27 jumps at the Damajagua Waterfalls — how 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
Modernista old-town walk and a luxury tapas circui… · $97 for two with Local licensed gastronomy operator (e.g. the Cartagena guided tapas & modernista walk) - book the official tour directhow to make it yours →
Day 7
Panama Canal Full Transit · $390 for two with Panama Canal Adventureshow to make it yours → ·
Day 8
Panama Canalport guide →
★ Panama Canal Full Transit — how to make it yours →
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 Calderaport guide →
Monteverde Cloud Forest Sky Tram, Hanging Bridges… · $290 for two with Selvatura Park (official Monteverde operator)how 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
Puerto Quetzalport guide →
Private Antigua Colonial City & Jade Factory Full-… · $265 for two with Tours by Locals — Guatemala Private Guideshow to make it yours → ·
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
La Quebrada Cliff Divers · $238 for two with La Perla Restaurant at La Quebrada (official cliff-side venue)how to make it yours → ·
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
Cabo San Lucasport guide →
El Arco & Lover's Beach · $240 for two with High Tide Los Caboshow to make it yours → ·
Days 17–18
A day at sea
⛰ A day to savor the ship — the voyage itself is the experience, and it’s all included.
Days 19–20
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…

113 mi from San Francisco

Nepenthe

Iconic roadside restaurant perched 800 feet above the coast serving California comfort food with unobstructed ocean panoramas and a bohemian artistic…

After you disembark

Make it longer — by land from San Francisco

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

11 mi from San Francisco · fly SFO

Big Sur by the Cliffs: A Pacific Coast Road Trip Worth Savoring

Coastal Luxury Road Trip

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11 mi from San Francisco · fly SFO

Mendocino's Wild Coast: Redwoods, Wine & Wood-Fired Seafood

Rugged Coast Creative Escape

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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 $786 est.
Hotel before you sail1 night · New York · Contemporary~$474
Cruise fare19 nights · Norwegian · 2 guests$4,858
Shore excursions6 bucket-list things, booked direct · for 2 · swap any at its port above ↑~$1,520
Transfersairport ↔ ship, private car~$180
Trip total$7,818
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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