Why Visit North America On A Cruise?
Some of the best cruise deals you can find originate from the port cities of North America. The harbours of Miami and Fort Lauderdale send cruise ships to the Caribbean regularly, San Diego services the Mexican Riviera, and the northern cities of San Francisco, New York, Boston and Portland all send cruise ships north to the breathtaking sea and landscapes of Canada and Alaska. This continent offers everything from the comfortably hot to the reasonably cold in both the land and those who inhabit it.
If you’re looking for great wintertime fun you’ll want to cruise the waters along the Canadian coasts, The East and West Coasts offer thriving and modern port cities while the north coast has nearly deserted islands and a pathway to the polar ice cap. Northern cruises travel these waters only during the summer months, though the melting of the polar cap is extending the travel season in the region longer each year.
Travel further south into the United States and you’ll find more diverse options for cruises. The climate in the US varies from four seasons to tropical year round. On the East Coast the peninsula state of Florida is home to many Caribbean cruise ships and on the West Coast those warm weather cruises come out of San Diego. In either case you can find a ship that will take you to destinations closer to the equator where the weather is warm.
Trans-Atlantic cruises have gone out of style but when they were popular they were dominated by liners like the Queen Elizabeth II and the SS France. Both have been decommissioned but the Queen Mary II is still sailing and can be seen in the East Coast ports of Boston and New York when she is in the United States. These northern cities also offer local cruises to other eastern cities like Washington DC, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Atlanta.
If you are in California or one of the other West Coast states of Oregon or Washington you can find cruises that go to destinations in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. Any ship that sails from the United States to Japan, China, Australia or the Philippines will originate from one of the major West Coast ports like San Francisco or Seattle. You can also book cruises that travel along the West Coast either north or south, trips filled with scenery and ports of call with lots of shopping and entertainment.
