Oceania Marina - Caribbean Celebration from Miami
Oceania Marina sails a festive 14-night holiday round-trip from Miami, sweeping across the western, southern, and eastern Caribbean with New Year's Eve in Martinique.
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Ship Details — Marina
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Year Built
2011
Tonnage
66,084 GT
Passengers
1,250
Crew
800
Decks
14
Class
Oceania
Itinerary & Route Map
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Where this cruise calls, day by day
10 ports and 5 sea days over 14 Nights.
- Day 1Miami, FL port guide: where ships dock and what to do ashore
Miami, FL
United StatesDepart Day 2 · At sea
- Day 3George Town port guide: where ships dock and what to do ashore
George Town
Cayman IslandsPort - Day 4
Montego Bay
JamaicaPortThe cruise terminal sits out in the Freeport industrial zone on a spit west of the city, so nothing is walkable and everyone leaves by taxi or coach. Montego Bay itself is Jamaica's tourist capital - the Hip Strip and Doctor's Cave Beach are ten minutes away and the plantation-era great houses are in the hills behind. It is also the nearest port to Negril, though that is 90 minutes each way.
- Doctor's Cave Beach and the Hip Strip
- Rose Hall Great House and its Annie Palmer legend
- Bamboo rafting on the Martha Brae
- Jerk chicken at Scotchies
- Getting ashore
- Ships dock at the Montego Bay Cruise Terminal in Freeport; the Hip Strip is a 10-15 minute taxi and there is nothing at the pier itself.
- Best months
- Dec-Apr is driest; Aug-Oct is hurricane season
Day 5 · At sea
- Day 6Oranjestad port guide: where ships dock and what to do ashore
Oranjestad
ArubaPort - Day 7Willemstad port guide: where ships dock and what to do ashore
Willemstad
CuracaoPort - Day 8Kralendijk port guide: where ships dock and what to do ashore
Kralendijk
BonairePort Day 9 · At sea
- Day 10
Fort-de-France
MartiniquePortMartinique is France — euros, French road signs, real bakeries, and prices to match. Fort-de-France is a proper city with Fort Saint-Louis on the point and the Bibliothèque Schoelcher, a Byzantine-looking iron building shipped over from the 1889 Paris exposition. The swimming beaches are across the bay, and the small ferry over is the cheapest good decision of the day.
- Bibliothèque Schoelcher and the Saint-Louis Cathedral
- Ferry across the bay to Pointe du Bout and Anse Mitan
- Jardin de Balata
- Habitation Clément rum estate
- Getting ashore
- Ships dock either at Pointe Simon in the city center or at the Tourelles terminal about 2km out, which needs a shuttle.
- Best months
- Dec-Apr (carême, the dry season); Jul-Nov is the wetter hivernage with hurricane risk
- Day 11
Basseterre
St. Kitts and NevisPortThe pier lands you at Port Zante in the middle of Basseterre, a working Caribbean capital rather than a mall. What sets St. Kitts apart is the scenic railway: a narrow-gauge line built to haul sugar cane, now running double-decker cars around the north of the island for about three hours. Expect firm sales pressure from photo vendors with vervet monkeys at the scenic overlooks.
- St. Kitts Scenic Railway
- Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park (UNESCO)
- Timothy Hill overlook across the Narrows
- South Friars Bay and Cockleshell Bay on the southeast peninsula
- Getting ashore
- Docked at Port Zante with Basseterre at the gate; the southeast peninsula beaches are 20-30 minutes by taxi and the Nevis ferry takes about 45 minutes.
- Best months
- Dec-Apr; Aug-Oct is hurricane season
- Day 12
Philipsburg
St. MaartenPortA one-street town on Great Bay: Front Street for duty-free liquor and jewelry, Back Street behind it, and a boardwalk of bars on the sand. The island's real draw is elsewhere — Maho Beach at the end of the Princess Juliana runway, where arriving jets pass a few dozen feet overhead, and the French side at Marigot and Grand Case for lunch.
- Maho Beach plane spotting
- Great Bay boardwalk and Front Street
- Orient Bay on the French side
- Loterie Farm zip line and hiking on Pic Paradis
- Getting ashore
- Docked at the A.C. Wathey pier; town is a 20-25 minute walk around the bay or a few dollars each way by water taxi.
- Best months
- Dec-Apr; Sep-Oct is the hurricane peak, and damage from Irma in 2017 is still visible in places
Day 13 · At sea
Day 14 · At sea
- Day 15Miami, FL port guide: where ships dock and what to do ashore
Miami, FL
United StatesArrive
Onboard Amenities
Cruise Highlights
About the Ship
What Travelers Say About Marina
Reviews of the ship itself — the same for every Marina sailing. Distilled from 18 traveler threads, passenger reviews and travel blogs.
Oceania Marina is a 1,250-guest, mid-size ship that built its reputation on food and a refined, grown-up atmosphere. Launched in 2011 and given an extensive refurbishment in May 2024, it balances near-luxury amenities with fares that sit below all-inclusive luxury lines. The vibe is quiet, traditional and unhurried, with minimal announcements, an adults-only feel (no kids' programming) and just-fancy-enough surroundings that lead guests to expect, and generally receive, high-class service.
What People Love
- Genuinely standout cuisine for a cruise ship: four open-seating specialty restaurants (Jacques, Red Ginger, Polo Grill, Toscana) plus the new wellness-focused Aquamar Kitchen, all included in the fare with no surcharge
- Exceptional fresh-baked breads and proper white-glove afternoon tea with scones, clotted cream and a string quartet that guests rave about
- Roomy, well-appointed cabins with marble bathrooms and an unusually high 95% balcony ratio, all refreshed in the 2024 refurbishment
Common Complaints
- Food quality is divisive: some guests who came specifically for Oceania's culinary reputation found the main dining consistently average and underwhelming
- The specialty-restaurant reservation system works poorly on week-long sailings, forcing guests to miss venues or dine very late
- Despite the 2024 refit, some passengers still note signs of age and wear on a ship dating to 2011