By Cassie Bailey | Published on August 8, 2025
With each long weekend, there’s a timely vacation opportunity. You may think the options are limited (especially when factoring in travel time), but luckily Royal Caribbean has you covered with a variety of two- to five-night cruises visiting Bermuda, Mexico and The Bahamas.
Getting to your destination is a major part of the fun with dance-in-your-seat entertainment, imaginative cuisine and cocktails, and can’t-miss adventures like skydiving and surfing simulators—yes, on the ship. Plenty of thrilling activities await you on land too, from motoring through jungles to sipping local spirits.
In honor of Memorial Day being just around the corner, here are some of the short cruises you can take on your next long weekend.
Conveniently for Northeasterners, the Cape Liberty port in New Jersey offers four- and five-night vacations to Bermuda, so you can skip the flight farther south. Once there, you can check out the famous Crystal Caves to see stalagmites covering the floors and stalactites above, or channel your inner pirate with a sunset Gosling’s Rum tasting cruise. Bermuda is known for something else, too—an infamous triangle, where you can snorkel to see a few of its 300+ shipwrecks—if you’re feeling brave.
Why stay home when you could be island hopping? Shop for your Memorial Day cruise.
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