Get ready for fourteen nights of refreshing travel through the Caribbean when you book your balcony cabin on the MSC Opera from Barbados and back again.
This cruise is special because you will only call on very uncommon ports like Virgin Gorda, Samana, and Catalina Island. This route is an interesting one for the Opera, As it sails it only once.
This price includes all all entertainment, meals, taxes, and port fees. No surprises! Especially exciting is that today you can get a balcony balcony stateroom for the price of an interior balcony stateroom!
Over 2,100 cruisers can comfortably travel on this Lirica class ship, based in La Romana and refurbished less than four years ago in 2022.
The Opera MSC offers a gym, a spa, a ping pong table, a casino, a jacuzzi, and a solarium.
This itinerary is made up of eleven days in port and two sea days. Major features include long stops in Fort-de-France and La Romana as well as visits to once-in-a-lifetime stops like Virgin Gorda, Samana, and Catalina Island.
| Date | Port | Arrive | Depart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Dec 17 | Barbados | 7:00pm | |
| Fri, Dec 18 | Fort-de-France, Martinique | 8:00am | 7:00pm |
| Sat, Dec 19 | Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe | 7:00am | 4:00pm |
| Sun, Dec 20 | Tortola, BVI | 7:30am | 3:30pm |
| Mon, Dec 21 | La Romana, Dominican Republic | 9:00am | 11:30pm |
| Tue, Dec 22 | Samana, Dominican Republic | 12:00pm | 8:00pm |
| Wed, Dec 23 | Virgin Gorda, BVI | 1:30pm | 9:00pm |
| Thu, Dec 24 | Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe | 9:00am | 7:00pm |
| Fri, Dec 25 | Philipsburg, St. Maarten | 8:00am | 6:00pm |
| Sat, Dec 26 | At Sea | ||
| Sun, Dec 27 | Catalina Island, Dominican Republic | 8:00am | 6:00pm |
| Mon, Dec 28 | La Romana, Dominican Republic | 7:00am | 11:30pm |
| Tue, Dec 29 | Catalina Island, Dominican Republic | 7:00am | 5:00pm |
| Wed, Dec 30 | At Sea | ||
| Thu, Dec 31 | Barbados | 9:00am |
The Opera sails this route once this year. This is the only ship that sails this exact route. In the accompanying graphic you can see a visualization of when this ship sails as well as the relative price for a balcony cabin.
Since being listed a year or so ago, The cost of this cruise has fluctuated between $3,239 and $3,595 for a balcony room, including $0 in taxes and port fees. This graph shows the price over time for all types of cabin. At only $356 more than the all time low of $3,239 today is a great time to lock in your balcony cabin
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Last Updated: Jun 3, 2026
Last Modified: Jun 3, 2026