You get a two for one deal when you travel to cruise from Baltimore, you can enjoy the lively port city of Baltimore itself and you can enjoy Washington DC, which is just a short drive away. Right now here at the beginning of February 2009, gas prices are just below $2.00 a gallon, where last summer they were over $4.00 per gallon. Cruising from your own backyard is always a cost savings no matter what the cost of gas is at the time.
This year with the economy on everyone’s mind, be cost conscious is a good thing and saving on the cost of air fare will allow travelers more money to enjoy their vacation, not spending money just to get there and back.
There are now four cruise lines offering cruises from the Baltimore Cruise Pier. They are Celebrity, Norwegian, Carnival and Royal Caribbean. Right now Carnival Cruise Lines is the only cruise line that is available year around from Baltimore with its ship the Carnival Pride. The Carnival Pride will be offering 6 & 7 day Caribbean cruises year around beginning with their April 27th, 2009 cruise.
Norwegian returns to Baltimore on May 24th, 2009, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines will be arriving June 19th, 2009 and Celebrity arrives November 9th, 2009. The cruise itineraries will include New England and Canada, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. All four cruise lines will be departing from Baltimore’s South Locust Point Cruise Terminal. There is plenty of parking available at the cruise port for those who will be enjoying all the surrounding sites.
So you’ve planned your cruise vacation from Baltimore but you want to see the area before or after your cruise, What is there to do in Baltimore? Baltimore is enriched with a lot of history, cultural attractions, family fun and more. There is the Inner Harbor in Baltimore which hosts all kids of shops, restaurants,museums, historical sites and even the National Aquarium.
Add Washington DC which is just a 30-45 minute drive away, you could fill your days and nights and still not see everything there is to see in this area. Washington DC, besides being the Capital of the United States also lays in the midst of the original 13 colonies and the middle area of the Civil War conflict, so historically speaking, the Washington DC, Virginia and Maryland area are steeped in history, have every imaginable museum, boasts some of the most wonderful art gallery’s and so much more that it would take pages and pages to write everything down.
If you live in the area, you probally don’t take advantage as many of us do to explore all there is in this area of the country. So if you do plan to cruise out of Baltimore, research and plan one stop at least and enjoy what Baltimore and the surround areas have to offer for your next vacation.
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