If you’re interested in discounted cruises with more days at sea, you might consider ‘repositioning cruises’.

Humm! What are they? Follow this link to find out.

And here are the dates/ships/itineraries for the 2009 season. I’m only mentioning here the ones starting or ending in the Caribbean. There are also the Trans-Atlantic ones…use Kayak in the sidebar to find them.

Spring 2009

The Ship: Westerdam, from Holland America

From: Fort Lauderdale to Vancouver - - 20 days

Date: April 19, 2009

Itinerary: Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Half Moon Cay, Bahamas - At Sea - Aruba, Netherlands Antilles - Santa Marta, Colombia - San Blas Islands, Panama - Panama Canal - Panama Canal - At Sea - Caldera, Costa Rica - At Sea - Puerto Chiapas, Mexico - Huatulco, Mexico - Acapulco, Mexico - At Sea - Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - At Sea - San Diego, California - Avalon, California - At Sea - At Sea - Vancouver, British Columbia

The Ship: Pacific Princess, Princess Cruise Line

From:: Fort Lauderdale to Seattle — 20 days

Date: April 24, 2009

Itinerary: Fort Lauderdale, Florida - At Sea - At Sea - Aruba, Netherlands Antilles - At Sea - Cartagena, Colombia - Panama Canal - Fuerte Amador, Panama - At Sea - Puntarenas, Costa Rica - At Sea - Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala - At Sea - Acapulco, Mexico - At Sea - Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - At Sea - At Sea - San Francisco, California - At Sea - At Sea - Seattle, Washington

The Ship: Grandeur of the Seas, from RCCL

From: San Juan to Norfolk — 7-night

Date: April 25, 2009

Itinerary: San Juan, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, Tortola, King’s Wharf, Norfolk

Fall 2009

The Ship: Zuiderdam, from Holland America

From: Vancouver to Ft. Lauderdale — 18-night through the Panama Canal

Date: September 26, 2009

Itinerary: Vancouver, Los Angeles, Cabo San Lucas, Acapulco, Huatulco, Puerto Quetzal, Corinto, Panama Canal cruising, San Blas Islands, Santa Marta, Half Moon Cay, Ft. Lauderdale

The Ship: Mercury, from Celebrity

From: Vancouver to San Diego — 11-night

Departs: October 12, 2009

Itinerary: Vancouver, Nanaimo, Victoria, Seattle, Astoria, San Francisco, Monterey, Catalina Island, San Diego

The Ship: Norwegian Spirit, from NCL

From: Boston to New Orleans — 16-night

Date: October 23, 2009

Itinerary: Boston, Samana, St. Thomas, Antigua, Barbados, Curacao, Aruba, Santo Tomas de Castilla, Belize City, Costa Maya, New Orleans