The Caribbean has a familiarity problem. For millions of cruisers, the region blurs into a single postcard: a beach chair, a rum punch, a souvenir stall near the pier; even devoted repeat visitors can struggle to name what separates one island from the next. That’s the itch Oceania Cruises is trying to scratch with its late 2026 Caribbean season, which sends guests into a St. Lucia beekeeping collective, a Guadeloupe antiques village and a Martinique banana plantation instead of pointing them toward the nearest stretch of sand.
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