The Escape
The Escape Is Calling: New Orleans, December 13–20, 2026
Some trips you take. This one, you feel — from the first record to the last dance of the night.
The Escape is our December sailing, and it starts the way every good House Heads At Sea journey should: in New Orleans, a city that has music in its bones. We sail December 13–20, 2026, aboard Norwegian Breakaway, and for seven days the ship becomes home — your people, your music, and the Caribbean in between.
Start in New Orleans
Come in early and let the city warm you up. New Orleans in December means the French Quarter lit for the season, live music on the corners, and food you will be talking about long after the cruise is over. It is the right first chapter for a week built around music and community — nobody arrives a stranger, and nobody leaves as one.
Seven days, your soundtrack
Sea days belong to the music: DJ sets, dancing, and the gatherings that have made House Heads At Sea a family as much as a cruise. Port days open the map — Cozumel, Roatán, Harvest Caye, and Costa Maya are on this sailing, with beaches, clear water, and time ashore to explore at your own pace. Then it is back on board, where the evening is already warming up.
That rhythm is the whole idea. Days give you somewhere new; nights give you somewhere you belong.
Who this sailing is for
- Past cruisers: you already know. This is the reunion, in a new city, on a bigger stage.
- First-timers: December is the easiest door in — one week, a U.S. home port, and a family that will adopt you by the first dinner.
- House music lovers: if the music raised you, this is your room, stretched across an ocean.
Book your cabin for The Escape at HouseHeadsAtSea.com, or call 470-632-8963. December comes fast — do not get left on the docks.
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