Abundant with possibilities, New York presents cruise passengers with unlimited options for a shore-side day trip. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
Seattle’s Pike Place Market, a carnival of restaurants and retail, sets the tone for a cruise passenger’s quick tour of the city. (Kevin P. Casey / For The Times)
Adjacent to the waterfront, the Seattle Art Museums Hammering Man celebrates the citys industrial past. (Kevin P. Casey / For The Times)
The Galveston trolley takes riders back to an era of great mansions in the Texas coastal city. (Patty Wood /For The Times)
Open to visitors as a museum, the Moody Mansion is exemplary of Galvestons so-called Broadway Beauties.” (Patty Wood / For The Times)
The Queen Mary 2 sets sail amid smaller craft plying the waters off San Francisco. (Eric Risberg / AP)
Hotel Nash, a signature Art Deco property in Miami, signifies South Beach chic. (Beverly Beyette / LAT)
The pools cool at the Pillars at New River Sound in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and so is the boutique hotels library, parlor and private dock. (Beverly Beyette / LAT)
Easy Cruise ship in Nice Harbor as it takes a break from cruising the Mediterranean along the French Coast. (Susan Spano / LAT)
