Spring Break Caribbean CME Cruise

Help teens. Help yourself. Spring break aboard Celebrity Beyond—a refined 7-night Caribbean cruise your teenagers will love as much as you do. Practical CME you'll use the week you're home

March 14–21, 2027

Super earlybird tuition $1,495 CAD (tax-free)

Teen CBT & SuperDoc (physician well-being workshop)

Overview

CBT Canada is pleased to present a Spring Break Caribbean CME Cruise from March 14–21, 2027 aboard Celebrity Beyond—one of the most acclaimed ships in the Celebrity Cruises fleet and part of the Edge Series that redefined modern cruising. Thirty-two restaurants, the cantilevered Magic Carpet, the three-storey Eden, and a spa that rivals the best on land. If you've never sailed Celebrity, this is the ship that will ruin you for every other cruise line. If you have—you already know.

Ports include Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic, the Danish-colonial charm of Charlotte Amalie in St. Thomas, and the quietly stunning island of St. Kitts—the smallest sovereign nation in the Western Hemisphere. Three port days, three sea days, and a spring break your family will talk about for years.

Staterooms are priced per couple (two guests), with all taxes, a drinks package, WiFi, and refundable deposit included:

• Prime Concierge Veranda — $6,284 CAD (tax included)
• Concierge Veranda — $6,266 CAD (tax included)
• Oceanview — $5,646 CAD (tax included)
• Deluxe Inside — $4,688 CAD (tax included)

Space is limited. The ship offers exclusive amenities for our group, including private meeting rooms, invitation-only cocktail parties, and special dining arrangements. For our group to enjoy these benefits, all bookings must be made with Arlene at vacation@cbt.ca or phone (877.466.8228 x 333). Book now for the best cabin selection—and your companion cruises free!

See below for CME, itinerary, and ship details...

The CME

The CME pairs two complementary workshop modules—one for your patients, one for yourself—certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for 6.0 Mainpro+ credits:

Teen CBT 
Guiding Adolescent Growth

Over 50% of kids in grades 7–12 now have at least moderate symptoms of anxiety or depression, up from under 25% a decade ago. More alarmingly, 18% of today’s teens have contemplated suicide—and 19% have self-harmed (OSDUHS, 2023).

The adolescent years—so formative and never easy—are now plagued with strange new stressors. When treating today’s teens, many doctors feel like time travellers who never got the manual. This module equips you with practical, evidence-based tools to confront today’s unprecedented challenges: device addiction fragmenting focus, social media cultivating comparison and catalysing contagion, sleep deprivation driving burnout, safetyism fostering fragility, and more. The session concludes with a briefing on GPA Science: Research-Backed Methods to Improve Grades—a topic every parent on this ship will want to hear about.

SuperDoc

Leveraging CBT Tools to Maximize Physician Resiliency

Today’s cognitive behaviour therapy is a treasure trove of scientifically tested tools to help physicians increase their resiliency and reduce their risk of burnout. Physician wellness is important for countless reasons, including that it significantly determines the quality of care delivered (CMPA, 2018). Simply put, the burned-out doctor is probably a crappy doctor.

State-of-the-art CBT includes powerful techniques for silencing self-criticism, decreasing rumination, letting go of the past, increasing self-compassion, improving decision-making, optimising time management, boosting mindfulness, and making a marriage spark joy. This is a serious workshop that even saw-wielding orthopods can relate to, with nary a mention of yoni steaming or herbal colonics—and there are absolutely no Zoom group hugs.

The timing works beautifully: you’ll learn these tools with two full sea days to reflect, discuss, and plan—and arrive home ready to deploy them the moment you’re back in clinic.

Cruise itinerary

Port details

Day 1. All aboard Celebrity Beyond for a 4:00 PM departure from Fort Lauderdale. The afternoon is yours to settle in and explore one of Celebrity's most acclaimed ships. Join the casual departure reception if you're feeling social, or simply watch the shoreline fade from a quiet corner of the deck. As the ship glides out to open water, you'll feel the shift from everyday practice pressures to something wonderfully different: Caribbean evenings, sea air, and the rare luxury of uninterrupted conversations—or blissful solitude, if you prefer. Spring break has begun.

Day 2. At sea, with CME from 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM. Your first morning aboard begins with the opening CBT Canada session—a relaxed start to three days of practical, clinically focused teaching. After class, the ship is yours to discover. Celebrity Beyond rewards the curious: the Rooftop Garden, the cantilevered Magic Carpet, the three-storey Eden, and corners you won't find until Day 5. The CBT Canada Welcome Party begins at 5:00 PM. All registrants and all their guests (of all ages!) are encouraged to attend. It's the best way to put faces to names and set the tone for the week ahead.

Day 6. At sea, with CME from 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM. After three days ashore, the ship feels like coming home. The morning session picks up where Day 2 left off—and you'll notice the questions are sharper now that the group has had three days to think, talk, and decompress. The afternoon is yours: the spa, the pool, Eden for a long lunch, or the Rooftop Garden with a book you've been neglecting. Tonight, Le Petit Chef is worth the reservation—a 3D animated dining experience that's unlike anything you've seen at sea or on land.

Day 7. At sea, with CME from 9:30 AM to 11:45 AM. The final session wraps up the clinical material—and by now the group has the easy familiarity of colleagues who've shared a week of sun, good food, and honest conversation. The afternoon is yours for last-chance indulgences: one more swim, one more espresso on the deck, one more lap of the ship you've come to know by heart. The CBT Canada Farewell Party begins at 5:00 PM. All registrants and all their guests (of all ages!) are welcome. Dress up or don't—it's been that kind of week.

Day 8. Disembarkation rejuvenated. Seven nights of Caribbean warmth and collegiality have done their magic—you're heading home tanned, rested, and clinically sharper. You've gained a practical toolkit for the adolescent presentations that walk into your office every week, and a set of resilience strategies for the one person medical school never taught you to take care of: yourself. Spring break did what it was supposed to do: the Caribbean recharged you; the CME rearmed you.

The ship

Introducing Celebrity Beyond, one of the most acclaimed ships in the Celebrity Cruises fleet and part of the Edge Series that redefined modern cruising. If you've never sailed Celebrity, this is the ship that will ruin you for every other cruise line. If you have—you already know.

The triple-deck Grand Plaza anchors the interior, with the legendary Martini Bar, a massive LED chandelier, and live music that draws you in every evening. The cantilevered Magic Carpet—a platform that glides up the exterior of the ship—offers open-air dining and cocktails suspended above the ocean. The Rooftop Garden brings you closer to the water's edge than any venue afloat, and the redesigned Sunset Bar is where you'll end most evenings.

The Celebrity Beyond dining is extraordinary. Her thirty-two culinary venues include Le Voyage by Daniel Boulud (the Michelin-starred chef's first restaurant at sea), the immersive Le Petit Chef (a 3D animated dining show you won't forget), the three-storey Eden restaurant with its inventive global menu, and four complimentary main dining rooms. The spa rivals anything on land: a salt room, Turkish bath, infrared sauna, and the Persian Garden thermal suite.

After dark, Celebrity Beyond comes alive. The Theatre hosts full-scale productions—singers, dancers, and aerialists performing against kinetic lighting and a massive LED backdrop. Eden transforms from daytime lounge to evening spectacle with live performances, while the World Class Bar offers craft cocktails and mixology masterclasses for those who prefer their entertainment shaken, not stirred.

For families, Camp at Sea offers supervised programming for ages 3–17. For couples, the Retreat—an exclusive suite-class enclave with its own sundeck, pool, restaurant, and lounge—delivers a ship-within-a-ship experience. For everyone: the pool deck, the Solarium, and corners of the ship you won't discover until Day 5.

Celebrity Beyond isn't just an Edge ship. It's the one that proved the series could keep getting better.

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