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St Maarten Is Having a Very Strong Cruise Season

Disney Cruise Line Returning to the British Virgin Islands

By the Caribbean Journal staff Disney Cruise Line is returning to the British Virgin Islands this summer, Caribbean Journal has learned. The cruise line, one of the major cruise operators to the British Virgin Islands and the Tortola Pier Park …

Carnival’s Newest Ship Is Coming to St Maarten

By the Caribbean Journal staff Carnival Cruise Line’s newest Vista-class ship, Carnival Horizon, is coming to St Maarten this fall. The 4,000-passenger ship will make its inaugural call on St Maarten in October for the 2018-2019 high cruise season. The …

Princess Cruises to Bring New Caribbean Program to St Maarten

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Princess Cruises will kick off its summer cruise itinerary with Rhythm of the Caribbean, a new experiential program that will include St Maarten. The new cultural experience on Caribbean sailings will include regional cuisine, signature …

Norwegian Cruise Line Breaks Ground on New Terminal in Miami

By the Caribbean Journal staff Norwegian Cruise Line has officially broken ground on a new dedicated cruise terminal at PortMiami. The 166,500-square-foot terminal will accommodate ships of up to 5,000 passengers, with technology aimed at speeding up faster embarkation and …

A New Way to Cruise to Grand Bahama

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line has added a major new ship to its fleet. The new Grand Classica is a 10-deck, 1,680-passenger-capacity ship that is now offering two-night cruises and cruise-resort packages to Grand Bahama, …

Viking Sky to Make First St Maarten Call

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Viking Ocean Cruises ship Viking Sky will make its inaugural to Port St. Maarten on Monday, March 5. This will be the first inaugural call of a cruise vessel for the port since the passing …

MSC Cruises Returning to St Maarten

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor MSC Cruises is returning to St Maarten. The company will be making its first post-Irma call on St Maarten on March 28 with its MSC Opera cruise ship. MSC Cruises will be making 29 port …

Saint Lucia Debuts Expanded Cruise Port

By the Caribbean Journal staff Saint Lucia’s multimillion-dollar cruise berth expansion project has officially opened in Castries. The Pointe Seraphine Berth One extension was formally opened this weekend, welcoming Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas, the first-ever mega ship to …

Carnival Returns to St Maarten

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Carnival Cruise Line is the latest company to make its return to the island of St Maarten since Hurricane Irma. Carnival’s Carnival Sunshine cruise ship made a day-long call to Port St Maarten on Monday. …

Silversea Cruises Returns to St Maarten

By the Caribbean Journal staff Silversea Cruises is the latest cruise line to make its return to St Maarten. The boutique luxury cruise line returns to St Maarten with its Silver Wind ship on Thursday, staying during the evening hours …

Princess Cruises’ St Maarten Return

By the Caribbean Journal staff Princess Cruises is returning to St Maarten on Thursday, the latest cruise line to come back to St Maarten in the wake of Hurricane Irma. Regal Princess will be one of four cruise ships at …

Seadream Calls on St Maarten

By the Caribbean Journal staff St Maarten’s cruise renaissance continued this week with a call by SeaDream Yacht Club’s SeaDream 1. The unscheduled call on Port St Maarten was the first of what Port St Maarten officials said they hoped …

Holland America Line Returns to St Maarten

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Holland America Line returned to Philipsburg, St Maarten on Saturday with its cruise ship ms Koningsdam. HAL plans to call in Philipsburg, St. Maarten once more with Koningsdam on March 10, as well as six times …

Port St Maarten Kicks Off 2018 With Strong Start

By the Caribbean Journal staff Port St Maarten kicked off 2018 on a very high note Tuesday with more than 12,000 passengers arriving to St Maarten on three cruise ships. The first cruise vessels of the year in St Maarten …

Quantum-Class Cruise Ships Coming to St Lucia

By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia will soon be ready to welcome Royal Caribbean’s Quantum-class vessels. The expansion project at the “dolphin berth” at the island’s Pointe Serafine Cruise Terminal in Castries is slated for completion in the middle …

Cruise Traffic Surges in St Maarten

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor St Maarten’s crusie renaissance continues in the wake of Hurricane Irma. Five cruise ships with over 10,000 cruise passengers and crew are slated to visit St. Maarten on Christmas and Boxing Day. The Marella Celebration and Royal Caribbean’s …