Bruce Posted October 16, 2021 Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 Just got back from 7 day eastern cruise (3 Oct- 10 Oct) had a great time EXCEPT at St. Thomas this stop for a Oasis size ship is a waste of time We had to dock at the far end of the island because the ship is to large to dock at the main port. This dock has maybe 50 -70 shops, out of that maybe 20 are open and they have there prices way out of line. Talked to one of the owners and they said it is hard to stay open because only the very large ships dock there. At the main port all of the other cruise ships dock there and have all the shops and outlets. You can take a taxi from the far side to the main port but it than costs and you still have to be back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted October 16, 2021 Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 Are you sure you don't mean St. Thomas? As far as I know St. Maarten only has one cruise port where they dock all the ships. St. Thomas has Havensight and Crown Bay (where the Oasis class ships dock). bobroo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted October 16, 2021 Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 Crown Bay is 3.3 miles from Havensight. It's a 12 minute taxi ride. Neither are on "the far end of the island ". Cruise ships can't visit the far ends of the island. I get it. The pandemic has impacted a lot of things. Stores are closed and some retailers are out of business. They rely exclusively on tourists to survive and there haven't been any tourists for 16 months. Some stores may never reopen at Crown Bay and at Havensight. Terrible thing this pandemic. wordell1 and ChessE4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted October 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 1 hour ago, AshleyDillo said: Are you sure you don't mean St. Thomas? As far as I know St. Maarten only has one cruise port where they dock all the ships. St. Thomas has Havensight and Crown Bay (where the Oasis class ships dock). Sorry your right AshleyDillo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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