As far as cruise ship traffic in general, I think the actual number of cruise ship passengers is about the same as in previous years. Disney has pulled out with most of their ships, yes, but my personal perception is that it didn't have much to do with SXM as a destination, but because there wasn't a dedicated "Margaritaville" type destination in SXM where they could guarantee themselves a really large percentage of the money from their passengers.... They went to Tortola, which really is not a great cruise ship destination, but where they built a pier facility where they keep their pax kind of 'captive' and retain all their money. Hard to do that on SXM, where there are a lot more things that cruise ship passengers would like to see and do.


Carol Hill