Pat said,
Friends of ours made their first (and only) visit to SXM from a cruise ship stop there May of ‘96, the Spring after Luis paid his call to SXM.

Smart and very well traveled people but to this day, they have never been inclined to return. We visited the island the April after Luis and I have to admit, if I hadn’t known better, I might have thought the same thing.

How ironic Pat, we had friends that did the same thing. They also have never gone back. It's not the same situation that all of us TTOL'ers have been and done in SXM over all these years. We know the island, for some of us it's our 2nd home. Cruisers just want off the ship and have fun and get the most out of their money. They will witness all the destruction and probably will not want to come back. SXM will be back better than ever but don't push it or they will not be back.