With the cruise ships that are planning to home port in SXM, that's really going to drive demand and ultimately prices. The cruise lines and also cruise wholesalers buy seats in bulk to sell to those who like to buy a cruise and air package, and that will carve out seats early, drive load factor and ultimately prices. Lots of cruisers like to tack on some extra days at the home port before or after their cruise, so hopefully that pushes some of the demand off Saturday/Sunday. Add 3000 cruise passengers per ship to the Saturday time share travelers, folks connecting to neighbor islands and Princess Juliana will be tough to navigate. On the upside, to service the demand perhaps the airlines will add flights, giving us all more options. It will be interesting to see if the cruise lines line up some charters from major cities to help fill their ships...I kinda hope they do.

"We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came." ~ John F. Kennedy