Not only will this hurt town but many other places on the island will suffer since why pay for tours or taxis when you can spend the day right near the ship & go back on board for lunch, snacks etc. I think this will effect Orient, Loterie farm & all the taxi drivers that make their living by giving island tours.

This combined with The Rainforest Adventure, which has also gone
through, will basically suck all of the revenue from the cruise ships so there will be very little left for the independent business owner. Once again the
government has made sure they took care of themselves & left the people
to just have to stand & watch a chosen few make all of the money.

This really reminds me of Atlantic City when they were trying to get the gambling there. They made so many promises to the people of AC about
how this was going to help the whole city & they would rejuvenate the
whole area & make it all wonderful. If you have gone to AC you know that
this never happened & you would never venture off the boardwalk into the
surrounding areas because they look like war zones. Now casinos are
closing so the situation will get even worse. What will happen here after
they have destroyed all the small businesses & then Cuba becomes the
darling of the cruise lines???

I am so disappointed in the place I have adopted as my home because I feel as if my happiness here is being greatly compromised. This doesn't
even touch on the cruise pier, etc. they plan on putting on the other side of
the channel from Royal Palm. The people of Simpson Bay are screaming
out for justice but no one in government really gives a damn!!!!