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Re: St. Maarten Quarter Approved *DELETED*
[Re: Carol_Hill]
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Re: St. Maarten Quarter Approved
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Yes, I do wonder how it will affect merchants on Front Street and downtown otherwise. If it results in more ships being home ported in SXM, that will be a good thing overall for the island though.
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Re: St. Maarten Quarter Approved
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04/09/2015 01:56 PM
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Gary--I guess I'm not doing something right, as when I click on your 'designers' link, all I get is one screen that has almost no info on it.
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Re: St. Maarten Quarter Approved
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04/09/2015 05:03 PM
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RonDon said: Looking at the design drawing I can't figure out where the street is. It looks like the complex is over the water.
Is it to be near Chesterfields or will that be gone too? the project will be from the harbour terminal down to Chesterfield's.. there is an empty lot with sand hills there now. chesterfield's is not owned by the harbour.. So in the meantime, dredging is going on at chesterfield's for the building of a new mega yacht marina . it doesn't stop
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Re: St. Maarten Quarter Approved
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04/10/2015 08:23 AM
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<img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Thumbsup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Thumbsup.gif" alt="" /> my thoughts exactly!
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Re: St. Maarten Quarter Approved
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As so often happens, Sharon, you and Barbara are expressing my very worse fears - it's not about the island and all its' people but the same few who ultimately benefit. And much as I hate to admit this, I hope I'm old enough to never experience up front and personal the 'betterment' that is proposed for Simpson Bay. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
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Re: St. Maarten Quarter Approved
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Sharon--I think you are probably correct, on all counts. That d*mn cruise pier in Simpson Bay will be a HUGE disaster for both residents of the island and visitors who stay in Simpson Bay.
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Re: St. Maarten Quarter Approved
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Sadly dreadging Simpson Bay for a new cruise pier will change the way tides and hurricanes come together. Creating new disasters from unthought of issues. As for the Royal Caribbean Disneyland, they are creating a private island for passengers on St Maarten. The point of cruising was to see new places, this will be lost. They have more crap than a Christmas turkey to do on the ship, the don't need a theme park pier.
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Re: St. Maarten Quarter Approved
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Re: St. Maarten Quarter Approved
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04/10/2015 03:43 PM
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Dave_and_Jen said: I looked at the plans and I don't get the Disneyland comparison. There are no big rides, no amphitheaters, no water slides, no massive parking lots, no giant mice ...
The entire site is only 6.5 acres, and most of that looks like it will be taken up by a hotel and lagoon. Its hard to believe there's enough space left over to have enough shopping and dining to affect the rest of St Maarten's economy. I guess I just don't buy the dire predictions. I wonder if Loterie Farm with their zip lines would agree with you since this new development will have zip lines. Most of their business had come from cruise ship passengers who will now stay close to the ship. And other vendors who depend on boat trips to dive snorkel etc. And if you arrived on a cruise ship and found all this close to ship would you venture off to explore the island and spend elsewhere? Brings to mind a cruise we took with a stop at Casa Maya only to find it was a town completely owned by the cruise lines---fixed prices, cabs not allowed. We had to craw under a fence to hail a cab and explore the nearest town where we found food and merchandize at 1/16th the prices in Casa Maya. True this area will be fenced (or will it?) and if a passenger has no desire to utilize anything offered there, they may venture out and spend with local businesses but this just makes it easier that they don't. And I can hardly wait to see if it brings sustained noise to the area. That will spoil my visits to SXM. Traffic is bad enough without looking at an amusement park like atmosphere from my condo.
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Re: St. Maarten Quarter Approved
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RonDon said: I wonder if Loterie Farm with their zip lines would agree with you since this new development will have zip lines. Most of their business had come from cruise ship passengers who will now stay close to the ship. So the Dutch side should reject a development that will strengthen ties with a major cruise line and create hundreds of jobs to protect a small business on the French side? This is obviously a very emotional issue for a lot of people, but ... we will just have to see how this plays out. In the meantime, I guess I have learned my lesson about expressing opinions on this board. Won't make that mistake again! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
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