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Re: SXM daily cruise pax record!
[Re: the captain]
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01/28/2023 09:55 AM
01/28/2023 09:55 AM
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Those are certainly days to avoid Maho Beach, that's for sure.
Looking at the scheduled for TODAY, it looks like maybe there are four (small) ships that are currently homeported in SXM?? There are 4 ships that are in port today, a Saturday, from like 6 am to 7 pm. I have always wanted to do a cruise out of SXM. Maybe need to look at that some more. Spend a few days on island before, to avoid arriving on a Saturday (horror!), and then go home after..
Carol Hill
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Re: SXM daily cruise pax record!
[Re: ronandcarla]
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01/28/2023 08:34 PM
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Posts: 18,880 Auburn, WA
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We think it's absolutely wonderful for all these cruise ships and their passengers to stop in SXM; all of the shop owners, employees, taxi drivers, restaurants, beach set up folks, tour drivers need all of this activity to make ends meet from all of the terrible times in the past years. It's just like all of the shore towns in the Northeast part of the USA with only about 5 or 6 months to make as much money possible. 👍👍👍
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Re: SXM daily cruise pax record!
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01/29/2023 08:31 AM
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Island population closer to 80k
If only the infrastructure would catch up.
Elaine ********************************* God Bless the broken road....
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Re: SXM daily cruise pax record!
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#294727
01/29/2023 09:08 AM
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Posts: 2,029 Westchester /NYC
Colour1
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It's always good to know the schedule ahead of time to plan out your day! It's nice that Carol and Eric TTOL provide this link!!
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Re: SXM daily cruise pax record!
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01/29/2023 11:50 AM
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Avoiding Maho and Philipsburg is good advice. As first-time visitors, it's probably helpful if we were a shade more descriptive. "Maho" refers to the area around the airport. near the end of the runway (beach and the area around it). Philipsburg refers to... um... Philipsburg! Which is where the cruise ships dock. Here is my favorite site to go to check cruise ships at Philipsburg. I focus on the passenger count; this is more important than the ship count (look at Feb 11 - two ships: 808 pax. The next day, Feb 12, just one ship, but 2,074 pax! --> it's not about the number of ships, it's the number of passengers). Avoid Philipsburg on high-passenger count days.
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Re: SXM daily cruise pax record!
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01/30/2023 06:16 PM
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We were on island then. That day we stayed put at Dawn Beach but the next day (also with 6 ships in port) we had to take our friends to the airport. Took a detour to check out the beach at Maho, it was CRAZY! There wasn't a square inch of sand without a body standing or sitting on it. I've seen the beach busy before, but this was unreal.
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Re: SXM daily cruise pax record!
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01/30/2023 07:05 PM
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I like it when the ships are in port. My time to hit Philipsburg. I like the activity. Since Covid and somewhat prior to it, town was not nearly as busy as it used to be on days when a lot of ships were in port.
J.D.
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Re: SXM daily cruise pax record!
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#294883
01/31/2023 08:16 AM
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Colour1
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Going to be a very busy day today! FIVE ships in port !! 31-01 Tue 06:30 - 18:00 VOYAGER OF THE SEAS CPS-NE 31-01 Tue 06:45 - 19:30 SX230556 MSC SEASIDE CPN-NW 31-01 Tue 07:15 - 17:00 SX230365 NIEUW STATENDAM CPS-SW 31-01 Tue 07:45 - 18:00 SX230292 VISION OF THE SEAS CPS-SE 31-01 Tue 08:00 - 19:00 SX230291 SYMPHONY OF THE SEAS
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