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Re: It may be unusually busy in road town
[Re: warren460]
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02/24/2015 10:14 AM
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I would think sooner or later, they may have to take the passengers off the ship, which would be somewhat of a nightmare, ferry to STT, I guess.
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Re: It may be unusually busy in road town
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02/25/2015 09:49 AM
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The news article seemed to say that the dock was closed all together at the moment. I don't know which one is correct.
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Re: It may be unusually busy in road town
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02/25/2015 11:04 AM
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The cruise ship pier is definitely not in usable condition right now.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. - Mark Twain
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Re: It may be unusually busy in road town
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02/25/2015 03:22 PM
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Manpot said: This is high season..best time to build the new cruise ship dock..rather than wait til summer??? All fine by me ..the more ships we scare away the better! The business value was always less about the pocket changes the cruise passengers leave behind and much more about the shorter term jobs from the major construction project. Season or No season there would always be a small influential group who would resist any delay in getting the big money, big job project underway. Same with the airport. While there is certainly some ego and national pride behind the project. There is a critical group who just want the jobs today that come with a big public works project.
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Re: It may be unusually busy in road town
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02/26/2015 11:02 AM
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warren460 said: They probably don't want to tender the passengers in. Only a guess. Usually people in Wheel-chairs can not go on a Tender, so I am sure that will cause a lot of complains for the Cruise ship
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Re: It may be unusually busy in road town
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02/26/2015 12:24 PM
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It's not at all just wheelchairs--it takes a TON of time to tender back and forth, as opposed to being able to just walk off the ship. And of course, if there are swells, it can be dangerous, especially with older clientele.
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Re: It may be unusually busy in road town
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02/26/2015 12:42 PM
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A couple of months ago I was watching them ferry passengers back and forth with a mix of ships boats and large cats (like the RTFF). Made me wonder if some of big boats were borrowed from one of the local ferry companies or if they were brought in from somewhere else.
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Re: It may be unusually busy in road town
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02/26/2015 12:44 PM
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I talked to Sky (Sunset Apts). He said, while no one will admit it out loud, it is the tenders that is sending ships to other ports. I also asked if he thought the new pier will be completedeby the April 30 deadline. He just chuckled.
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Re: It may be unusually busy in road town
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02/26/2015 12:56 PM
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It can take literally HOURS to get everyone off a ship when you have to tender, when you're talking 4000 people, if everyone gets off. And the same is true, getting back on.
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