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Re: 7 ships in port on New Year's Eve!!
[Re: PelicanPirate]
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11/11/2015 10:42 PM
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There were 7 in port on March 5 of this year and 7 scheduled for Feb. 4 2016.
Check the Cruise/Port Schedule for more information.
J.D.
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Re: 7 ships in port on New Year's Eve!!
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11/12/2015 09:17 AM
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The Ship Schedule is pretty accurate but always subject to change.
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Re: 7 ships in port on New Year's Eve!!
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11/12/2015 09:21 AM
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Hey, back in the old days when we used to take 3 cruises a year we ALWAYS had to tender! Of course, back then the ships were a lot smaller.
Carol Hill
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Re: 7 ships in port on New Year's Eve!!
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11/12/2015 09:38 AM
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That strikes a nice memory of some of our very early island visits, Carol.
Years ago, and I'm thinking perhaps the early 80's, we used to go into town early in the morning so we could snag a convenient parking spot on Front or Back Street.....a very different P'berg then, I might add.
We would usually head to a place on the waterside of Front Street called Pinocchio's (which has been long gone for at best guess, at least twenty years or more...) where we and the girls would enjoy breakfast (usually warm freshly baked croissants included in it...) while we waited for the shops to open at their leisurely pace, and where we could watch the tenders bringing their passengers into Wathey's pier. The people always looked so carefree and happy as they came down the pier...... And we loved to see the ships anchored out a bit and swinging in the currents.....
I haven't really noticed lately, but I wonder if they still do the tenders........i know they were going to bring people to the newer pier at the other end of town, but I can't say I've ever really paid attention.....
Respectfully,
pat
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Re: 7 ships in port on New Year's Eve!!
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11/12/2015 10:28 AM
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Tendering in SXM is a thing of the past on the Dutch side, except for exceedingly busy days, like a 7 ship day AND except for the Queen Mary II, I think. The QMII had too deep a draft to dock in SXM, a year or so ago. She was built as an ocean-going vessel, unlike how they build the new ships today. Don't know if they had dredged the harbor deeper for her now or not. It's funny, the little tiny ships that we used to sail on in the old days had deeper drafts in many instances than do the behomeths today. I guess that works out ok, most of the time..
Carol Hill
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Re: 7 ships in port on New Year's Eve!!
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11/12/2015 10:57 AM
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Does she still have to tender, do you know? Of course, she doesn't come to SXM that often.
Carol Hill
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Re: 7 ships in port on New Year's Eve!!
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11/13/2015 05:20 PM
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Wow, that's an awful early leaving time!!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" /> Hope it works out for you!
Carol Hill
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Re: 7 ships in port on New Year's Eve!!
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11/13/2015 09:01 PM
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ruralcarrier said: There were 7 in port on March 5 of this year and 7 scheduled for Feb. 4 2016.
Check the Cruise/Port Schedule for more information. We just miss it...We are staying on Orient March 7-17th....Can't wait.
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Re: 7 ships in port on New Year's Eve!!
[Re: PelicanPirate]
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11/17/2015 03:22 PM
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Actually, check out the Port of St Maarten webcam . She's on the dock! By the way, not sure if others have noticed the ship locator at the bottom of the screen, it shows you which ships are where. Pretty cool!
Carol Hill
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Re: 7 ships in port on New Year's Eve!!
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11/23/2015 03:59 PM
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RaleighToSXM said: My good news? Wife and I are back on a cruise ship to St Marteen, which means a third visit to Club O. YIPEE
Bad news: We are one of the seven ships on Nov. 19. OMG If we are one of the first ships to port, we are making a bee-line for the taxis, and straight to Club O. If we are one of the later ships to dock, I'm afraid we may have to do something else, especially since we are first ship out of port at 3:00 PM
If we should make it to Club O, stop by and say Hi. We'll be the naked couple with Holland cruise towels..... :-) Followup, (for anyone who was dying to know ;-) We were 3rd ship to dock, so we decided to try Club O. We were the first 2 people off our ship, and pier was already empty from the previous ships. We headed straight to taxi stand, where I requested an immediate taxi for 2. We arrived Club O around 8:45 AM, and easily found an unclaimed pair of chairs and umbrella about half way between Perch and Papagayo. Interesting note on the taxi ride. I asked the taxi driver (female) about the road to Paradis Pic, but she replied the taxis are not allowed to go up there anymore, due to the increased likely hood of getting stopped and robbed. We had a beautiful day at Club O. Ended up sitting next to 'Mayor' Dennis and his wife. He kept my wife and I entertained the whole time. There are so many great people to meet in paradise. We stayed about as long as we dared for our 2:30 ship deadline, boarding a taxi at Pedro's at 1:30 for out trip back to port. Turns out we could have stayed until 2:00 :-(
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