Falmouth Port Info

[Mysticks1]

New information released on the new Falmouth port in Adam Goldstein's blog. If you click on the photo and the rendering in the article they will enlarge. They still anticipate the first ship to call there in January.

http://www.nationofwhynot.com/blog/

[m steve]

on HAL and docking, not tendering.

[m steve]

Is there a duty free liquor store like in O.R.?

[Mysticks1]

The first ships are not scheduled to dock there until January.

[m steve]

Nov. 17th on the Ryndam. 11 am to 6 pm.

[Mysticks1]

Nov. 17th on the Ryndam. 11 am to 6 pm.

 

This is an excerpt from the article I linked above. The port is being built by Royal Caribbean and they are behind their original schedule - the new expected completion date is January 2011. You might want to keep checking your itinerary for a change. Many have already been changed.

"For the past 3 years, Royal Caribbean has been leading an initiative in collaboration with the Port Authority of Jamaica to create a brand new cruise port of call: “Historic Falmouth Jamaica”. The port is located on the North coast of Jamaica midway between Montego Bay and Ocho Rios. It is currently under construction and is designed to accommodate two large ships simultaneously. It meets the operating requirements of the Oasis of the Seas and will become a marquee destination of the Oasis’ Western itinerary beginning in March 2011. The new port will start to accept cruise ships in January 2011 (January 7 with Navigator of the Seas) and Oasis and Allure will start to make biweekly calls in March 2011. Originally we had planned to open this port at the same time as Oasis arrived into Port Everglades but as is often the case with really big projects, it has taken somewhat longer than we originally anticipated. But we are no less excited by the prospect for the development"

[m steve]

will be building their own piers. I called HAL and they say the ship is still scheduled to stop there in Nov. Hal has cruises booked there in October as well.

[Bakincakes]

Maybe they are "renting" space from RCI to dock their ships?

[m steve]

before the Ostentatious of the Sea arrives.