What open in ports at Christmas??

[dstables]

We are sailing over Christmas and I was wondering what would be open at ports on Christmas eve and Christmas day???

[Coral]

You may want to narrow down what region you are cruising to???

 

In Mexico - the shore excursions on Christmas day ran as usual.....

[dstables]

We are sailing the Southern Caribbean. I believe St. Lucis and St Kitts are the 2 ports.

[Infi]

We were in St. Lucia on Christmas day in 2009. All of the stores downtown were closed, and only a handful of stores were open in the complex on the pier. Streets were pretty empty, too, though taxi drivers were plentiful.

The next day (12/26) we were in St. Kitts. Boxing day is their Carnival holiday, and downtown was shut down to traffic so they could have their parade and parties. It was interesting and fun to see their holiday celebration - not something you'd see on an ordinary day, that's for sure.

 

Like Coral mentioned, ship excursions will run as usual. Just don't expect to do much shopping on Christmas day, no matter what port you're in. Christmas eve will have some stores closed, or closing early, but not as drastic as Christmas day. Hope that helps.

[toeloop]

Some of the islands have their big celebrations on Christmas Eve and just about everything is open on Christmas day. I cruised at Christmas 3 years in a row and was luck enough to visit islands that celebrated this way.

[azbirdmom]

We were in St Lucia on Christmas Day 2010. All of the stores in the port shops were open for business, but the other stores downtown appeared closed. We booked a tour directly with a local company and all of the usual Princess excursions were up and running that day.