Question about ferries from St Thomas to St John

[jjgarv2]

We will be docking at Crown Bay and in the past we took a cab to Redhook to catch the ferry over to STJ. It appears that there is a ferry from the harbor in Charlotte Amalie which would save cab fare and time....anyone have experince with this ferry?

TIA

[coachnip13]

We will be docking at Crown Bay and in the past we took a cab to Redhook to catch the ferry over to STJ. It appears that there is a ferry from the harbor in Charlotte Amalie which would save cab fare and time....anyone have experince with this ferry?

TIA

 

It doesn't save time. The time it takes you to sail from Charlotte Amalie south and east toward Red Hook is more than the time it takes you to ride in a taxi to Red Hook. Also, the ferry from C.A. and back goes a lot less frequently than the one from R.H.

[blue_water]

agreed, take the Red Hook ferry, that also gives you the option of enjoying a drink or lunch in Red Hook if you want or even hitting Sapphire Beach just down the road as part of your tour.

[zqvol]

It doesn't save time. The time it takes you to sail from Charlotte Amalie south and east toward Red Hook is more than the time it takes you to ride in a taxi to Red Hook. Also, the ferry from C.A. and back goes a lot less frequently than the one from R.H.

 

 

Plus the cost of the ferry is more from town so in the end you don't save very much if anything.

[kcparrothead]

I'm a bit surprised to read these opinions of leaving from Charlotte Amalie! We've left from Red Hook before, but after looking at the times of leaving Charlotte Amalie& the fact that they work for us, we are thinking of leaving from there. The cost is only $2.00 more per person, but we would save about $40. in cab fare for the two of us! I think we're going to try it this time. Like I read in another post, it would be better spending that extra 30 minutes on the water rather than in a cab!

[Ms411]

The biggest problem with the Charlotte Amalie/STJ ferry is the schedule usually changes in either April or May, and sometimes they suspend service for a while, because the demand drops off. The Red Hook ferry is consistent.

[kcparrothead]

The biggest problem with the Charlotte Amalie/STJ ferry is the schedule usually changes in either April or May, and sometimes they suspend service for a while, because the demand drops off. The Red Hook ferry is consistent.

 

Thanks - we won't be there until June - guess we'll head back to Red Hook just to be safe!

[cruisegal96]

I agree with several of the others, the Charlotte Amalie ferry doesn't run as frequent as the Red Hook ferry & it takes around 45 minutes vs a 20 minute ferry ride from Red Hook.