JLC@SD Posted December 29, 2005 #1 Share Posted December 29, 2005 How does this happen......:confused: Here is the link: http://www.cruisecal.com/dnn/Default.aspx?tabid=109 There will be the...... Sea Princess, Star Princess Norwegian Jewel, Radiance of the Seas, Carnival Valor, Rhapsody of the Seas, Norwegian Dawn, Oceana, Jewel of the Seas and Carnival Conquest........ crowding each other for anchor and tender space. Each ship averages 3,000 passengers. If you are on the Sea or Star, you will be joined by 30,000 other people at Stingray Bay........:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logie Posted December 29, 2005 #2 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Wow! Is say unless you are Elite and using your get out of jail free card in the tender line to just forget it and stay on the ship. Maybe some of the ships will see this and change. I remember once we were to be in St Thomas or St Maarten and one of the days there were too many ships. They switched the two around and we were fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasetf Posted December 29, 2005 #3 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Wow! Is say unless you are Elite and using your get out of jail free card in the tender line to just forget it and stay on the ship. I am afraid even that would not help. The Grand has at least 4 total, and sometimes 5 or 6 ships in port when it is in. Makes one understand where all the tendering complaints are coming from with that small tender docking area......:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted December 29, 2005 #4 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Sounds miserable! It could be worse - there could be a few Voyager class ships there :( I am not sure if I would even bother getting off the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherman931 Posted December 29, 2005 #5 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Me thinks that more and more people will choose to stay on board. Will this be good or bad for the ship? and the vednors in port? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verystormy Posted December 29, 2005 #6 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Got to say this is the main thing that puts my wife off cruising - we normally holiday in tropical parts of the world such as South America, India Africa and Thailand, normally we feel "crowded" if there are more than a dozen people on two miles of beach, or twenty tourists in town at the same time, how she would cope with these numbers i would not like to imagine. It is of course only going to get worse. As cruising becomes more popluar, more ships and bigger ships being built, we are going to have to learn to "adapt" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodofpine Posted December 29, 2005 #7 Share Posted December 29, 2005 What the GC tourist authorities are thinking. When this many ships are at port (which is pretty common now) it must significantly impair the island as a destination for (far more economically important) land based tourists. GC is just too small to handle this sort of load. The last time we were on GC in March we faced this sort of scene; the elbow to elbow throngs everywhere basically ruined what is otherwise a wonderful island... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongerob Posted December 29, 2005 #8 Share Posted December 29, 2005 I wonder what the locals think about all this? Whether or not you go ashore, they still get the port fees. Too bad there aren't any good alternatives to provide some competition. It feels a bit like highway robbery, or at least like paying for a movie only to find out that less than half who have tickets will actually get to see the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolles96 Posted December 29, 2005 #9 Share Posted December 29, 2005 I just checked our itinerary and it shows the Star Princess going to GC on The 25th of January. Maybe thay have already changed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mii Posted December 29, 2005 #10 Share Posted December 29, 2005 WOW if that happened to me on a cruise I would stay on the ship. That poor island could not stand all of those people. Marilyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted December 29, 2005 #11 Share Posted December 29, 2005 WOW if that happened to me on a cruise I would stay on the ship. That poor island could not stand all of those people. Marilyn Ditto. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coiran Posted December 29, 2005 #12 Share Posted December 29, 2005 WOW!! Ten ships in GC at one time - if everyone goes ashore the island will sink!! Who can we sue for this?? Maybe the Port Authority?? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdjam Posted December 29, 2005 #13 Share Posted December 29, 2005 I too would stay on the ship in this case - a cool drink poolside and a nice book would be better than fighting the crowds on shore (if I ever got there) anyday. It’s another case of greed and overrun ruining it for everyone. After my last trip to St. Thomas, where there were six ships in and walking around reminded me of being in downtown San Francisco during holiday shopping, I have a hard time picking the Caribbean as a cruise destination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrp96 Posted December 29, 2005 #14 Share Posted December 29, 2005 And this is why I, more and more, find myself planning my own "sea" days for days we are in ports I've already been to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julieh Posted December 29, 2005 #15 Share Posted December 29, 2005 We are in Grand Cayman at the moment and there are 4 ships in port and it was so crowded. I wouldn't get off if there were 10! There were long lines for the tenders except luckily for us Princess Last time we were in St Thomas there were 10 ships in and it was horrendous. It is quite worrying as more and more ships are built and placed in the caribbean. Julie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsulin2 Posted December 30, 2005 #16 Share Posted December 30, 2005 I was on a HAL cruise over Christmas, 2002, and there were 13 ships in Cozumel! The Zaandam was able to dock at a pier, so no problem getting off and on. I went on a snorkel/beach break tour, and when our tour returned the tenders from the "unlucky" ships were still operating. I noticed that a Crystal and a Radisson ship were docked at San Miguel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisin Kay D Posted December 30, 2005 #17 Share Posted December 30, 2005 According to the Cayman Port Authority's website (http://www.caymanport.com) these are the only ships scheduled to be at anchor on 1/26: Rhapsody of The Seas Jewel of the Seas Sea Princess Norwegian Dawn Carnival Conquest Holiday Dream (very small/less than 900 people) Often there is a discrepancy between Cayman Port authority & cruisecal website. My suggestion after being there half-dozen times, is to get off, take a cab to the Westin or Courtyard & go to their beach -- if you like to walk, then walk back towards the ships along the beach/waterfront -- then get a cab at Hyatt or at Marriott. You will LOVE this beach -- WONDERFUL, SMOOTH SAND, ETC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Coral Posted December 30, 2005 #18 Share Posted December 30, 2005 It has been a year since I have cruised to the Caribbean (this year I did Alaska and NE/Canada) - I thought things were super crowded doing the Eastern Caribbean last December. I am in the process of trying to figure out what my next cruise will be and the Caribbean is ranking very low on my list. While I find the Caribbean very gorgeous - I don't like wall to wall people in the ports. It just doesn't make the port days enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnc411 Posted December 30, 2005 #19 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Hi, we are going to be in GC on March 23, and Cruise Cal lists 8 ships in port , so I am a bit worried about this as well , we have a tour booked , but might change our minds. Thanks for posting the port authority site, going to check that out and hope that Cruise Cal is wrong. Cori Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevesan Posted December 30, 2005 #20 Share Posted December 30, 2005 According to the Cayman Port Authority's website (www.caymanport.com) these are the only ships scheduled to be at anchor on 1/26:Rhapsody of The Seas Jewel of the Seas Sea Princess Norwegian Dawn Carnival Conquest Holiday Dream (very small/less than 900 people) Often there is a discrepancy between Cayman Port authority & cruisecal website. It's so often wrong that I finally removed the Cruise Cal bookmark from my list. Way too many errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baffles Posted December 30, 2005 #21 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Hi, we are going to be in GC on March 23, and Cruise Cal lists 8 ships in port , so I am a bit worried about this as well , we have a tour booked , but might change our minds. Thanks for posting the port authority site, going to check that out and hope that Cruise Cal is wrong. Cori I think we're still good for EIGHT SHIPS that day Cori. Way to many in the first place. We're going to wait and see how bad it looks before getting off. We've been here several times, so going ashore is not critical........ Is there a place on board for the March 11-25 cruise where CC people are meeting? baffles............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toto2Kansas Posted December 30, 2005 #22 Share Posted December 30, 2005 We stopped at GC once with 7 ships in port. We tendered in, and went right back to the ship. There was not enough room to even walk around. Sorry to have to share that with you but it resembled an actual zoo of people everywhere. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie333 Posted December 30, 2005 #23 Share Posted December 30, 2005 What a nightmare! GC tendering is such a disaster on good days, anything more than 4 ships is just too much to handle. CruiseCal says that we are the only ship for my next cruise but I guess I should not rely on that info too much, I'll check out the cayman site listed (thanks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host CJSKIDS Posted December 30, 2005 #24 Share Posted December 30, 2005 GC looks like it's going to be a nightmare the day we arrive in March. There are 7 ships there that day and the Star and The Grand both arrive at the same time and depart at the same time. I wonder how the heck Princess is going to handle this. Carnival arrives 1 hour prior so they're also going to be busy handling this ship. Wonder if Princess is going to get their act together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTimeCruiser Posted December 30, 2005 #25 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Boy, what a mess....I thought that Grand Cayman was a mess last month. Can't imagine 10 ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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