Why are the San Juan cruises a later sailaway time than most other embarkation ports?

[Cruisinmsk]

Curious as most ships sailaway late afternoon/early evening? Just curious the reasoning behind that.

[Towel Critter]

This is just a guess on my part, but I assume it is because of the longer flights required. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong. :-)

[christyran1228]

Possibly flights ... also give you time to explore the port. At least that's what we did, because we had an early flight at the end of the cruise that was the only time we got to explore San Juan. :)

[olcar]

St Thomas being a short distance from San Juan.

[Towel Critter]

St Thomas being a short distance from San Juan.

Ah! Makes sense. Is St Thomas always the first stop?

[Sixtytwo]

I agree, I suspect it is because the St. whatevers are only a short cruise from San Juan that leaving later is the best option.

[StillPooh]

I think it’s to give passengers flying in the same day plenty of time to arrive. Although on our Caribbean Princess cruise, we arrived in the early afternoon for a 9 pm departure, that ended up being closer to midnight due to engine problems. NOT an auspicious beginning!

[MeganGC1983]

It’s considered at port day so it is treated as such. You have passengers that embark from Barbados that are not debarking in San Juan. It’s one of their full port days.

 

 

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[olcar]

Ah! Makes sense. Is St Thomas always the first stop?

 

 

 

From my understanding, yes, St Thomas is the first stop from San Juan.

[Towel Critter]

From my understanding, yes, St Thomas is the first stop from San Juan.

I see. Thanks for replying.

[BoDidly]

San Juan ,the city doesn't wake until noonish ;p.

[winddawn]

Funny responses! The late departure is because of the time it takes to reach San Juan by air from the mainland U.S.

[A&Jfamily]

Even leaving late you crawl to St Thomas...

 

 

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[Cruisinmsk]

Thanks for all the responses!

[Garth2]

I agree with all of the above reasons, and it may also be to entice passengers to visit the casino which is walking distance from the ship.

[DukeASUGirl]

St. Thomas is super close, plus they do this to allow people to explore San Juan.

[Homosassa]

I wonder how much it has to do with the narrow ship channel into the port of San Juan. The channel is used for both cargo and cruise ships.

 

I have only seen one ship at a time in the channel and I imagine arrivals and departures are tightly scheduled with cruise ships either departing by mid afternoon or mid evening.

[jsglow]

All the answers are correct. And Carnival isn't the only cruise line that does that. BTW, leaving past the softly illuminated fort is perhaps my favorite departure. I never tire being on the rail for that.

[Shonny Wayway]

It’s considered at port day so it is treated as such. You have passengers that embark from Barbados that are not debarking in San Juan. It’s one of their full port days.

 

 

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It is the day Barbadians shop til they drop!!! So we appreciate the late sail away

[theboatahoy]

Funny responses! The late departure is because of the time it takes to reach San Juan by air from the mainland U.S.

It's actually because it is a port day for when the ship emabrks passengers in Barbados.

 

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[BarJen]

It’s considered at port day so it is treated as such. You have passengers that embark from Barbados that are not debarking in San Juan. It’s one of their full port days.

 

 

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I agree :)

 

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