3 ships

[mattR]

There will be three ships in port the day we will be in Aruba is that a busy day or normal?  

[Hatteras51]

It will be very crowded. I've been there many times when there have been 3 ships in port. Sometimes there are 4 ships in port and then it is total insanity! 

[GaTravelingMom]

How can you tell how many ships will be in port on your day?

[njhorseman]

2 minutes ago, GaTravelingMom said:

How can you tell how many ships will be in port on your day?

There's an official Aruba port schedule you can find here: http://www.arubaports.com/main/cruiseship-schedules/ however they don't seem to publish the schedule in advance of the current month.

 

 I use cruisetimetables.com for any port but it's not official and it's wrong fairly often. Others use cruisett.com but I find it to be even more inaccurate than cruisetimetables .

 

[GaTravelingMom]

Thank you! Our cruise is not for a long time, but it was interesting to see what is projected. Like our day in Aruba looks like a 3 ship day! Sounds like it might be chaos - so I need to plan well in advance!

[heatherc73]

On 8/4/2019 at 5:22 PM, GaTravelingMom said:

Thank you! Our cruise is not for a long time, but it was interesting to see what is projected. Like our day in Aruba looks like a 3 ship day! Sounds like it might be chaos - so I need to plan well in advance!

Can't remember where I found this one, but I like it better than the other ones I've visited:

https://www.cruisemapper.com/ports/oranjestad-port-452

 

Hope this helps....and you're not already back!

[cb at sea]

3 ships is nothing...there are a TON of land-vacationers there at ANY given time.  The ships are a minor part of the tourism that Aruba hosts!

[Hatteras51]

12 hours ago, cb at sea said:

3 ships is nothing...there are a TON of land-vacationers there at ANY given time.  The ships are a minor part of the tourism that Aruba hosts!

I completely disagree with this statement. As a yearly land vacationer to Aruba, and also someone who has been there on a cruise, I can attest to the fact that the island is definitely much more congested when 3 or more ships are in port.