Rare Tapi Posted January 14, 2020 #1 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) Hi, We just booked the Freedom of the Seas, stopping in St. Kitts. Cruise Timetable is showing 5 ships calling there on that day (including Celebrity Equinox, Aurora, Crystal Serenity, Sea Dream I, and the Freedom of the Seas). Has anybody been there when there are that many ships in town? I have to say that I was a bit surprised to see so many ships there in one day. Having Cozumel and Nassau flashbacks. 🤪 I didn’t even realize that they had the facilities to handle that number of ships. Thanks for any input. Edited January 14, 2020 by Tapi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul58 Posted January 14, 2020 #2 Share Posted January 14, 2020 They recently opened their second pier at the port so they can handle more ships. They have a few issues with the new pier but it will allow more ships to dock and eliminate the need to tender passengers to the port. As a non-cruising visitor we would either stay away from the crowds or not go out until they left. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeton123211 Posted January 14, 2020 #3 Share Posted January 14, 2020 3 hours ago, Tapi said: Sea Dream I, Can't imagine the passengers on Sea Dream are going to be very amused-- paying a huge premium to be on a ship with only 100 passengers only to wade into 10,000 cruise passengers onshore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tapi Posted January 14, 2020 Author #4 Share Posted January 14, 2020 3 hours ago, princeton123211 said: Can't imagine the passengers on Sea Dream are going to be very amused-- paying a huge premium to be on a ship with only 100 passengers only to wade into 10,000 cruise passengers onshore. I thought that too. Maybe they’ll anchor somewhere else and tender so that they don’t have to deal with the “riff raff” from the big mass market ships. 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul58 Posted January 15, 2020 #5 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) Many of the small ships do anchor offshore and tender into the port. Today 1/15/2020-the Royal Clipper is anchored offshore. Edited January 15, 2020 by paul58 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeton123211 Posted January 15, 2020 #6 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, paul58 said: Many of the small ships do anchor offshore and tender into the port. The tenders on the little SeaDream ships are at least twice as fast as the tender of a large cruise ship-- almost like little speedboats. More than likely they will be docking at the Deep Water Harbour dock which is over a bit from the main cruise pier. We've docked there with both SeaDream and the smaller Seabourn Pride (since retired) leaving the main dock to the big ships. Edited January 15, 2020 by princeton123211 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hal2008 Posted January 17, 2020 #7 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Its more like 4 ships as that small vessel can be discounted in therms of crowd effect. If you are planningf a beach day, there will be competition depending on how soon yiu can get off the ship and which beach you are heading to If you are planning the sightseeing option, you should be fine even with 4 ship (may end up paying few USD more pp but you should not have difficulties getting a tour even after disembarking) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul58 Posted January 17, 2020 #8 Share Posted January 17, 2020 SeaDream is anchored off of South Friars today near Carambola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICHE99 Posted February 6, 2020 #9 Share Posted February 6, 2020 WOW. I am on a different but there are also four ships in town. If we choose to make it a beach day, how early should we get to the beach? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul58 Posted February 6, 2020 #10 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Many of the beach places do not open until late morning, 10 am or so. A lot of the cruisers will go on an island tour or excursion and then end up at the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICHE99 Posted February 6, 2020 #11 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Thanks, Paul58 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PORT ROYAL Posted February 7, 2020 #12 Share Posted February 7, 2020 18 hours ago, MICHE99 said: WOW. I am on a different but there are also four ships in town. If we choose to make it a beach day, how early should we get to the beach? Thanks. Your choices are: Carambola, but it's a T'erd destination - If happy with T'erds, book your beds in advance direct online. Marriott, but use the Ellis Protocol Or Park Hyatt, book direct as spare capacity places are limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul58 Posted February 7, 2020 #13 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Follow Port Royal's advice about the Park Hyatt. tel #1-869-468-1234 or parkhyattstkitts@hyatt.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbmom2120 Posted February 8, 2020 #14 Share Posted February 8, 2020 On 2/7/2020 at 10:51 AM, paul58 said: Follow Port Royal's advice about the Park Hyatt. tel #1-869-468-1234 or parkhyattstkitts@hyatt.com I just call Park Hyatt, she told me they only take bookings at resortpass dot com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICHE99 Posted February 8, 2020 #15 Share Posted February 8, 2020 So..... I actually “clicked” on resortpass dot com. When I entered the actual date it switched to the fees that the Park Hyatt quoted. Exactly. $50 must be off off off season. The Park Hyatt said we could come there and buy the pass though. 🤔 Hmmmm. We plan to play it by ear and wait until we are there to decide. Thank you everyone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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