BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, FEBRUARY 18TH 2009 (CUOPM) – Just over 5,000 cruise ship passengers on three ships visited St. Kitts on Wednesday.
The 55,000-ton Maasdam arrived from St. Thomas with 1,241 passengers and 585 crew and docked at the Deep Water Port; while the 77,000-ton Galaxy with 1,903 passengers and 842 crew arrived from Dominica and the 78,000-ton Vision of the Seas arrived from Antigua with 1,911 passengers and docked at Port Zante.
The Galaxy sailed for Tortola; the Maasdam for Barbados and the Vision of the Seas went to Dominica.
Most of the passengers on the ships disembarked and went on sight-seeing tours via taxis, tour buses and the St. Kitts Scenic Railway; shopping, sun and sea-bathing, hiking, horse-back riding, snorkeling, golfing, kayaking, spear fishing and sailing.
Tuesday, the 2,450-passenger Constellation, the 710-passenger Journey and the 308 passenger Windsurf visited; and on Saturday the 3,473-passenger Carnival Victory, the 2,680-passenger Carnival Miracle and the 3,100 passenger Emerald Princess berth. The 1664-passenger Thomson Destiny berths on Friday and on Saturday, the 1,875-passenger Island Star; the 3,473-passenger Carnival Victory and the 3,100-passenger Ventura will dock folowed by the 3,100-passenger Grand Princess on Sunday.
Twenty-two cruise ships with a total capacity of 40,000 passengers visited St. Kitts since the first of February, nine of them since Saturday.
An estimated 64,000 cruise passengers are expected to visit St. Kitts this month from 31 cruise ship calls.
