Four Cruise Ships Bring Over 5,000 Passengers, Crew to St. Kitts

Four cruise ships with just over 3,700 passengers and 1,800 crew visited St Kitts on Thursday, the Marine Division of the St. Christopher Air and Sea Ports Authority said.

The Constellation arrived from Barbados with 2,035 passengers and 930 crew members and the Maasdam with 1,226 passengers and 607 crew also arrived from Barbados. Both docked at Port Zante.

The Silver Whisper made an unscheduled visit with 361 passengers and 291 crew members. It docked at the Deep Water Port. It arrived from Dominica and later left for Spanish Town, Virgin Gorda. It was originally scheduled to go to the neighboring Dutch island of St. Eustatius.

Most of the 3,744 passengers disembarked and either went sea and sun bathing, casino gambling, snorkeling, golfing, hiking, biking and on island tours with stops at several places of interest including Brimstone Hill and Romney Manor via taxi and the St. Kitts Scenic Railway.