I'm confused. The thread title is for Tortola but many of the recent comments seem to be about St Maarteen.
Wow. You should be hearing soon. I noticed that Tortola is listed as the port on the DCL website for your cruise. Please post when you find outOur Eastern Cruise is July 28. Still no official word from DCL if Tortola is happening or not.
St. Maarten here we come!
It was really badly trashed. A lot of infrastructure was destroyed.Has Tortola always been such a dangerous port -- or is this because of the hurricane and damage, etc.? I always thought Tortola was a nice place to go
Still seems weird as a vacation attraction to me. It’s not like you typically hang out at the fences of your local airport. But hey, to each their own!
Sept 22. What did you think of St. Maarten?What cruise are you on? We are on Eastern for mid September and still listed as Tortola at this time. We were on the Eastern in April and went to St. Maarten...I think they notified folks at about 4 to 5 weeks before sailing.
Assuming that we will be going to St Maarten, a) are all the excursion listed on the DCL web site open? b)
Sept 22. What did you think of St. Maarten?
Where would you rather go?July 14, July 28, & Aug 11 are officially going to SXM.
Next sailing still scheduled to visit Tortola? Aug 25 - the one I'm on. We'll see. I still think we end up at SXM also, but unfortunately it probably won't be made official until late July/early August.
What cruise are you on? We are on Eastern for mid September and still listed as Tortola at this time. We were on the Eastern in April and went to St. Maarten...I think they notified folks at about 4 to 5 weeks before sailing.
It is extremely rare that you won't be back in time. Private providers live and die by their TripAdvisor ratings and word of mouth on cruise boards. They will get you back.
Issues are more common on Alaskan cruises and similar, because of fog and helicopters and the like.
We went private on SXM and were back a full 90 minutes before all aboard, including stopping for ice cream after a full day tour. People we were talking to on ship who did DCL tours were all pretty meh about them. There is a big difference on these islands between the small groups you'll get going private to the cattle calls coming off DCL.
Depends on who you hang out with... we live near an airport and its not uncommon for my husband to tear past me to run to the airport if something new/interesting gets listed a flight plan. We'll sometimes come home a different way to drive next to the airport and see them take off and land as we go. Planes are cool!