CruiseAdict218 Posted September 13, 2010 #1 Share Posted September 13, 2010 How come the fantasy ships don't stop and St. Maarten and St. Thomas the real Caribbean stops?? But they always do Bahamas and the 5 day Weatern Caribbean. this also goes for the Monarch and Majesty of the Seas and NCL Sky??? Sorry if I sound annoying but I'm a little curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly333 Posted September 13, 2010 #2 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Im guessing the Bahamas charges less for port charges and helps keep the prices down?? I know they are very close to Ft. Lauderdale, less than 100 miles, so it saves on fuel for the ships that do the short hops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseAdict218 Posted September 13, 2010 Author #3 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Makes sence but I wish they would mix it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted September 13, 2010 #4 Share Posted September 13, 2010 The little girls are not as fuel efficient as the big boys, and I think they consider the V.I too far away. EM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseAdict218 Posted September 13, 2010 Author #5 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Oh yeh makes sense but then western 5 day is closer than a 5 day Eastern?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolzCruiser Posted September 13, 2010 #6 Share Posted September 13, 2010 This might be a good question for Host Mach. He might be able to get an answer from John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharecruises Posted September 13, 2010 #7 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Time and distance Logistics....sea miles, cost...fuel.... comfort>> they might be able to go further at full speed but people would be seasick and unhappy Logistics>>the same reason that all of the ports from New York , Baltimore etc are the "same"....reachable I live 50 (nautical) miles from Freeport Bahamas You can go there on little day cruises, or sail a boat there, or go on a charter boat....it really is pretty close If you look at a map of the Caribbean you will see that south florida can "reach" many many places both east and west (Cuba is sitting there , a big island that the ships go around) On 8 day cruises they can go even further....some ships are on 9 or 10 or 11/12 night cruises from south florida and they do a southern caribbean route otherwise the "southern" routes are available when you leave from Puerto Rico In 3 nights the ships can hit Bahamas (and most of the "private islands" are simply the Bahamas....including Half Moon Cay, Coco Cay, Princess Keys, Disneys, NCL etc;;;;only Labadee(Haiti) on Royal is not Bahamas. Grand Turk is also really close anyhow...look at a map :) Google is your friend <grin> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseAdict218 Posted September 13, 2010 Author #8 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Time and distance Logistics....sea miles, cost...fuel.... comfort>> they might be able to go further at full speed but people would be seasick and unhappy Logistics>>the same reason that all of the ports from New York , Baltimore etc are the "same"....reachable I live 50 (nautical) miles from Freeport Bahamas You can go there on little day cruises, or sail a boat there, or go on a charter boat....it really is pretty close If you look at a map of the Caribbean you will see that south florida can "reach" many many places both east and west (Cuba is sitting there , a big island that the ships go around) On 8 day cruises they can go even further....some ships are on 9 or 10 or 11/12 night cruises from south florida and they do a southern caribbean route otherwise the "southern" routes are available when you leave from Puerto Rico In 3 nights the ships can hit Bahamas (and most of the "private islands" are simply the Bahamas....including Half Moon Cay, Coco Cay, Princess Keys, Disneys, NCL etc;;;;only Labadee(Haiti) on Royal is not Bahamas. Grand Turk is also really close anyhow...look at a map :) Google is your friend <grin> Today in science we got a map for our lab and it showed the caribbean and W.Car. is closer than e. car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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