mringenoldus Posted April 10, 2004 #1 Share Posted April 10, 2004 I was looking at the 10-10-04 itinerary which includes St. Thomas, Grenada, Tunisia, Oranjestad, Kitts and Nevis. I've been on the more typical southern route - any experience with these ports?? Thanks!! CCL Holiday 2000 CCL Elation 2001 CCL Pride 2002 CCL Ecstacy 2003 RCL AOS 2003 Sun Princess May 14 2004!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctrd Posted April 10, 2004 #2 Share Posted April 10, 2004 We want to go with Princess again and do the Golden for it's southern itinerary. But why does it have to leave ports so soon?? We have been on Carnival Destiny southern route, and we stayed in Barbados till 10 PM and Aurba until after midnight! Some ports on this itinerary leave at 3 or 4 pm. The islands are not that far apart, thats the advantage of starting in San Juan. http://community.webshots.com/user/doctrd Paradise 3/04 Destiny 11/03 Destiny 3/03 Voyager of Seas 11/99 Paradise 7/99 Grand Princess (Grand Suite) 4/99 Grand Princess (Grand Suite) 11/98 Imagination 7/98 Fantasy 7/97 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mringenoldus Posted April 11, 2004 Author #3 Share Posted April 11, 2004 I have no idea why ships need to leave early only to circle in the ocean during the night. I assume it has to do with port regulations. I haven't heard anything at all about Tunisia and not very much about the others (except St Thomas) Has anyone been to these islands? Do you recommend this route? CCL Holiday 2000 CCL Elation 2001 CCL Pride 2002 CCL Ecstacy 2003 RCL AOS 2003 Sun Princess May 14 2004!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieSR Posted April 11, 2004 #4 Share Posted April 11, 2004 Are you sure the Golden goes to Tunisia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseFever Posted April 11, 2004 #5 Share Posted April 11, 2004 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> I assume it has to do with port regulations. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I've always assumed that too. It would be interesting to find out the rules/reasons behind that if it's true. Happy Cruising Chris www.LifeIsCruising.com Next up: Caribbean Princess 06/26/04 Star Princess 10/24/04 Carnival Victory 12/19/04 Carnival Miracle 03/13/05 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gailc Posted April 11, 2004 #6 Share Posted April 11, 2004 We are just starting to maybe cruising on Princess in the Fall. We have cruised on Princess 1 time. As of now, we were looking at the Golden on the Southern Caribbean Explorer. It leaves from San Juan for 7 days. The ports are St. Thomas, St. Kitts, Grenada, Caracas, & Aruba. According to the brochure, these are the ports for the 10/10/04 cruise. We can't figure out why the ship leaves so early either. We have been to the S. Caribbean a few times, & we have not left early that I can remember. We leave Aruba at 12:00a.m. or 1:00a.m. Gail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drrich Posted April 13, 2004 #7 Share Posted April 13, 2004 I think the reason ships leave port early has to do with MONEY. The longer the ships stay, the more docking fee they have to pay, so it makes financial sense for them to leave as early as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Dawg Posted April 13, 2004 #8 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Money.... ....the correct answer. In addition to docking fees, don't forget about drink sales, and the all important casino revenues. Ken & Nancy *********************** 12/2004 - Golden Princess 10/2004 - Fantasy Fest, Key West 03/2004 - Golden Princess 01/2004 - Carnival Legend 11/2003 - Carnival Glory 03/2003 - Carnival Spirit 02/2003 - Carnival Triumph 12/2002 - Carnival Legend 04/2002 - Carnival Victory 01/2002 - Carnival Sensation 12/2000 - Carnival Tropicale *********************** Until Sailing The Golden Princess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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