Easter Caribbean -Port or Starboard room views?

[j3000]

Here's another dumb question. Booked on Regal Princess for East. Car. in April (but the same question might apply to any boat). Ports of call are: Princess Cays Bahamas, St. Thomas, St Maarten. Which side of boat -port or starboard- would be best to have room, to get views of ports while docked?

[paul929207]

You need to know where the ship will be docked and which way the port is. In varies. So there is not an absolute, this is always the best side.

[Colo Cruiser]

Here's another dumb question. Booked on Regal Princess for East. Car. in April (but the same question might apply to any boat). Ports of call are: Princess Cays Bahamas, St. Thomas, St Maarten. Which side of boat -port or starboard- would be best to have room, to get views of ports while docked?

 

 

Its a toss up as they could switch due to operational reasons.

Just flip a coin. ;)

[fishywood]

At Princess Cays the ship will be at anchor. To the best of my recall tender operations were always from the port side of the ship there. But of course no guarantees. While at anchor the Captain will often rotate the ship to keep the tender platform away from any wind gusts, so views of Princess Cays will come and go from your position.

 

For St Thomas, if docked at Havensight your view from either side will very likely be a neighboring ship. If docked at Crown Bay there will only be one other ship (or possibly no other) so one or both sides will have a view of the harbor. Absolutely no way to know which side of the dock the ship will be on, or whether pulled in forwards or backwards, in advance.

 

At St Maarten the ships are lined up nose-to-tail in a row along a loooong dock. So one side will have mainly a view of the dock, the other of the water. I don't recall if one side or the other has a better angle toward the shore, but again it depends if the ship pulls in forwards or aftwards.

 

So in a nutshell, its out of your hands. Plan on booking your preferred cabin regardless of port or starboard, and enjoying the views from the open decks when not ashore.

[j3000]

Roger! Thanks people! Over & out!

[Elkhorn20fan]

We have always had good luck with the port side from port everglades, but for sail a way. Most ports we have been at, port has been best, but you never know.

[pablo222]

For St Thomas, if docked at Havensight your view from either side will very likely be a neighboring ship. If docked at Crown Bay there will only be one other ship (or possibly no other) so one or both sides will have a view of the harbor. Absolutely no way to know which side of the dock the ship will be on, or whether pulled in forwards or backwards, in advance.

 

At St Maarten the ships are lined up nose-to-tail in a row along a loooong dock. So one side will have mainly a view of the dock, the other of the water. I don't recall if one side or the other has a better angle toward the shore, but again it depends if the ship pulls in forwards or aftwards.

 

You have reversed Havensite and St. Marten.

 

At crown bay, one side of the ship will be towards land, and one side

will be towards the bay. It's possible that there will be a second, smaller

ship on the land side.