is it possible

[mtebor]

My daughter is attending grad school in St. Kitts. 

 

Is it possible to take a cruise, get off the ship for a week to visit, and then hope back on the next cruise that is stopping at the island and finish the itinerary.

 

Flights to St Kitts is running about $900 from my airport and $670 from Miami (which offers direct flights)

 

Thanks

 

[Thorben-Hendrik]

it is not possible.....🙄

[zeppgirl]

I would highly doubt that due to safety concerns.  Plus, you'd have to hold your room for the next cruise as well.

[Tee & Chilli]

Not possible however maybe there is less expensive flights to another island then you can ferry to St Kitts.

[time4u2go]

Highly unlikely.  Remember you'd be vacating your room midway through a cruise.  That then becomes an unoccupied room for part of a week that the cruise line can't sell to somebody else.  Then basically the same thing for the second week...your room would be unoccupied (unsold) for the first part of the week until you joined the cruise.

Edited May 27, 2019 by time4u2go

[Milwaukee Eight]

If it was possible, it’s also possible Royal could not dock there for various reasons, like weather, strikes, azipod issues. 

[Merion_Mom]

Sure.  Buy two back to back cruises that both go to St Kitts.  Sail until you get to St. Kitts and get off.  Waste the rest of cruise #1 fare.  Ship returns next week, get back on.  Waste the beginning of cruise#2 fare.

 

Just kidding.  Clearly this would cost more than the flights you mentioned.

[SRF]

Of course it is possible.

 

You would just have to book and pay for 2 full cruises. 😄

 

 

[SantaFeFan]

A cruise is not considered a transportation vehicle like a ferry, plane or train that you can take whenever you want at your convenience. You book the entire cruise from start to finish and pay for the entire cruise duration. The cruise lines have strict rules on the reasons people are allowed to leave a cruise early, usually involving emergencies of some kind. 

[BlueSkySailing]

You can get off at any part of your cruise. People are left behind all the time. The problem for you would be joining a cruise that has started in a US port that you weren't on from the start. The US Customs will not allow it.

[kochleffel]

2 hours ago, Merion_Mom said:

Sure.  Buy two back to back cruises that both go to St Kitts.  Sail until you get to St. Kitts and get off.  Waste the rest of cruise #1 fare.  Ship returns next week, get back on.  Waste the beginning of cruise#2 fare.

 

Just kidding.  Clearly this would cost more than the flights you mentioned.

 

Even if the cost weren't double, it wouldn't be as simple as that. Typically cruise passengers at Caribbean ports of call aren't cleared through immigration and customs. The cruise line is responsible for notifying local authorities if any passenger remains on the island. So special arrangements would have to be made. Such arrangements are made, of course, for medical evacuations, but that doesn't mean that either the cruise line or the pertinent government would do it for another purpose.

 

Cruise lines also require that passengers obtain permission to join a cruise anywhere other than a listed port of embarkation for the itinerary. It's freely given when someone misses the embarkation and will fly to a port of call, provided that it's legal for the line to transport passengers between that port of call and the disembarkation point.

[Merion_Mom]

1 minute ago, kochleffel said:

 

Even if the cost weren't double, it wouldn't be as simple as that. Typically cruise passengers at Caribbean ports of call aren't cleared through immigration and customs. The cruise line is responsible for notifying local authorities if any passenger remains on the island. So special arrangements would have to be made. Such arrangements are made, of course, for medical evacuations, but that doesn't mean that either the cruise line or the pertinent government would do it for another purpose.

 

Cruise lines also require that passengers obtain permission to join a cruise anywhere other than a listed port of embarkation for the itinerary. It's freely given when someone misses the embarkation and will fly to a port of call, provided that it's legal for the line to transport passengers between that port of call and the disembarkation point.

 

 

Not quite true.

 

RC is working on plans to have people stay over on CocoCay, taking a different ship back.

 

[Biker19]

1 hour ago, SantaFeFan said:

The cruise lines have strict rules on the reasons people are allowed to leave a cruise early, usually involving emergencies of some kind. 

Nope, as long as you are not violating PVSA rules and can get immigration set up at the disembarkation port, you can leave at any port for any reason , for $65. 

[Hogbay]

Maybe it will be up to local authority and royal . Its called Downline and you have to pay for two full cruises and pay $65usd .

We have departed in Crete off Mariner of the seas before it docked in Barcelona . 🙂

 

http://royalcaribbeaninternational.com.au/rcfilelibrary/files/News/17_4_20_Tribrand__Downline_Handline_Fee_FAQ_Flyer_FA.pdf

[gatour]

On 5/27/2019 at 6:04 PM, Merion_Mom said:

 

 

Not quite true.

 

RC is working on plans to have people stay over on CocoCay, taking a different ship back.

 

To further this train of thought.  Bahamas Paradise Cruise line already offers something similar.  You sail from Palm Beach  to Grand Bahama (Freeport) get off the ship and stay at a hotel for two to four nights.  You then cruise back to Palm Beach either on the same ship or the second ship.

[chengkp75]

As others have noted, it is possible, but might not be likely, or economical.  Yes, you would have to buy two cruises, complete, no partial refunds.  Yes, you would have to arrange for your "downstream" disembarkation and embarkation, and RCI currently charges $75 per person per request (so $150 per person to cover the disembark and embark).  Yes, you may miss your return trip if the ship cancels the port, and you would have no recourse for refund and would have to buy airfare back.  Due to all of the above, it is likely that RCI won't want the hassle, and will just say no to your request.

[Hogbay]

4 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

As others have noted, it is possible, but might not be likely, or economical.  Yes, you would have to buy two cruises, complete, no partial refunds.  Yes, you would have to arrange for your "downstream" disembarkation and embarkation, and RCI currently charges $75 per person per request (so $150 per person to cover the disembark and embark).  Yes, you may miss your return trip if the ship cancels the port, and you would have no recourse for refund and would have to buy airfare back.  Due to all of the above, it is likely that RCI won't want the hassle, and will just say no to your request.

What has economics got to do with fun , live life like its your last day 🙂etc

thought was per request not person ?

[chengkp75]

2 hours ago, Hogbay said:

What has economics got to do with fun , live life like its your last day 🙂etc

thought was per request not person ?

OP was looking at the cruise as a way to save money, not as a vacation.  Don't think buying two cruises will be less than airfare.

[waterbug123]

On 5/27/2019 at 5:49 PM, BlueSkySailing said:

You can get off at any part of your cruise. People are left behind all the time. The problem for you would be joining a cruise that has started in a US port that you weren't on from the start. The US Customs will not allow it.

 

The issue with US ports is that you cannot start and end your cruise at two different US ports without visiting a distant foreign port along the way. St. Kitts isn't part of the US, so hypothetically, the OP would be boarding in St. Kitts and and disembarking in Miami which would not be a violation of the PVSA.  Still likely not feasible for reasons already mentioned, but it has little to do with the fact that they'd be going from Miami to St. Kitts and vice versa.

[Biker19]

2 hours ago, chengkp75 said:

 and RCI currently charges $75 per person per request (so $150 per person to cover the disembark and embark). 

It's supposed to be $65 per cabin, don't recall anyone being charged $75, but I have seen reported that they charged someone $65pp.