PSA: Labadee is scheduled to reopen on October 8.

[Another_Critic]

46 minutes ago, Charles4515 said:

In 1995 I took a walk around Labadee and they had armed guards.  29 years ago. 

 

Pretty sure there were armed guards when I visited in 1987.

[Another_Critic]

1 hour ago, A&L_Ont said:

There was someone here on the RC boards that has been on a ship that stopped a few times at night to drop off supplies at Labadee, since they stopped sailing there. I wish I could remember who it was.  If I remember the ship was Adventure, but I’m going from memory.

 

Anyone else remember who it was? @orville99 looking in the search box I think it was you.

 

Yes, it was him.

[Another_Critic]

45 minutes ago, not-enough-cruising said:

Same with a lot of airports in the world. Soldiers in public with automatic weapons is not at all odd. 

 

They were all over Frankfurt airport when I had a connecting flight in 2005.

[Karma5]

I don't feel its a safe place to go....so I shall not......unless there is a major change........buy not until next year at least...........

[Sonic2012]

There were armed soldiers in Cozumel in 2010 when I was there on a Disney Cruise. We saw them on the way to a rug shop. I still have the rug, it’s my favorite!

[JP350]

1 hour ago, not-enough-cruising said:

Those guards have been there for the 10-12 years I have been stopping there.  Nothing new at all.

Over the decades of cruising I've also seen armed guards in Nassau (repeatedly), Cozumel, Costa Maya, Grand Cayman, and Labadee (in the late 90s). (Not cruising related but Paris as well) Nothing new, and I've never personally felt more unsafe than in any major American city at any Caribbean port.

Edited 9 hours ago by JP350

[monorail81]

1 hour ago, Another_Critic said:

 

They were all over Frankfurt airport when I had a connecting flight in 2005.

Same when I was there in 1998. 

[notscb]

I think it's interesting that folks are pointing out that armed police or military are normal when traveling or in crowded public areas so somehow we should disregard the situation in Haiti as less or not risky.

 

Labadee is not an international airport, nor is it a heavily populated area (i.e. Paris, Frankfurt), yet they've always had armed guards and a wall protecting it. I think that speaks to the level of risk folks are taking going there, especially right now with the level of violence and humanitarian crisis* happening no more than a 5 hour drive away.

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[orville99]

10 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

Anyone else remember who it was? @orville99 looking in the search box I think it was you.

Yes. We stopped there twice to offload relief supplies to the locals.

[not-enough-cruising]

8 hours ago, notscb said:

I think it's interesting that folks are pointing out that armed police or military are normal when traveling or in crowded public areas so somehow we should disregard the situation in Haiti as less or not risky.

 

Labadee is not an international airport, nor is it a heavily populated area (i.e. Paris, Frankfurt), yet they've always had armed guards and a wall protecting it. I think that speaks to the level of risk folks are taking going there, especially right now with the level of violence and humanitarian crisis* happening no more than a 5 hour drive away.

Maybe we should halt all cruise embarkations from Florida ports because there is a humanitarian crisis less than a 5 mile drive up the eastern coast. How can one possibly enjoy themselves?

[orville99]

10 hours ago, Another_Critic said:

 

They were all over Frankfurt airport when I had a connecting flight in 2005.

And they have been on the light rail line in Munich as long as I can remember, and the last time I was there was in 1995.

They are a common sight in most European countries that I traveled to during my career wherever there is large public transportation infrastructure.

Edited 14 minutes ago by orville99