What pier does the Caribbean Princess dock at in St Thomas and San Juan?

[Langley Cruisers]

Thanks for the info.

 

I've never docked at Crown Bay....always at Havensight.

 

Hi there,

 

As someone else stated, you will not know until the day you get there. On Emerald last month, we were scheduled for Crown Bay but pulled into Havensight at the last minute. I'm sure the ship is at the mercy of the Port Authroities, and sometimes there isn't enough time to get it printed in the Patter the night before.

 

Just be prepared for either and have a great cruise. St. Thomas is our favorite port - it is so beautiful. :)

[davekathy]

Some of you are making me laugh aloud.

 

It's if you think I purposely made up some story about some

fictional place I visited.

 

Our ship went to St. Thomas, Antigua and Bermuda. We only got off

on ONE island and that was St. Thomas, our first stop. We docked at

Crown Bay and took a taxi to a shopping strip located on the water

front between Crown Bay and Havensight. In fact, it was less than a

mile away from Havensight as we could clearly see it in the distance

(the Carnival Victory was docked there).

 

Now if that's not the "downtown" you are thinking of and I have it

wrong, then that mistake is on me and you have my apologies.

 

However, the situation was very real. The taxi driver, under the

instructions to take us to downtown shopping, let us off at this strip

shopping area that had a couple diamond shops, t-shirts and one

small convenience store.

 

We were there 10 minutes and the entire time we were harassed

by shop cliental who hung out of the doorways beckoning us to come

inside. One guy, dressed like a p*mp (this forum will not let me spell it)

was particularly bothersome, following us around and muttering under

his breath about the fact we would not stop in one of the shops.

 

I could care less if you some of you don't believe me. As I posted in

my review (in the Caribbean Princess member review area), it's not

always a wise idea to go shopping in areas that are not government

controlled. Cozumel Mexico is another bad area to shop and be

harassed. As some have suggested, so is Jamaica -- probably the

worst I have experienced.

 

Bravo to all who feel St. Thomas is a great place to shop. For the

most part I agree. Been there twice before and I love Havensight.

However, where this Taxi driver dropped our group off has got to

be the wormhole of the entire island. The people were just obnoxious.

 

Next time you visit the beautiful island of St. Thomas ask your driver to take you to Charlotte Amile. There’s a lot more shops there than what you are describing where you were dropped off. Heavensight is nice but Charlotte Amile is a lot nicer. You’ve got a lot of shops on one side of the street and the water on the other side. Once again I personally cannot agree with your opinion of Cozumel. Never felt any different there than any other Port. If you are talking Ocho Rios Jamaica, I agree. Walk fast and don’t make eye contact. Oh well different strokes for different folks!

[NJRonbo]

There’s a lot more shops there than what you are describing where you were dropped off.

 

That is true. In fact, a whole couple blocks worth.

 

Problem is, we didn't stick around long enough to look at them.

 

I can only describe what we passed.