BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Hundreds of cruise passengers streamed off the Carnival Victory cruise line Friday docked at Port Zante in St. Kitts as the 2010/2011 cruise ship season continues.
The 3,050-passenger capacity Carnival Victory arrived from St. Lucia Friday morning with 3,089 passengers on board and is scheduled to sail early Friday evening for St. Maarten.
Most of the passengers went sea and sunbathing, snorkeling, hiking, shopping and island tours via taxi and the St. Kitts Scenic train.
On Wednesday, the 2,038-passenger capacity Celebrity Millennium arrived from St. Croix with 1995 passengers. It departed later for Dominica.
Other cruise ships scheduled for this month are the 2,600-passenger Grand Princess on October 20th; the 3,070-passenger Emerald Princess on October 25th; the 3,050-passenger Carnival Victory on October 22nd and 29th; the 1,266-passenger Maasdam on October 26th; the 2,250-passenger Norwegian Spirit and the 2,224-passenger Norwegian Dawn on October 28th and the 2,124-passenger Carnival Miracle on October 31st
Just about 600,000 cruise passengers are expected during the 2010/2011 cruise ship season which officially runs from October 2010 to May 2011.
