15,000 cruise passengers visit St. Kitts in three days

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, FEBRUARY 14H2012 (CUOPM) – Just over 4,000 cruise ship passengers from three ships visited on Tuesday, bringing to 15,000 the number of cruise passengers coming to St. Kitts so far for this week.

The 2,540-passenger Serenade of the Seas which arrived from St. Maarten docked at Port Zante with 2,126 passengers and 871 crew. The 2,381-passenger Mein Schiff arrived from St. Lucia with 1,955 passengers and a crew of 795 while the 200-pasenger Seabourne Spirit docked at the deepwater port with 209 passengers.

Mein Schiff going to dock alongside Serenade of the Seas at Port Zante on Tuesday morning with Seabourne Spirit docked at the Deep Water Port at Bird Rock on Tuesday.

On Monday the Norwegian Dawn had on board 2,383 passengers and the Emerald Princess, 3,086.

Tuesday, the Explorer of the Seas arrived with3,099 passengers and the Celebrity Summit, 2,132 passengers.

Three ships are scheduled are scheduled on Wednesday – the 2,850-passenger Celebrity Eclipse, the 2,850-passengerCelebrity Silhouette and the 255-passenger Royal Clipper.