Port St. Maarten accommodated 1,901,617 cruise passengers in 2015, approximately five per cent less than in 2014 when for the first time the destination hit the two million mark (2,001,996, vessel calls 692). Cruise vessels in 2015 made 683 port calls.
Port St. Maarten has come in as the #1 cruise port in the Caribbean, the second year in a row by CruiseFever.net readers who were asked to vote on the best cruise ports in the Caribbean in the 2015 Cruise Fever Fan Awards.
The other nine cruise destinations vying for the number one position were St. Thomas, Cozumel (Mexico), Grand Cayman (Cayman Islands), Grand Turk (Turks & Caicos Islands), San Juan (Puerto Rico), St. Kitts, Oranjestad (Aruba), Ocho Rios (Jamaica), and Roatan (Honduras).
Bron: Persbericht Info Port Sint Maarten)
Ze hebben daar niet eens een Megapier. Maar afmeren midden in Willemstad is toch een heel andere belevenis. Voor de Happy Few zullen we maar zeggen.