‘Tis the season friends!
I was driving into Cruz Bay this morning when I saw a decent-sized cruise ship anchored off of Cruz Bay. I opened up my Marine Traffic app and realized it’s the Azamara Onward. Before you start to stress about cruise ships invading St. John, this one only carries 684 passengers. It’s not one of this monster cruise ships that dock over in St. Thomas, thankfully.
Having cruise ships visit St. John is nothing new. It happens every winter. Smaller cruise lines like the Azamara, SeaDream and the Ritz Carlton, for example, often anchor off of Cruz Bay. They transport their passengers to shore using a smaller vessel, and they are usually on their way to their next destination around sunset.
Today’s visit is the third or fourth time a cruise ship has visited St. John this year. I saw the first one back on November 23rd. Unfortunately VINow’s cruise ship schedule hasn’t been including St. John visits this season, so we really don’t know they’re coming until they are actually here. Fingers crossed that changes soon.
For those of you who are not on St. John today, you can see this ship on Coconut Coast’s and Sunset Ridge’s webcams. Click here to see those and numerous other webcams on Explore STJ’s webcam page.
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