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POINTE BLANCHE--Today, Thursday, December 18, will be one of the busiest days of St. Maarten's cruise tourism season, a Port St. Maarten press release stated. Seven cruise vessels in port will translate to a combined estimated 18,000 cruise passengers and another 8,000 crew members.
The smallest vessel will be Windstar Cruises' Wind Surf with more than 300 passengers and the largest Freedom of the Seas with more than 3,600. Six of the vessels will be moored along the two cruise piers at Dr. A.C. Wathey Cruise Facility. Wind Surf will arrive early Thursday evening while the other six vessels arrive early in the morning.
The morning arrivals are Regal Princess (3,500+), Norwegian Gem (2,400+), Celebrity Eclipse (2,900+), Costa Mediterranea (2,700+), Celebrity Summit (2000+) and Freedom of the Seas.
"Wherever residents see cruise passengers on Thursday, show them that true St. Maarten hospitality especially in light of the Christmas season. Tourism is everybody's business. Happy holidays," the press release reads.
