Antigua and Barbuda: Arvia has returned to Antigua and Barbuda for her sixth homeporting name of the 2023/2024 cruise season on Saturday. With the arrival of hundreds of passengers, the vessel has been welcomed on Cruise Port for an additional homeporting weekend.
The vessel will make three extra visits to the island earlier than the season ends. Together with this, Antigua Cruise Port additionally welcomed Emerald Sakara to its port for her seventh of 13 turnaround calls scheduled for the season.
Apart from this, the SeaDream II of the Sea Dream Yacht Membership docked at Antigua for her homeporting name on Sunday. The vessel additionally made its first turnaround on the port two days later, with the arrival of 79 people and 84 passengers ending their itinerary in Antigua.
Notably, Arvia began her homeporting journey for the brand new yr on January 14, 2024, and graced the shores of Antigua and Barbuda. On the identical day, the nation additionally welcomed Anthem of the Seas and Marella Uncover, which docked on the nation. With these vessels, over 12,000 cruise passengers visited St John’s in someday.
New Yr has remained fairly fortunate for Antigua Cruise Port because it has witnessed a formidable begin with the arrival of 61,995 passengers from January 1 to January 13, 2024. Arvia was welcomed by the nation on December 3, 2024, with over 800 further passengers. On the identical day, 4 different cruise ships additionally docked on the port.
The ships included Norwegian Jade, Marella Discovery, Royal Clipper, and Sea Cloud, which additionally docked in St John’s. These ships have introduced over 9,000 passengers to their vacation spot. This was the second time Antigua Cruise Port had dome simultaneous homeporting operations.
Arvia of P & O cruises returned to the fifth berth for homeporting calls, and it was the primary time that the nation welcomed two simultaneous homeporting. The docking came about on November 18, 2023. At the moment, Emerland Sakar was additionally homeported on the vacation spot with the docking of the Marella Discovery and Artania.
It was the primary time, Antigua Cruise Port has welcomed 4 vessels because the begin of the season.
