He port of Cape Rojo awaits this November 20th the arrival of a cruise M.S. Eurodam of the Holland America company, as reported to Diario Libre by the parent company of this company, Carnival Corporation.
He MS Eurodam is one of the cruises largest of the signature class of this line cruises. It has capacity for 3,050 passengers – 2,250 visitors at its maximum capacity and 800 crew members.
This would make it the fourth cruise that touches the port so far this year, one month after the arrival of the Adventure of the Seas on October 16, from the Royal Caribbean International company, a cruise with a capacity of 3,114 cruise passengers and 1,185 crew members.
This same type of cruise I would be returning to port on December 11, according to Cruise Timetables, a web portal that records upcoming cruise routes. cruises in 147 countries around the world. Thus, the port of Cape Rojo would close 2024 with five ships in its first year of operations.
Carnival Corporation –which also operates the port Amber Cove tourist resort, in Puerto Plata – already has 13 calls scheduled in ports throughout 2025 and until March 2026, Diario Libre was informed.
During that period, both Holland America as Costa Cruises They would be sending ships from the Nieuw Amsterdam lines, EurodamRotterdam, Costa Fascinosa and Costa Pacifica. According to Cruise Timetables, these cruises They would be performing with an almost monthly frequency between 2025 and the first quarter of 2026.
Amber Cove manager Sharon Mei indicated that since the port of Cape Red is a work in progress, the lines cruises of the corporation are doing tests to ensure that their passengers are safe and feel comfortable getting to know this new destination.
“They send one. If they do well, they increase (the cruises), chord to the corresponding facilities; The issue of water, transportation, tourist guides… that whole organization is very delicate,” he said during an interview with Free Diary.
He indicated that the increase in the frequency of cruises from the corporation It will also depend on the itinerary that shipping lines have, which are planned long in advance.
Growth in Amber Cove
After exceeding one million cruise passengers received in this port At the end of 2023, the arrival of visitors to the port has maintained constant growth, Mei highlighted.
For him port have passed 80,184 cruise passengers and 23,801 crew members between January and August of this year, for a growth of 13% compared to the first eight months of 2023.
Amber Cove has been the port most visited during that period, covering 58% of the total, according to the most recent data published by the Ministry of Tourism.
The manager of the port highlighted that the cruise passengers who receive the most are Americans.
“We serve a American passenger with a different standard of services. They are cruise passengers who like to go out: almost more than 50% go on excursions and 8% take taxis,” Mei noted.
He indicated that the 27 puddles of Damajagua, the visit to Playa Dorada and the city tour through the historic center of Puerto Plata as some of the most taken excursions by visitors. “That’s Carnival’s audience: an adventure, family, multi-generational audience,” he said.
