St Maarten

Is St Maarten open for cruise ships?

Is St Maarten open for cruise ships?

Yes. Other cruise lines have started visiting St. Maarten and I believe Royal goes back with Grandeur in just a day or so.

Yes. Other cruise lines have started visiting St. Maarten and I believe Royal goes back with Grandeur in just a day or so.

Thanks, Happy to hear that.

Thanks, Happy to hear that.

Report back when you return from your cruise and share your experiences concerning St. Maarten and the other islands you are visiting.

Is St Maarten open for cruise ships?

Yes, however, the French side especially Orient Beach is not available for tours. My scheduled Orient Beach RCL's tour was replaced by one at Simpson Bay. See article below:

https://www.thedailyherald.sx/island...rea-for-cruise

I've heard that the dock is opened. We are scheduled to be there Jan 3. I understand that Celebrity has postponed St Maarten arrivals until Mid January. The link in post 5 notes an alternate beach to Orient Beach however, if I read the article correctly, it appears there a only 4 vendors allowed to set up 50 chairs each. Not a lot of chairs for the number of folks who might want to go to the beach.

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What about Maho beach?

What about Maho beach?

The web cams at Sunset Beach Bar are not functioning yet. I'm guessing that means they could still be without power? That also leads me to believe that the beach is not ready for tourists yet. This is only an assumption on my part.

This was in our room tonight on the Grandeur.

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Is St Maarten open for cruise ships?

Yes it is.

We’re boarding Oasis today and we we’re suppose to go to St Martin but instead we are going to St Thomas.

But that’s ok [emoji16]

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We’re boarding Oasis today and we we’re suppose to go to St Martin but instead we are going to St Thomas.

But that’s ok [emoji16]

Interesting, I wonder if Grandeur will cancel too.

Interesting, I wonder if Grandeur will cancel too.

Marinetraffic shows her at the pier in St Marteen.

Marinetraffic shows her at the pier in St Marteen.

That's good news, thanks!

MarineTraffic shows the Grandeur moored in St Maarten about an hour ago.

But I guess that was already reported by Biker19

What about Maho beach?

The web cams at Sunset Beach Bar are not functioning yet. I'm guessing that means they could still be without power? That also leads me to believe that the beach is not ready for tourists yet. This is only an assumption on my part.

Sunset Beach Bar was open 2 weeks ago when we were there, as is the bar at the other end of Maho, the beach is clean but a lot of the sand has gone, so there are exposed rocks up near the road. I remember it being the same around 2005 or so.

Interesting, I wonder if Grandeur will cancel too.

RCI's website, for what it is worth, had a statement that Oasis class ships would not be returning until January in order to finish repairs the infrastructure that is in place on the pier to accommodate the ships. I suspect that means the building that contain the machines for security screening.

RCI's website, for what it is worth, had a statement that Oasis class ships would not be returning until January in order to finish repairs the infrastructure that is in place on the pier to accommodate the ships. I suspect that means the building that contain the machines for security screening.

Missed that, thanks for the catch.

The web cams at Sunset Beach Bar are not functioning yet. I'm guessing that means they could still be without power? That also leads me to believe that the beach is not ready for tourists yet. This is only an assumption on my part.

Hi Cruiser; Just to advise the camera at Maho Beach started to function 16 days ago but since the accident at the fence line PTZtv site is only showing princess Julianna airport and not the approach or fence. Showing radar approach. The camera for A C WATHEY PIER ( Cruise terminal ) is still down at Great Bay. Bob

We are on Grandeur leaving on Thursday and are scheduled to be in St Maarten Tuesday the 26th. It was originally scheduled for Friday the 29th, but they swapped days with St John's Antiqua due to the high volume of cruise traffic. We did notice some of the tours we had looked at before were no longer on the list (we assume due to hurricane damage) but we are excited to head out and see how they fared!

We were there yesterday. You can still see damage everywhere. It was a Sunday so not much was open. And it rained most of the day. But it was nice to be back. But has a long way to go, to be back to the way it was. Some people went to maho and said the bar was open. And planes were landing.

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What about Maho beach?

Check out the Sunset Bar SXM's Facebook page, these seem to update their page frequently.

The excursions to Orient Beach have been switched to Kim Sha Beach for our Janurary cruise on Freedom. It looks like there are no excursions available to the French side. The Maho Beach excursions are still showing as available.

We were there yesterday. You can still see damage everywhere. It was a Sunday so not much was open. And it rained most of the day. But it was nice to be back. But has a long way to go, to be back to the way it was. Some people went to maho and said the bar was open. And planes were landing.

Good to hear, thanks for the update.

Cruise Critic report on Grandeur's stop in St. Maarten, pinned to the top of the RCI forum:

https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=8287