Half Moon Cay

[southernfocus]

I am looking for a cruise that goes to Half Moon Cay. It is surprising that there are nit that many that stop here.

 

The CCL site also doesn't make it easy to find them either...

 

Any suggestions on finding cruises that include a stop at HMC?

[Cjh1975]

The Eastern Carribeab on the Liberty stops at HMC, St Thomas, Puerto Rico and Grand Turks. It leaves out of Miami

[hannahsmomtoo]

I am looking for a cruise that goes to Half Moon Cay. It is surprising that there are nit that many that stop here.

 

The CCL site also doesn't make it easy to find them either...

 

Any suggestions on finding cruises that include a stop at HMC?

 

 

If you do search on the CCL website, with the Bahamas as your destinatinon.. 5 pages of results pop up. Each cruise lists it's ports. Multiple 4 and 5 day cruises that include HMC :)

[skrufy]

Half Moon Cay is owned by Holland America which is owned by Carnival. Look to these two cruise lines for HMC.

[fromthebus]

Fantasy out of Charleston goes about once a month. You have to look it up under caribean.

[southernfocus]

Thank...I found them. I guess I am surprised that it isn't utilized more.

[ShakyBeef]

Pride out of Baltimore also goes to HMC. From what embarkation port(s) do you want to cruise?

[golfadj]

Always surprised that Carnival does not have its own private island.

[mrpayroll]

The Eastern Carribeab on the Liberty stops at HMC, St Thomas, Puerto Rico and Grand Turks. It leaves out of Miami

 

Yes it does, and we enjoyed it VERY much.......:) So much so that wife is considering it again for Jan. 2014.

[big_duck]

I am looking for a cruise that goes to Half Moon Cay. It is surprising that there are nit that many that stop here.

 

HMC has limited capacity and very, very rarely is there more then 1 ship there and almost never a HAL and CCL ship at the same time.

 

During the winter months when most of the HAL fleet is in the Caribbean, Carnival gets to barely use it.

 

The Miracle/Splendor out of NYC also does HMC in the spring/summer.

[hockeyluver]

The second half of our b2b goes to HMC. That's why we are doing this cruise :-)

[bguppies]

It is HAL's island, so their fleet gets first pick and Carnival uses some dates unused by HAL. (I have never heard of a HAL ship there with a Carnival ship. Have seen 2 HAL ships there frequently. Can't have the old HAL pax mixing with the unwashed masses of Carnival. ;)))

 

Like somebody said, when HAL brings their fleet back to the Caribbean for the winter, there are very few Carnival stops there.

 

We have been there 4 times.

 

The easiest way we have found to get there is out of Jacksonville.

They usually run a five day with HMC, followed by a four day Nassau/Freeport, followed by a five day with Key Wesy instead of HMC.

 

So every other week, Fascination is "scheduled" for HMC.

 

Bill

[alabamaprincess]

The Ectasy out of Port Canaveral and the Fascination out of Jacksonville also have cruise to HMC.

[wranglerguy]

I'll be there soon

 

 

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[southernfocus]

Thanks for the help. Your answers helped me find exactly what I was looking for.

[winddawn]

I would just add to the conversation that if you are going to cruise in the Winter season, it isn't uncommon for the call at HMC to be cancelled if the weather doesn't cooperate. Any port of call that is a tender port, and HMC is, is at higher risk of being cancelled due to weather. I love HMC and have had the port call cancelled twice for weather. Once was because of wind, and the second time was because of a storm going through the day before leaving the beach a mess.

 

Just a head's up. I hope it doesn't happen to you. I hope you have wonderful smooth sailing and a fabulous beach day at HMC.

[Elmo31]

We will be on the Destiny out of Miami next month and will be stopping there on the first leg of our BTB

[wrigley80]

5 day cruises on the Carnival Ecstasy out of Port Canaveral go to Half Moon Cay.....definitely one of the main reasons why we are going on the Carnival Ecstasy in December