Queen Mary 2 to dock at Crown Bay for first time
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:46 am
From the VI Daily News:
"ST. THOMAS - The Queen Mary 2, Cunard Line's luxury ocean liner, will be able to dock in the Virgin Islands for the first time on Friday, the cruise line decided Tuesday.
The all-but-finished dredging project at Crown Bay will enable the 2,620-passenger vessel to berth on the pier's south side for its already scheduled call. The 3,100-passenger Crown Princess will be shifted to Havensight.
In all previous visits to St. Thomas, the Queen Mary 2 dropped anchor in St. Thomas Harbor and brought passengers to the waterfront by tender.
The cruise line's marine division received final surveys Tuesday morning that show water depths around the Crown Bay dock are dredged sufficiently to accommodate the ship, then made the decision hours later, company executive Steve Nielsen said. Nielsen is vice-president of Caribbean and Atlantic shore operations for Princess Cruises and Cunard Line.
Docking the ship is expected to enable more passengers to disembark, he said - particularly the elderly and the physically disabled, who are less likely to come ashore in the small tender boats."
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"ST. THOMAS - The Queen Mary 2, Cunard Line's luxury ocean liner, will be able to dock in the Virgin Islands for the first time on Friday, the cruise line decided Tuesday.
The all-but-finished dredging project at Crown Bay will enable the 2,620-passenger vessel to berth on the pier's south side for its already scheduled call. The 3,100-passenger Crown Princess will be shifted to Havensight.
In all previous visits to St. Thomas, the Queen Mary 2 dropped anchor in St. Thomas Harbor and brought passengers to the waterfront by tender.
The cruise line's marine division received final surveys Tuesday morning that show water depths around the Crown Bay dock are dredged sufficiently to accommodate the ship, then made the decision hours later, company executive Steve Nielsen said. Nielsen is vice-president of Caribbean and Atlantic shore operations for Princess Cruises and Cunard Line.
Docking the ship is expected to enable more passengers to disembark, he said - particularly the elderly and the physically disabled, who are less likely to come ashore in the small tender boats."
More <a href="http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/i ... ere</b></a>.