NASSAU, Bahamas — Flanked by saluting tug boats cascading fountains of water, Royal Caribbean International’s (RCI) Adventure of the Seas called on Nassau’s cruise port yesterday, making it the first cruise ship to return since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic more than a year ago, The Nassau Guardian reported on Wednesday, June 9, 2021.
The ship docked along the harbor to prepare for its first passenger sailing this Saturday from its new home port in The Bahamas. The ship, which is expected to sail at half of its 3,800 capacity, arrived with no passengers onboard and only crew members, who will spend the next few days preparing to welcome guests this weekend.
Nassau Cruise Port Limited’s President and Chief Executive Officer Mike Maura said the port is preparing to welcome just over 1,000 cruise passengers through a temporary terminal that has been constructed for home port-based cruises.
“If you were down on the waterfront today you would have seen Adventure of the Seas arrive and you would have seen what you may have seen on NBC, CBS, ABC news in terms of the big cruise ships going into the Port of Miami and then you have the tug boats doing their water spouts. We actually had that happening today as Adventure of the Seas arrived,” he said.
“She came in this afternoon, she’s taking provisions and she’ll be ready on Saturday, when she will receive about 1,100 to 1,200 passengers that would have come through Lynden Pindling International Airport.”
Cruise lines have not sailed to the cruise port since the country closed its borders to battle the COVID-19 pandemic in March.
Maura said Nassau Cruise Port Limited “couldn’t be happier” that RCI has chosen The Bahamas as its new home port.
“This vessel and all the hope that this first voyage will carry out to sea on Saturday have been a long time in the making,” he said. See complete story in The Nassau Guardian at https://thenassauguardian.com/first-cruise-ship-since-covid-19-lockdown-arrives-at-port/
