Cruise season opens!
St. Lucia Star
Captains of the Pacific Dream were welcomed to St Lucia as the cruise season was declared open.
The cruise season has officially been declared open! On Monday November 2, the National Development Corporation (NDC) and the St Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority, (SLASPA) owners and managers of the Pointe Seraphine Duty Free Shopping Complex marked the season’s beginning in a simple, but effective gift exchange ceremony with at least one of the cruise ships in port this week.The Pacific Dream and the Ventura were in port on Monday and for the occasion the ship captain of the Pacific Dream joined the short exchange ceremony during which he expressed pleasure to be in St Lucia. After a brief first half of the proceedings at Pointe Seraphine, invited guest were taken across to La Place Carenage via ferry where it was expected that another presentation would be made to the ship captain or representative from the Ventura.
Steel pan music welcomed all onto the docks as curious visitors stopped to check out the scene but Ventura’s ship captain was unable to make the ceremony. Officials from SLASPA thanked the captain of the Pacific Dream for coming and made it known that they looked forward to having them back in the future. The same was said for the Ventura even though no representatives from the cruise ship were able to make it to the event. The Pacific Dream will be coming into St Lucia every Monday for the next five months.