2018/2019 cruise season opens on Tuesday

Cruise visitors enjoying welcome entertainment at Roseau Cruise Ship Berth

Roseau, Dominica, October 29, 2018 – October 30, 2018 marks the official opening of the 2018/2019 cruise season.

The MV Celebrity Summit of Celebrity Cruises will arrive at the Roseau Cruise Ship Berth on Tuesday October 30, 2018, bringing approximately 2500 passengers to Dominica’s shores. The ship is scheduled to be docked at the Roseau Cruise Ship Berth from 8:00am to 5:00pm.  The MV Celebrity Summit is scheduled to make ten (9) calls to the island for the 2018/2019 cruise season.

The anticipated nine (9) calls by the MV Celebrity Summit to the island, will allow our many cruise stakeholders to earn a livelihood especially those who sustained tremendous loss post Hurricane Maria. Service providers are consequently all geared up for an active 2018/2019 cruise season.

Activities to commemorate the opening of the 2018/2019 cruise season will include a series of cultural entertainment to be held on the Dame Mary Eugenia Charles Boulevard from 8:00am to 5:00pm. A ceremony will also form part of the day’s activities during which the Minister of Tourism & Culture will declare the season officially open.  Preschoolers of the SPICES Centre and Bright Beginnings preschools, will form part of the welcome ceremony to greet cruise visitors’ upon arrival, by waving the national flag.

A total of 189 cruise calls are projected for the 2018/2019 cruise season which equates to approximately 304,031 cruise passengers. Dominica expects to welcome nine (9) new cruise ships to its shores. Inaugural ceremonies to include plaque exchanges will be held aboard the respective ships. DDA solicits the cooperation of all tourism stakeholders in ensuring a welcoming and enjoyable experience for the cruise visitors. The Government of Dominica will continue its effort in promoting Dominica as a desirable cruise destination so as to increase cruise calls to Dominica. 

For more information on Dominica, contact Discover Dominica Authority at 767 448 2045. Or, visit Dominica’s official website: www.DiscoverDominica.com, see Dominica’s updates on the tourism sector post Hurricane Maria: www.dominicaupdate.com, follow Dominica on Twitter and Facebook and take a look at our videos on YouTube.

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4 Comments

  1. Don2Fresh
    October 29, 2018

    I love to hear this. To Be Honest, I thought Dominica was a lost soul after Maria, but God guided us and looked over us and here we are today. I must say good job to the current government specifically Roosevelt Skerrit.

  2. Just 4 tonight
    October 28, 2018

    And Roseau the main city smelling, Portsmouth is like an abandoned garden, our roads are like a city that was bombed with so many missing bridged and government has not done much to clean up sites. I really wonder if they going to have those tourists visit the president palace and the financial center, since that’s all we have.

  3. %
    October 28, 2018

    As usual the lyrics of the song will continue:::
    “””They Pass On a Buss”””Pee Peeep,”””They Pass on a Bus”””
    CBI money do not trickle down
    Tourism $$$$$ do not trickle down …They kill agriculture.
    Robbie Tonge will continue to blow his wizened trumpet.
    Dominica will continue to plummet deeper into poverty!!!!
    Skerrit Must Go
    Skerrit Must Go
    LAZY Skerrit Must Go Now

    • Is So
      October 28, 2018

      Shut the front 🚪 door % and become a contributing member of society! I am visiting and the 😂 🤭 laughingstock is a person name %, I am fabulously excited 😜 to be home 🏠. To the many Dominicans, who are wondering about the progress that was made after Hurricane Maria, it is exceptionally satisfactory. I had the opportunity to stop 🛑 in Other islands that the hurricanes hit and our nation has come a long way. As we are enjoying the shows, views expressed and % get a life, mem bett, mem pwell.

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