St. Maarten / St. Martin Cruise Blog

Welcome to our St. Maarten / St. Martin Cruise Blog! St. Maarten / St. Martin is one of the most popular and best visited cruise ports in the world, partially because of its proximity to Great Bay Beach, its vast shopping offer and its wide variety of cruise excursions. This blog is bringing news about Cruise Port St. Maarten, new additions to the cruise ship schedule and new exciting vessels setting sail to the island.

January 7, 2026

Today in Cruise Port St. Maarten: Marella Explorer

Cruise Port Philipsburg always welcomes interesting ships and can be a lively sight from the city, its beach, as well as Fort Amsterdam overlooking it. In this series of portraits of notable cruise ships passing through Port St. Maarten, today’s focus

December 30, 2025

Today in Cruise Port St. Maarten: Grand Princess

A Leader Attracting Apprentices   Port St. Maarten always offers a spectacular view, from the historical bulwark at Fort Amsterdam all the way to the lively boardwalk. The view becomes even more impressive when imposing cruise and sailing ships are in

cruise ship of virtuosa in the water

December 30, 2025

Today in Port: MSC Virtuosa

St. Maarten is not just a dreamt Caribbean retreat for hotel visitors, but also for cruise visitors. On many occasions, the island was even voted #1 Caribbean getaway amongst Caribbean cruise passengers. Amongst others that is because of the many

December 27, 2025

Today In Cruise Port St. Maarten: Viking Sea

A Smaller, but Elegant Viking   Today’s highlight of the many cruise ships visiting St. Maarten focuses on the Viking Sea of Viking Cruises. This ship is not amongst the largest of the ships visiting the Philipsburg cruise port (so

Picture of St Maarten and a sunset

December 22, 2025

7 Things to Know When Planning a Cruise to St. Maarten

Are you coming on a cruise to St. Maarten soon? You are likely to enjoy it—it is one of the most popular ports of call thanks to its many things to do in port and its proximity to Philipsburg and

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