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.

View of Baie de Marigot from Fort Louis

October 23, 2025

Saint Martin Welcomes Orient Express Coral Yacht in 2026

The world-famous Orient Express brand is expanding its legacy at sea with the arrival of its flagship yacht, the Orient Express Corinthian, set to home-port in Saint Martin in the winter of 2026. This move positions the French side of

October 22, 2025

Today in St. Maarten Cruise Port: Carnival Vista

St. Maarten Ship highlight: Carnival Vista   With all that goes on in busy cruise port Philipsburg St. Maarten, Visit St. Maarten / St. Martin weekly tries to pick out special ships in port and to tell visitors in Philipsburg

October 20, 2025

Photo Of The Week: Grey Clouds, Bright Lights

A massive ship like Icon of the Seas with its colorful light designs can bring an interesting mix of colors into one picture when combined with natural light. At sunset, the skies above this behemoth seem to struggle with some

picture of the cruise ship Rhapsody of the Seas

October 15, 2025

Today in Cruise port St. Maarten: Rhapsody of the Seas

  As one of the most popular cruise ports in the world, visitors of St. Maarten see a lot of ships pass by the St. Maarten Cruise Port often with unique designs and features. Visitors enjoying their breakfast or lunch

October 6, 2025

Photo of the Week: Caribbean Sunset At Montevista

This week Big Bastards Beach Bar submitted one of there amazing island sunset pictures again. Whereas previously they photographed Oyster Bay and Great Bay at sunset, today’s beautiful angle is from Montevista. Montevista is the residential area in Point Blanche

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