Largest Cruise Ship In The World Joins Four Others In Two St. Thomas Ports Today

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — St. Thomas is showing why it continues to be the premier cruise ship destination in the world with fully five ships in its harbor today!

The Norwegian Gem with about 2,394 cruise ship passengers was scheduled to be at Havensight from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. today.

The MSC Seaside with about 4,140 cruise ship passengers were scheduled to be in town from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today.

The Carnival Breeze with its estimated 3,690 cruise ship passengers were also scheduled to be at Havensight from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. today.

The Harmony of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world, was scheduled to be at Crown Bay with its 5,479 passengers from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.

The upscale Celebrity Equinox with its estimated 2,850 passengers was scheduled to be at Crown Bay from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. also.

“Today is a busy ship day on St. Thomas with three ships in Havensight and two in Crown Bay,” the Virgin Islands Port Authority said. “A warm VI welcome to all of our guests!”

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.