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pwkenner · 03-28-2007, 09:36 PM

I'm researching a cruise for Late Summer/Fall of 2008 and want Aruba as one of the ports of call. Does anyone know of any cruise lines that stop in Aruba? Carnival told me they no longer/will stop going there as of this year. I believe the only departing port that they left out of going to Aruba was Puerto Rico. Any port on the east coast or gulf state would do.

hanna · 03-28-2007, 10:30 PM

Not sure if they still do, but we stopped there on a RC cruise.

Krazy Kruizers · 03-29-2007, 07:23 AM

HAL has several itineraries that stop at Aruba.

We were there last Oct/Nov on the Volendam and again this past March on the Maasdam.

LuLu · 03-29-2007, 11:45 PM

pwkenner ....

As KK said ... Holland America has cruise stops in Aruba.

So does Princess. We were just there on a Princess cruise in January.

While we were in port in Aruba this Janauary, there were .... HAL, Princess, and Regent/SevenSeas ships there.

Hopes this helps a bit!

LuLu · 03-29-2007, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by hanna

Not sure if they still do, but we stopped there on a RC cruise.

Hanna .... We had a wonderful stop in Aruba on a Royal Caribbean ship once that didn't leave port until MID-NIGHT so lots of time to play! Bet they still are stopping there ... but haven't checked it out for upcoming .... Maybe we should!

attagirl · 03-30-2007, 02:15 AM

Hal and RC do at least the last time I checked. But you should visit a local travel agent or even the Cruise Lines website for full information.

3 Fan · 03-30-2007, 02:29 PM

We were there in February on HAL's Veendam. It was a very busy day, 5 ships in port. 1 HAL, 2 Princess, and 2 Celebrity.

Red Sonja · 03-31-2007, 04:52 AM

Royal's Adventure of the Seas stops in Aruba. RCCL has plan to reposition some of their ships starting fall 2008 but so far it looks like the Adventure will be keeping it's same itineraries. (I have been watching this closely because we are also looking at cruising fall 2008)

MD11F · 03-31-2007, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by pwkenner

I'm researching a cruise for Late Summer/Fall of 2008 and want Aruba as one of the ports of call. Does anyone know of any cruise lines that stop in Aruba? Carnival told me they no longer/will stop going there as of this year. I believe the only departing port that they left out of going to Aruba was Puerto Rico. Any port on the east coast or gulf state would do.

There is a Royal Caribbean cruise aboard the Adventure of the Seas, which Sonja mentioned calling at Aruba, but that leaves from San Juan.
Princess has a 10 day Panama Canal cruise aboard the Coral Princess from Ft Lauderdale which calls at Aruba. but their Fall schedule has not been released as yet. Right now you can only get sailings to April 2008.
Holland America Line only calls in Aruba from Ft Lauderdale on a repo cruise on April 22nd.

pwkenner · 03-31-2007, 10:56 PM

Thanks for the responses. I called RCCL and they told me it was to early to book/research the cruise I wanted. They told me the prices would be out at the end of April. The 10 day Panal Canal stopping in Aruba sounds like a best bet.