If you cruise to Aruba, AND your ship stays through early evening, here are some weekly events to keep in mind:
TUESDAY Bonbini Festival
Is a year-round folkloric event every Tuesday from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Fort Zoutman, Oranjestad. Arts and crafts, local foods, drinks, music and dances.
WEDNESDAY One Cool Summer:
Watapana Food & Art Festival: Held every Wednesday on the festival grounds between the Hyatt Regency Resort & Casino and the Americana Allegro Aruba Beach Resort & Casino Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Live entertainment, music, food & beverages. Local artists display their works.
THURSDAY Caribbean Festival
A year-round weekly event highlighting the Caribbean cultural heritage of San Nicolas through folkloric dance performance and displays of local arts and foods. A street fair in downtown San Nicolas is followed by a cultural presentation in the St.Teresita Center. Every Thursday from 5:00pm to 8:30pm.
In checking some of the itineraries, it's not out of the question to include these festivities in part of your plans for Aruba - on some ships, at least.
Check your port days and times for Aruba, if you are interested. Could be fun!
If we are there on a ship that stays in the evening on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday ... it sounds like a good thing to check out. NEXT TIME WE WILL!
Once, we were on a RCL ship that was in Aruba until midnight (can't remember which day of the week) and we went to Carlos 'N Charlies and had a fun time! (Probably, we can't remember which day of the the week or much else BECAUSE of Carlos 'N Charlies.)
LuLu ... Visit SOUTH CAROLINA!
1/09 B2B (20 days) Emerald Princess
OVER 40 (started young) Princess, Celebrity, RCCL, HAL, NCL, Costa, Disney, Carnival, Sitmar (Princess bought), and (a very long time ago) SS Bahama Star
Adventure of the Seas used to leave at 1 AM. It departs at 8PM now. When the Carnival Destiny called in Aruba, we departed at 11:00pm in 2004. Carnival no longer sail to Aruba.
The Destiny was in port on Fridays and there was a big beach party hosted by a local radio station on Palm Beach by the Holiday Inn hotel from noon to 3 pm.