Three cruise ships, including Seven Seas Splendor, Royal Clipper and Star Flyer, docked in Dominica on Monday, bringing more than 1,200 passengers to the island
Dominica: A total of 11,000 cruise passengers are set to arrive to the island of Dominica this week from March 9 to 15, 2026. These passengers will be arriving aboard 10 vessels which are scheduled to dock across different ports island wide.
On the first day of the week, three cruises arrived to the island simultaneously. The first arrival of the day was the luxury vessel Seven Seas Splendor which docked at the Roseau Cruise Ship Berth at 8:00 am with 818 passengers and departed around 6:00 pm. Later at 11:30 am two cruises, the Royal Clipper with 260 and Star Flyer with 180 passengers docked at the Cabrits ship berth and departed at 6:00 pm.
The cruise week will continue on March 11 which will again be one of the busiest days as three vessels will be arriving on the same day. These ships will be bringing over 3,500 passengers together. Jewel of the Seas, the largest vessel of the day, will dock at the Roseau Cruise Ship Berth with 2,496 passengers. The MV Ilma Insignia will also dock at the Woodbridge Bay Port with 777 passengers and on the same day MV Ilma will arrive at the Cabrits Cruise Ship berth carrying 476 passengers.
On March 12 at Woodbridge Bay Port the Grand Princess will dock with 2,600 passengers and a smaller vessel Wind Spirit will arrive at the Roseau Cruise Ship Berth with 156 passengers.
A large German cruise ship Mein Schiff 2 will dock on the Roseau Cruise Ship Berth on March 14 with 2,896 passengers arriving around 7:30 am. The last day of the week will see MV Viking Sea arriving with 1,000 passengers at the Roseau Cruise Ship Berth.
The arrival of hundreds and thousands of cruise ships this week is expected to give a major boost to the overall cruise tourism sector, particularly the ones involved directly such as cab drivers, tour guides and souvenir shops.