Just been reading in Travel Weekly US about all the investment at the Caribbean ports that Royal Caribbean International's mega-ship Oasis of the Seas will be visiting.
We're talking phenomenal amounts of money, from $2 million for a pier lengthening project in Costa Maya in Mexico, to a $75 million investment in a state-of-the-art terminal at Oasis' homeport, Port Everglades, to the new, $121 million port in Falmouth, Jamaica, due to open in November 2010.
Apparently they all think it's worth it because once the ship starts its Eastern and Western Caribbean cruise itineraries in December, it will be bringing 6,000-plus passengers and 2,000-plus crew to each port every other week, hopefully all spending loads of money.
I just hope they are right.
Jane Archer
