{"id":55783,"date":"2017-08-19T12:58:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-19T12:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=55783"},"modified":"2017-08-19T12:58:49","modified_gmt":"2017-08-19T12:58:49","slug":"royal-caribbean-ship-cancels-five-calls-to-st-thomas-due-to-mechanical-issues-v-i-p-a-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=55783","title":{"rendered":"Royal Caribbean Ship Cancels Five Calls To St. Thomas Due To Mechanical Issues, V.I.P.A. Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) has notified the Virgin Islands Port Authority that mechanical issues with its MS Allure of the Seas cruise ship has forced itinerary changes that resulted in five cancelled calls to St. Thomas, V.I.P.A. announced Friday. \u00a0The port&#8217;s executive director, David Mapp, said that the Allure was scheduled to berth at the Austin \u201cBabe\u201d Monsanto Terminal in Crown Bay on the following dates:<\/span><b class=\"\"><\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li class=\"\"><span class=\"\">20-Sep-2017<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><span class=\"\">18-Oct-2017<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><span class=\"\">15-Nov-2017<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><span class=\"\">13-Dec-2017<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><span class=\"\">12-Jan-2018\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">V.I.P.A. said it received notice from Frederico Gonzalez-Denton, associate vice president of government relations for RCCL, that these five calls to St. Thomas have been cancelled. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u201cMr. Gonzalez-Denton said that the Allure ship has an issue with its propulsion system, which makes it very difficult for the ship to travel to certain distances due to speed restrictions. RCCL was forced to cancel these five calls to St. Thomas and shifted the ship to San Juan, Puerto Rico,\u201d Mr. Mapp said. Mr. Gonzalez-Denton also stated that the ship is scheduled to head to dry dock for repairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Mr. Mapp added that he is cognizant that these cancellations will have an adverse effect on the territory&#8217;s tourism industry. Therefore, he is arranging a meeting with the cruise line to discuss possible calls to St. Thomas by other RCCL vessels that may be in the region during the period in question. \u00a0Mr. Mapp is hopeful that additional visits will be added in the future to offset these missed calls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">The Allure of the Seas is one of the world\u2019s largest cruise ships and has the capacity to bring up to 6,296 passengers plus 2,384 crew to the shores of St. Thomas, according to V.I.P.A.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) has notified the Virgin Islands Port Authority that mechanical issues with its MS Allure of the Seas cruise ship has forced itinerary changes that resulted in five cancelled calls to St. Thomas, V.I.P.A. announced Friday. \u00a0The port&#8217;s executive director, David Mapp, said that the Allure was scheduled to berth at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[628,147],"tags":[7318,4178,70,121],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Royal Caribbean Ship Cancels Five Calls To St. Thomas Due To Mechanical Issues, V.I.P.A. 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