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Cruiseport Boston finished the 2012 season with a record 380,054 cruise vacationers, a 23 percent increase over 2011, the Massachusetts Port Authority dinner cruise san francisco (Massport) announced today. Fueling the surge was Carnival Cruise Lines' Carnival Glory which began cruising from Boston to Canada in June.
With a dozen 4-, 5-, and 7-day cruises from Cruiseport Boston to Canada in June and July, the ship contributed some 85,000 passengers to the Black Falcon dinner cruise san francisco Cruise Terminal's yearly count. Many of the passengers came from outside New England, and extended their vacation by staying in local hotels and shopping and dining in Boston.
This year, 117 cruise ships docked at Boston, a nine percent increase dinner cruise san francisco over 2011. Of that number, 63 started and/or ended their cruise here. For the cruises leaving from Boston, many of the 274,000 passengers came from across the United States, New England, Canada, Europe, and as far away as Australia, and contributed to the local economy by shopping, dining, lodging and sightseeing. In addition to the cruise passengers, more than 100,000 crew members visited Boston.
"The record number of passengers is important because they – along with crew members, and the cruise lines themselves – support local business with every visit. Some of those passengers dinner cruise san francisco experienced Boston and Massachusetts for the first time, and many will come back for a longer vacation stay."
In 2010 Massport completed an $11 million renovation dinner cruise san francisco of Cruiseport Boston, dinner cruise san francisco which created a new 21,000 square foot departure lounge and enhanced terminal aesthetics. The upgrades also gave Massport the ability to handle embarking and debarking passengers simultaneously. Massport believed the renovations would bring more ships and passengers to Boston.
In addition to Carnival Glory, Cruiseport Boston offered new choices dinner cruise san francisco for Canada New England dinner cruise san francisco cruising including Holland America's Veendam, offering 7-day sailings to Montreal as well as a repositioning cruise to South America via the Panama Canal.
Three luxury lines - Compagnie du Ponant, dinner cruise san francisco Seabourn and Crystal Cruises - offered 7 and 10-day voyages to Canada New England ports. dinner cruise san francisco Norwegian Dawn, in addition to regular Bermuda cruises, dinner cruise san francisco sailed 7-day itineraries to Quebec. Canada New England cruises dinner cruise san francisco more than doubled in 2012 growing by 119 percent.
During Hurricane Sandy, the Port of Boston served as a safe harbor for three cruise ships riding out the storm at the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal. There were five additional ships destined for New York cruise terminals that diverted to Boston, because the Port of New York was closed. dinner cruise san francisco The ships came to Cruiseport dinner cruise san francisco Boston to refuel and stock provisions, as well as to disembark and embark passengers. Nearly 9,000 passengers came to Boston on the unscheduled dinner cruise san francisco ship visits.
While the vessels were docked, dinner cruise san francisco Massachusetts Port Authority Police and cruise terminal operations staff worked around the clock to ensure dinner cruise san francisco all of their needs were met throughout their unintended stay in Boston. Massport staff also provided customer service to the stranded passengers including free shuttle bus service to Logan Airport, and tips on what to see and do in the region.
In 2013 cruisers will see more summer cruising options from Cruiseport Boston dinner cruise san francisco to Canada. Other highlights include Royal Caribbean's Brilliance of the Seas which will replace Jewel of the Seas sailing 7-day roundtrip Canada cruises; Carnival Glory will sail two additional 7-day Canada cruises; Veendam will add eight additional dinner cruise san francisco Canada itineraries, dinner cruise san francisco and also sail a 35-day trans-Atlantic dinner cruise san francisco voyage to Europe. Veendam will also sail a 21-day repositioning cruise to San Diego via the Panama Canal, and Norwegian Dawn will sail additional Bermuda cruises in the month of October, after completing a series of Canada cruises.