If a cruise ship docks in my country as one of their stops and their final destination is where I need to go..

Question

can I hop on as a one way passenger? I need to get from Curacao to Florida or New York---even south carolina would work...do any cruise lines allow this? which ones? how much would it cost?

Answer 1

The simple answer is NO.

Cruise ship companies are not allowed, by internation law, to transport one way passangers.

Answer 2

Yes you can do that on Royal Caribbean cruise lines.  It's called a partial cruise and you have to make arrangements for it well in advance and you can get on the ship when it gets to Curacao.  BUT, BUT, the cruise ships that go to Curacao leave from Puerto Rico and return there and NOT to Florida or anywhere on the mainland US.

When you do a partial cruise you do have to pay the full fare of the cruise.  So the best thing to do is just book the cheapest cabin, which would be an inside cabin.

Now to get to the US you would have to book another partial cruise from San Juan, PR back to the US, and again paying another full fare.

Here's the web link to RC's partial cruise information:

http://www.royalcaribbean.com/customersu...

In the end this would be more costly than a flight to the US from Curacao.

Answer 3

no you can not just get on and go an cruise ship anytime to go to the next port...not even for money...you have to book a full cruise and go. main reason is it takes a day to get to a next port and the cruise ships usually don't have room to store random people getting on and off...so srry they do not do that...Why not flying

Answer 4

yeah cruise ships are meant as vacations, not as travel as they take so long.

Answer 5

yes you can but the cruise line will charge a very high surcharge often almost as much as the full  cruise would cost you

Answer 6

easycruiseONE is a company that breaks up the transit like that, but i m not sure if they go the places you need.  I am sure that it would be an expensive way to cruise.

good luck

Answer 7

No, for security reasons they are not allowed to pick up any passengers.