Carnival Cruise Lines - Port in Maimon

[jstarebel]

i find it really interesting, as you say, that all the taxi traffic ends up at one place...Cosita Rica. i wonder how they arranged that one..

Good morning G,

Carnival dictates to all associates how things go. This includes Taxis. Tours and stops all have to be approved by Carnival including boat tours, taxis, the works. They do everything that they can to insure none of their clients (tourists) have anything derogatory to say about their vacation. They do this at all of their locations with their associates.

 

[the gorgon]

Good morning G,

Carnival dictates to all associates how things go. This includes Taxis. Tours and stops all have to be approved by Carnival including boat tours, taxis, the works. They do everything that they can to insure none of their clients (tourists) have anything derogatory to say about their vacation. They do this at all of their locations with their associates.

i guess you are right. they cannot afford any black eyes, and that seems to be a situation that works for them.

have a great day, my brother.

 

[BelgianMik]

i find it really interesting, as you say, that all the taxi traffic ends up at one place...Cosita Rica. i wonder how they arranged that one..

I know a taxi-driver who works there and he told me they pay 500 pesos at each cab-driver (Cosita Rica 200, cariuela 200 and the guy with the beach chairs 100 pesos) so they all go there.

 

[the gorgon]

I know a taxi-driver who works there and he told me they pay 500 pesos at each cab-driver (Cosita Rica 200, cariuela 200 and the guy with the beach chairs 100 pesos) so they all go there.

not surprising. i knew the payoff had to be there, somewhere. now if only Carihuela learned to make decent food.

 

[dv8]

a bit of an update here. a friend alerted me that one can now book cruises from amber cove.
http://www.seascanner.com/cruise-k105112-eastern-caribbean-costa-pacifica-amber-cove

 

[windeguy]

a bit of an update here. a friend alerted me that one can now book cruises from amber cove.
http://www.seascanner.com/cruise-k105112-eastern-caribbean-costa-pacifica-amber-cove

Interesting. Could a Dominican citizen actually take one of these cruises?

 

[Matilda]

Interesting. Could a Dominican citizen actually take one of these cruises?

Not unless it only goes to the DR or Haiti. If they have US/UK/Schengen visa yes - depending on the nationality of the islands they are visiting. I once booked on a visa free cruise with my Dominican husband and kids, but the week before we were due to sail around 17 Dominicans jumped ship in Martinique so then they imposed Schengen visas which meant we could not go.

Matilda

 

[windeguy]

Not unless it only goes to the DR or Haiti. If they have US/UK/Schengen visa yes - depending on the nationality of the islands they are visiting. I once booked on a visa free cruise with my Dominican husband and kids, but the week before we were due to sail around 17 Dominicans jumped ship in Martinique so then they imposed Schengen visas which meant we could not go.

Matilda

So, in essence, almost no Dominican citizens will be able to board a cruise in the DR. Most cruises tend to go to locations where both a US visa and a Schengen visa will be needed. The odds of having both for a DR citizen is close to zero.

 

[jinty05]

I beg to differ, my partner has both visas and is a Dominican citizen

So, in essence, almost no Dominican citizens will be able to board a cruise in the DR. Most cruises tend to go to locations where both a US visa and a Schengen visa will be needed. The odds of having both for a DR citizen is close to zero.

 

[dv8]

dominicans who can afford a cruise have all the visas they need.

 

[windeguy]

I beg to differ, my partner has both visas and is a Dominican citizen

dominicans who can afford a cruise have all the visas they need.

Like I said, almost no Dominican citizens will be able to go. It is very uncommon for Dominicans to have both US and Schengen visas.

 

[mobrouser]

a bit of an update here. a friend alerted me that one can now book cruises from amber cove.
http://www.seascanner.com/cruise-k105112-eastern-caribbean-costa-pacifica-amber-cove

Unless I am reading the website incorrectly, booking from Amber Cove is limited to 2 weeks (Christmas and New Year) and is already all sold out. Then trips move back to La Romana. :disappoin

 

[dv8]

Unless I am reading the website incorrectly, booking from Amber Cove is limited to 2 weeks (Christmas and New Year) and is already all sold out. Then trips move back to La Romana. :disappoin

interesting. limited time offer or testing the ground?

 

[BelgianMik]

I beg to differ, my partner has both visas and is a Dominican citizen

Lol, mine to. She has double nationality (Dominican and Belgian) AND has visa for America (esta).
But indeed, not a lot of Dominicans will have both I think.

 

[Caonabo]

Interesting. Could a Dominican citizen actually take one of these cruises?

The correct answer to your question is, yes.

 

[Caonabo]

Not unless it only goes to the DR or Haiti. If they have US/UK/Schengen visa yes - depending on the nationality of the islands they are visiting. I once booked on a visa free cruise with my Dominican husband and kids, but the week before we were due to sail around 17 Dominicans jumped ship in Martinique so then they imposed Schengen visas which meant we could not go.

Matilda

Incorrect.

 

[Caonabo]

So, in essence, almost no Dominican citizens will be able to board a cruise in the DR. Most cruises tend to go to locations where both a US visa and a Schengen visa will be needed. The odds of having both for a DR citizen is close to zero.

It is fallacious to use such broad generalizations towards the population of an entire nation. May I suggest expanding your social boundaries.

 

[Caonabo]

Not intending to come across as irritable and prickly, but it is erroneous to assume that the entire Dominican population as a whole is mired in abject poverty. This is not the case. Not the case by far.

 

[windeguy]

Not intending to come across as irritable and prickly, but it is erroneous to assume that the entire Dominican population as a whole is mired in abject poverty. This is not the case. Not the case by far.

Not intending to over generalize at all. I realize that a very, very, very small percentage of the DR population will have both a US visitor's visa and a Schengen visa which would be necessary to take such a cruise.

I am quite certain that is the case, but alas and alack I have no easy way to prove my assertion since those numbers are not published by the USA or EU.

 

[windeguy]

It is fallacious to use such broad generalizations towards the population of an entire nation. May I suggest expanding your social boundaries.

Of course you can suggest it. I am quite certain I am correct that very few Dominicans have both a Schengen Visa and a USA visitor's visa. A very small percentage of the population.