Celebrity Mercury Adds St. Kitts to 2009-2010 Itinerary

Cruise stakeholders in St Kitts and Nevis are looking forward to visits by the 77,000-gross-ton Celebrity Mercury during the 2009-2010 Cruise ship season. The 1,870-passenger Celebrity Mercury will make multiple calls to St Kitts’ Port Zante on 11-night; 12 and 15-night Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises.

The Celebrity Mercury will start 12-night Eastern Caribbean cruises on November 9, November 30 and Dec. 21, 2009 and January 11 and February 1, 2010 with calls to Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas; Fredericksted, St Croix; Basseterre, St. Kitts, St. John’s, Antigua and Philipsburg, St. Maarten before returning to Baltimore, Maryland.

A 15-night December 18, 2009 cruise will take the Celebrity Mercury from Puerto Rico to St Croix, St Maarten, St. Kitts, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados, Tobago, Grenada, Curacao and Aruba.

The 11-night cruises from Charlotte, South Carolina on February 15, March 8 and March 29, 2010 will take the Celebrity Mercury to Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, St. Kitts and Tortola before returning to South Carolina.

An 11-night March 15th 2010 cruise sees the Celebrity Mercury leaving Puerto Rico for St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Kitts, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados, Grenada, Curacao and Aruba. The German built Bahamas-registered vessel carries a crew of 900 and a passenger capacity of 1,840.

Sister ships of the Celebrity Mercury to visit St. Kitts during the 2008-2009 cruise ship season are the 2,450-passenger Constellation; the 2,850-passenger Solstice; the 2,281-passenger Galaxy and the 2,450-passenger Summit.