Guests aboard Port Canaveral's Carnival Dream were disappointed yesterday when the new Carnival Dream had to skip San Juan. It seems the ship was too big to dock at the available berths in the port.
The available piers, built years ago, were not meant to handle a ship of the 130,0000 ton Dream's size. Upset passengers aboard the ship told us "Wouldn't you think the cruise line would have checked this out before their first call at the port?"
The problem seems to be that a gigantic sculpture built several years ago, partially funded by rival line Royal Caribbean, prevented the ship from docking. The dove-shaped sculpture, located at the entrance to the pier actually blocks the docking of newer, larger ships.
This is bad news for San Juan, actively trying to increase their cruise business, a major source of revenue for the island.
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