Superstar Summit departed Boston on Saturday, October 15, concluding a profitable summer time season from “The Metropolis on a Hill” after providing 10-12 night time sailings alongside the extremely fascinating northeastern coast of the USA and into southeastern Canada.
Boston welcomed a wide range of cruise strains all through the summer time, and Superstar Cruises plans much more sailings from the town subsequent 12 months.
Boston Cruises Wrapping Up Fall Season
The Millennium-class Superstar Summit has left Boston and is now crusing a 12-night one-way repositioning cruise, visiting Bermuda, St. Lucia, Grenada, Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire earlier than arriving in Miami on Thursday, October 27, the place the ship might be homeported for the winter season.
This concludes the ship’s first ever season homeporting in Boston. The late-season deployment included 4 10-12 night time itineraries that cruised the Northeast shoreline, visiting ports in Maine and Canada.
“Our first season homeporting in Boston was a completely thrilling success and certainly one of Superstar’s most sought-after itineraries,” mentioned Superstar Cruises President and CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo.
“Having grown up in New England, this space is close to and expensive to my coronary heart and having our visitors expertise the gorgeous surroundings onboard the beautiful Superstar Summit has introduced me a whole lot of pleasure.”
Highlights of those cruises have included gorgeous historic explorations of the area, distinctive culinary tastes, and beautiful fall foliage surroundings.
“I need to personally thank the Metropolis of Boston and the Massachusetts Port Authority for his or her help this season,” mentioned Lutoff-Perlo. “They’ve been strategic companions of Superstar Cruises for years and their advocacy on our behalf is a serious cause why we see Boston as being a homeport for years to return.”
Along with Superstar Cruises, different cruise strains which have supplied wonderful itineraries from Boston this 12 months embrace Norwegian Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Royal Caribbean Worldwide, Princess Cruises, TUI Cruises, Oceania Cruises, and extra.
Flynn Cruiseport Boston, positioned in South Boston and named after former Boston Mayor Ray Flynn, has welcomed cruising with open arms in 2022. Whereas the season nonetheless has just a few weeks left with sailings into November, a complete of 126 ships from 19 totally different cruise strains have used the port this 12 months.
Cruise tourism brings nice advantages to the financial system in Boston and total in Massachusetts, supporting 2,200 jobs and an annual financial impression of $135.5 million, and excellent boon for native accommodations, eating places, retailers, tour guides, points of interest, and extra.
Superstar Summit to Return in 2023
Superstar Cruises first began calling Boston in 1990, and after this 12 months’s very profitable season, the ship will return in 2023.
“We’re nearing the shut of a terrific cruise season right here in Boston, the place we not solely welcomed 1000’s of passengers again to Flynn Cruiseport Boston, but in addition hosted Superstar Summit as a homeport ship for the primary time,” mentioned Lisa Wieland, Massport CEO.
“I need to thank Lisa Lutoff-Perlo and Superstar for his or her help over time, and we look ahead to working with them to offer our passengers wonderful service subsequent season.”
Superstar Summit might be homeporting in Boston once more from August to October 2023, providing visitors 11-night itineraries up the Japanese Shoreline, visiting Maine – together with a brand-new port Rockland – earlier than reaching Canada, the place guests can indulge within the French flavors and tradition of l. a. capitale nationale with an in a single day port of name in Quebec.
Earlier in the summertime, Superstar Summit will homeport from New York, providing 7-night roundtrip Bermuda getaways, in addition to a pair of particular Iceland sailings when the ship repositions to Boston in August.
The 90,940-gross-ton vessel can accommodate 2,158 visitors at double occupancy and as many as 2,218 passengers when absolutely booked. The ship initially entered service with Superstar Cruises in 2001, however underwent an entire $500 million bow-to-stern renovation and revitalization in 2019 to carry visitors nothing however the most effective in model and repair for years to return.
