Amber Cove, Dominican Republic, Welcomes First Ship

Jan115 · October 7, 2015

The arrival of the Carnival Victory opened the new port of Amber Cove in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday. It is the first of many Carnival Corp. ships that will dock at the $85 million facility.

Amber Cove is expected to revive cruise tourism on the north coast of the Dominican Republic, which has been dormant for 30 years.

The port includes a pier capable of simultaneously docking two of the cruise company's largest vessels. It has a shopping village, bars and restaurants, a pool, ziplines, rental cabanas and a large excursion-staging area.

Carnival Corp. has said that Amber Cove will be included on stops from eight of its 10 cruise lines, although at least half of the passengers are expected to come from Carnival Cruise Line.

Amber Cove will serve as a base of operations for the Fathom social-impact brand when it begins sailing to the Dominican Republic next April.

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Source: Tom Steighorst (Travel Weekly, October 6, 2015 "Amber Cove Welcomes First Ship")

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Shari2 · October 13, 2015

Wonder if that's near Samana, (sp?) Dominican Republic...I was there back in the late '70s. It was a very beautiful place. Will have to go and look at a map.

btate · December 6, 2015

I would like to hear more about this port if you see more information on it.

Jan115 · December 6, 2015

Byron -

I am so happy to see a cruise ship port open in the D.R. again. :smile: The official port page has a lot of great info and can be found here: Amber Cove. Also, here is some general info about the Dominican Republic and the Amber Coast, including the area's capital city of Puerta Plata. Hopefully, our cruise port contributor here on CruiseCrazies can update our port guide section in the near future to include Amber Cove.

Jan

haroldwilliams · February 13, 2016

The pictures of Amber Cove are beautiful , btate. You know it is only a few miles from Puerto Plata, and Cruise Travel magazine had an in-depth article in the Jan. Feb 2016 issue.