Who owns Half Moon Cay?
Many cruisers are familiar with Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas. About 100 miles southeast is a quiet uninhabited island, Little San Salvador, which is home to Carnival’s Half Moon Cay. Half Moon Cay was officially opened as a port of call. Who owns Half Moon Cay? Half Moon Cay was officially opened as a…
Many cruisers are familiar with Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas. About 100 miles southeast is a quiet uninhabited island, Little San Salvador, which is home to Carnival’s Half Moon Cay. Half Moon Cay was officially opened as a port of call.
Who owns Half Moon Cay?
Half Moon Cay was officially opened as a port of call on December 12, 1997, by Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham. Holland America Lines bought the island initially and Carnival took ownership of the island when they acquired Holland America. Carnival owns it now, but the only time a Carnival ship will visit this island, is when it’s not being used by a Holland America ship.
The name of the island was changed from Little San Salvador to Half-Moon Cay after the purchase. Half Moon Cay was named after Holland America’s logo, which depicts explorer Henry Hudson’s ship, the Half Moon, and also to reflect the island’s spectacular crescent-shaped white sand beach. Henry Hudson’s ship is featured on the Holland America logo.
