In the Sunday (December 16, 2007) edition of the St. Petersburg Times:

Cruising returns to St. Croix

St. Croix is readying its brightly painted colonial buildings and centuries-old sugar mills to welcome cruise ship passengers again.

Disney Cruise Line announced new eastern Caribbean itineraries for 2009, with one seven-night cruise that will feature a day stop in St. Croix, the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Most major cruise lines suspended visits to St. Croix five years ago, citing crime and a lack of consumer demand.

Cruise ship cancellations were estimated to cost roughly $50-million a year in lost revenues in St. Croix, which went from hosting about 230,000 passengers a year to a couple thousand from lines that made short nighttime stops to refuel.

Interesting reasons as to why many cruise lines discontinued visits to the port. I bet Disney got quite the deal to make visits to the island and I'd venture a guess that those savings certainly were not passed onto the guests. Guess they never overlook the opportunity to make the big bucks, huh?