Caribbean cruise

[Jbhunter223]

Hey everyone,

For those of you that have been on a Caribbean cruise, is it worth stopping at any of the LCDH?  I've never been so I'm looking for a little insight.  We leave from Puerto Rico, stop at St. Kitts, St. Thomas (not sure where this one is), Curaçao, and Aruba. Any cigar shops worth stopping at in these places?  I'm guessing lots of fakes, is it worth even trying to buy cigars?

thanks,

Jayme

[Jimmy_jack]

Why wouldn't it be? I'm going to St Martin on a cruise in June. Supposedly there is an LCDH on the French side. Gonna look for old stock. If they have some, awesome. If not, I doubt I'll leave empty handed.


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[Jbhunter223]

Just didn't want to get my hopes up I suppose.  There's a couple LCDH along the way I plan on stopping, just wondering what to expect is all since I've never been to this part of the world. Wasn't sure what prices would look like either. I agrees with you it's worth looking you never know what you may find!

[Jbhunter223]

37 minutes ago, jdouglas said:

Well don't forget that st Thomas is US virgin island and doubt there will be a lcdh there unless it's brand new.  Never has been one in the past.

I didn't realize that, but there's one in Aruba and one in St.Kitts I'm hoping to check out. 

[NSXCIGAR]

Not sure if you're stopping at St. Maarten, but the Cigar Emporium at Front Street # 66 in Philipsburg seems to have some interesting stock, but I would be scrutinizing the hell out of it. I've heard some have been happy with their purchases there, but anything outside of an LCDH in the Caribbean is always prime for fakes. 

[rhcolbert]

Shop in Barbados was awful; not an lcdh tho.  Battle holes in everything. 

[GrouchoMarx]

2 hours ago, Jimmy_jack said:

Why wouldn't it be? I'm going to St Martin on a cruise in June. Supposedly there is an LCDH on the French side. Gonna look for old stock. If they have some, awesome. If not, I doubt I'll leave empty handed.


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There  is cigar store not far from where your ship docks.....walking distance.

You'll see the "boardwalk" area - go one block inland. 

Unit - 1, 66 Front St, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten Its the "Cigar Emporium" - go upstairs. They're not LCDH, but they're legit.

http://www.cigaremporium.biz/

You'll also see tons of little guys in "stalls" selling cubans - fake city! 

The LCDH is at  71 Port La Royale, Marigot, St. Maarten - you'll need a taxi.

Cheers

[GrouchoMarx]

37 minutes ago, NSXCIGAR said:

Not sure if you're stopping at St. Maarten, but the Cigar Emporium at Front Street # 66 in Philipsburg seems to have some interesting stock, but I would be scrutinizing the hell out of it. I've heard some have been happy with their purchases there, but anything outside of an LCDH in the Caribbean is always prime for fakes. 

I shopped there 3 years ago got a box of siglo V's. totally legit.

[Jbhunter223]

Not stopping in St. Maarten unfortunately. There are LCDH in Aruba and St.Kitts which we are stopping at if anyone has experience woth either of these?

[mrwhitt]

13 hours ago, Jimmy_jack said:

Why wouldn't it be? I'm going to St Martin on a cruise in June. Supposedly there is an LCDH on the French side. Gonna look for old stock. If they have some, awesome. If not, I doubt I'll leave empty handed.


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Which cruise? I'm headed on a Royal Caribbean cruise in June. Looking forward to the stop at the LCDH in St Martin too.

Anyone, any experience with Bermuda? Particularly how are prices?

[Jimmy_jack]

9 minutes ago, mrwhitt said:

Which cruise? I'm headed on a Royal Caribbean cruise in June. Looking forward to the stop at the LCDH in St Martin too.

Anyone, any experience with Bermuda? Particularly how are prices?

Oasis out of Port Canaveral. June 11.

[mrwhitt]

9 minutes ago, Jimmy_jack said:

Oasis out of Port Canaveral. June 11.

Thought I would check. I'm on Anthem, hitting St Martin on June 12 hoping there is some good stock.

[Jimmy_jack]

Well leave some for me if there is


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[SokaKiel]

14 hours ago, Jbhunter223 said:

Hey everyone,

For those of you that have been on a Caribbean cruise, is it worth stopping at any of the LCDH?  I've never been so I'm looking for a little insight.  We leave from Puerto Rico, stop at St. Kitts, St. Thomas (not sure where this one is), Curaçao, and Aruba. Any cigar shops worth stopping at in these places?  I'm guessing lots of fakes, is it worth even trying to buy cigars?

thanks,

Jayme

Hi Jayme,

I've been to Curacao and Aruba three years ago. The shop (no Casa) in Curaçao was shocking, the worst I've seen so far in any cigar shop! Glue traps spread out all over the shelves to catch the beetles!? It was a mess in all the boxes that I looked at!

There was a Cuban inspired restaurant in town, MR Congas. They happened to have a roller sitting outside in the evenings for a few days while I was there and I loaded up on some Edmundo sized fresh rolled sticks. 

The Casa on Aruba was OK, nothing special or vintage in stock but no beetle problems.

Enjoy the cruise!!!

Leif

[Bohn007]

15 hours ago, Jimmy_jack said:

Why wouldn't it be? I'm going to St Martin on a cruise in June. Supposedly there is an LCDH on the French side. Gonna look for old stock. If they have some, awesome. If not, I doubt I'll leave empty handed.


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I was there today. The prices are crazy high and nothing really with age on it. Montecristo No. 2 was over €400 and Upmann Connoisseur 1 was €300

[Jbhunter223]

Good info!  Thanks for the replies everyone. May just grab a bunch of singles that I've been wanting to try. 

[mrwhitt]

9 hours ago, Bohn007 said:

I was there today. The prices are crazy high and nothing really with age on it. Montecristo No. 2 was over €400 and Upmann Connoisseur 1 was €300

This is very disappointing news. 

[Jbhunter223]

Back home from the trip, picked up 2 boxes and a bunch of singles.  Will update later, had to work today.  The boxes were a 13 box of sancho panza non-plus. And a 16 box of HDM Du prince. 

[Jbhunter223]

Finally got some rain so we're not in the fields today.On my trip I stopped at the LCDH in St. Kitts, small shop not a lot of stock. The cigar guy was nice and helpful, the oldest sticks they had were some 06 Partagas Coronas Gordas Anejados, and some 07 Hoyo de Monterrey Hermosos No.4 Anejados. Pretty highe price wise. I found a 13 box of Non-plus I bought along with some singles. There was some mold on some of the singles they had out but no beetle problems. The next stop was curaçao, there were two shops on the island and were both expensive. Both had a lot of stock and seemed to be well kept no mold or beetle issues. All regular production stuff, nothing old or "special" and didn't find anything older than '14.  The last stop was Aruba. Went to the LCDH in the mall, decent sized humidor with tons of stock, the most of all the shops I stopped in but all regular production and nothing too aged. They had 8 boxes of du prince so I bought one, very expensive but I haven't been able to find these so I went for it. Overall it was neat to look through everything in person but online prices are much better. If anyone has specific questions on anything your more than welcome to shoot me a PM.