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Mapp Taps Disney To Help St. Croix Become A 'Destination Experience'

A Walt Disney Company official has offered the Virgin Islands government the "full portfolio" of the company's "technical support system" to help create a "destination experience" on St. Croix, Governor Kenneth Mapp said Thursday in his keynote address at the St. Croix Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting held at the Palms at Pelican Cove. The governor said he had been in conversations with cruise-industry officials, and in a recent meeting with Karl Holz, president of Disney Cruise Line, he asked whether the company had any plans for St. Croix. In response, Holz, Mapp said, "talked about the issues of the duplication of visits. [He said Disney has] tried St. Croix and there are some issues, in terms of it getting ready and being a fully fledged cruise ship destination." However, Mapp said he asked Holz to consider including St. Croix on his cruise line's itinerary. "I said, 'I need help [and] I'm willing to help you [with] the cruise industry, and cruise traff...