Cruise ships could home-port here soon Cruise ships would be able to start and end their journeys in the Virgin Islands under a proposed law introduced recently in the House of Assembly as part of efforts … Passengers leave the Disney Fantasy in October 2019, about five months before the territory closed to cruise ships because of the Covid-19 pandemic. (File photo: ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED) Cruise ships would be able to start and end their journeys in the Virgin Islands under a proposed law introduced recently in the House of Assembly as part of efforts to help jump-start the tourism industry, according to Premier Andrew Fahie.