SEVERAL residents in Falmouth, Trelawny, paused yesterday to welcome home the more than 1,000 Jamaicans aboard Royal Caribbean cruise line's Adventure of the Seas which docked at the port shortly after midday.

The Jamaica Observer enquired if anyone among them had family members on-board the ship — which on Monday tarried in Haitian waters as the captain awaited clearance from the Jamaican Government to proceed — but was told no.

Crew member Semoy Fraser, in a telephone interview with the Observer yesterday, said while she did not see the small fanfare because of her location on the ship, sailing into the port was an indescribable feeling.

The Observer also spoke with the daughter of a male crew member aboard the ship, who said that she was still trying to process the news that her father was in Jamaican waters.

The Adventure of the Seas vessel was given approval on Monday to enter Jamaican waters, after a prolonged public disagreement over whether or not the Government knew of the ship's impending arrival and if it had clearance to enter Jamaican waters.