Dozens of people gathered at the Waterfront near the Hyatt Regency Trinidad in Port of Spain yesterday to get a glimpse of one of the two cruise ships leased for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) later this week.

The ship Serenade of the Seas cruised into the Port of Port of Spain, just adjacent to the Waterfront, to the welcoming sounds of the our country’s national instrument, the steel pan.

Those aboard the vessel showed off their singing skills as the ship pulled in as they belted out, in sync, ’Ole-Oh-le-Ole-Oh-le-Ole-Oh-le-Ole-Oh-le, feeling hot hot hot’.

One onlooker remarked that although they were behind time, that could not have stopped the jubilant passengers aboard the third Radiance-class ship in Royal Caribbean’s fleet, which can hold up to 2,100 passengers.

Onlookers snapped pictures with their digital cameras and camera phones as the ship pulled in around 5.45 p.m.

’Daddy, look a big boat,’ one child exclaimed as the Serenade of the Seas pulled in while three Offshore Patrol vessels patrolled the waters.

The ten-storey ship is one of two cruise ships leased by the Government to host the Commonwealth Business Forum this week.