Hammerheads, the new restaurant at the Snorkel Park, will be fully open this season, after just having the bar and beach open last year.

West End Development Corporation Commercial Development Manager Ed Williams said the venue had already proved a big hit.

?Last year operators found people were prepared to come to the beach for the day.?

Wedco plan to develop the whole of Sallyport ? the area which houses the beach.

?We are looking to have an amusement park which benefits the local and visitor,? said Wedco General Manager Lloyd Telford.

It involves moving the sewage treatment plan and building a new one elsewhere capable of dealing with an expanded Dockyard.

?We are hoping in late 2005 or 2006 we can start on it,? said Mr. Telford.

?There are a few different locations for it.

?It frees up the land. It?s open space for probably a water theme park. We are also contemplating a covered sports site or multicultural site for events such as conferences.

?You could have indoor soccer and tennis.

?We have a entered into talks with a developer about that one.?

However Government owns a section of the land which also houses a hazardous waste depot which will also have to be moved.

An unused walkway on the wall dividing Sallyport from the main Dockyard area will be upgraded to become an attractive feature.

Last year?s one-off harbour nights-style event proved a big hit with locals as well as tourists and will become a regular night this summer.

This season Dockyard is to get a regular large cruise ship bringing up to three thousand passengers this summer.

The will be in port 33 hours after arriving on Tuesdays replacing the which used to bring 1,400 to 1,800 passengers from Tuesday to Thursday.

Mr. Williams said he was worried about the loss of a day?s business but hoped the length of stay would be increased in the coming years.

And he said the large cruise ship was good news for the port. Last year Dockyard had about three visits from a megaship.

?Because we have had the experience of 3,000 people visiting and the dynamics of that are fantastic for the whole Island.? The will continue to bring its 1,100 passengers for a day?s visit on Thursdays.

?We are looking for large volume so we can grow the business.

?Whenever you have a large ship, it creates a buzz not only for the passenger but also excitement for the local market. Locals like to be here in that environment.?

He hopes it will help create critical mass ? the buzz word in Wedco offices, achieved by seven-day a week cruise ship visits. But this is dependent upon another cruise ship jetty continuing north from the current one and there is no timetable for that work.

Bigger cruise ship numbers will boost business and create second jobs for West Enders predicted Mr. Williams.

?If the businesses are open longer they will be looking for additional staff.?

With Harbour Night style activities Wedco hope to create the round-the-clock buzz of Fanuiel Hall Boston and Baltimore Inner Harbour or Canterbury, England.

Similar approaches have also proved popular in mainland Europe. ?People go where the people are because they want to people watch. We have the ability to facilitate that sort of thing in the Dockyard.?

Until cruise ships in the West End take off in a big way Wedco are relying on one-off events including the Boat Show in April, the End to End Walk and an enlarged motorbike show in June and a bicycling grand prix in September.

Wedco also wants to host fitted dingy races and rowing regattas to cash in on the area?s excellent viewing access.