Bar Harbor rejects Cruise Ships

[d9704011]

20 hours ago, Cruisin Kay D said:

The link in the last post requires that anyone trying to read it has to sign up & pay for access to the link.    Can the OP (cooncat_mom) PLEASE PLEASE  copy & post the article here???

Same article, different source...

https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2023-01-03/businesses-sue-bar-harbor-over-new-cruise-ship-passenger-limits

[Cruisin Kay D]

d9704011:    Many thanks for that 2nd link!!   I feel a bit more relieved that Mike & I may be able to tender to downtown, go to a shop or 2 to buy some blueberry items & eat lobster at a local restaurant.....last time there I bought a Bar Harbor long sleeve shirt which I dearly love and wear so often.....I want to buy another shirt!!  

 

Checked our ports today and it appears Zaandam will be the only ship in nearly all of our ports, and in some cases, the 1st ship of the 2023 season to come to that port!    A tour operator I contacted at Newport RI about his boat tour said April is too early for cruise ships to come!!!   I wrote him back to say:  Well, Zaandam & people will be there!

Edited January 16, 2023 by Cruisin Kay D

[Cruisin Kay D]

Just realized our ship is there on a Sunday --- hope the shops & restaurants will be open!!!  

[danv3]

Fascinating stuff in the memo on pp 70-72 of this PDF: https://www.barharbormaine.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12202022-3112

 

You can tell that the citizen petition that started this whole thing leaves a lot of gaps and unanswered questions, so the harbormaster is going to be left making a lot up as it develops.  

[Host Bonjour]

On 1/14/2023 at 6:30 PM, Charles4515 said:

That would be a copyright violation.

 

We generally let posts with links to news articles stay on the forum, and thanks for raising the concern. It's important!!

 

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Publication paywalls are part of that story, but not one we need to get into here. 😉