flamingos Posted November 9, 2022 #1 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Bar Harbor residents voted Tuesday to place tighter regulations on the cruise ship industry after years of complaints about overcrowding in the tourist mecca. Voters passed a petition restricting the number of cruise ship passengers who can come ashore on any given day. The town will now allow no more than 1,000 people per day to disembark from cruise ships, though questions remain about enforcement. https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/11/09/news/hancock/bar-harbor-cruise-ships-election/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted November 9, 2022 #2 Share Posted November 9, 2022 A thousand passengers? Well, that eliminates all RC ships. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HappyTexan44 Posted November 9, 2022 #3 Share Posted November 9, 2022 I hope cruise ships stop using that port. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted November 9, 2022 #4 Share Posted November 9, 2022 I would not like to see this happen but I do not think Royal Caribbean will have much choice. How would they possibly determine which 1,000 passengers out of the 2, 000 - 6,000 on board who would be allowed and who would not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KroozFoolz Posted November 9, 2022 #5 Share Posted November 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, DaKahuna said: I would not like to see this happen but I do not think Royal Caribbean will have much choice. How would they possibly determine which 1,000 passengers out of the 2, 000 - 6,000 on board who would be allowed and who would not. The first thousand to book a ship excursion? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare HappyTexan44 Posted November 9, 2022 #6 Share Posted November 9, 2022 And really, if they don't want tourists, as a tourist I don't want to spend money there. The world is a large place. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo&fran Posted November 9, 2022 #7 Share Posted November 9, 2022 When it gets cold, guess where they will go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare DaKahuna Posted November 9, 2022 #8 Share Posted November 9, 2022 17 minutes ago, KroozFoolz said: The first thousand to book a ship excursion? So you are going to tell me as a passenger that if I do not book and excursion through the cruise ship, I cannot go ashore in a port the ship is visiting. That's going to go over real well! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish65 Posted November 9, 2022 #9 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Fact is, they realize their area is special and unique and they'll get plenty of tourists without cruise ships. 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time4u2go Posted November 9, 2022 #10 Share Posted November 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, goldfish65 said: Fact is, they realize their area is special and unique and they'll get plenty of tourists without cruise ships. Exactly. It really is a nice place to visit. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted November 9, 2022 #11 Share Posted November 9, 2022 I understand how they feel. The citizens of Key West had a similar vote. And "we" all feel that we have given them our tourist dollars for years. Push and pull. No need to feel negatively toward the people of Maine. I feel that way about some of the states that y'all live in. 😄 😄 😄 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reallyitsmema Posted November 9, 2022 #12 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Portland, Maine also had a similar ballot question on Tuesday but it did not pass. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tree_skier Posted November 9, 2022 #13 Share Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) I say give the people what they want. You vote for no cruise ships give them no cruise ships. Royal should immediately drop Bar Harbor and overnight in Halifax, NS Edited November 9, 2022 by Tree_skier 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelblu Posted November 9, 2022 #14 Share Posted November 9, 2022 21 minutes ago, Tree_skier said: I say give the people what they want. You vote for no cruise ships give them no cruise ships. Royal should immediately drop Bar Harbor and overnight in Halifax, NS Better yet, overnight in Boston and rid of Bar Harbor. Maybe Royal can bring one of their smaller ships out of mothball. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted November 9, 2022 #15 Share Posted November 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, nelblu said: Maybe Royal can bring one of their smaller ships out of mothball. They don't have any ships in mothballs. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tree_skier Posted November 9, 2022 #16 Share Posted November 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, nelblu said: Better yet, overnight in Boston and rid of Bar Harbor. Maybe Royal can bring one of their smaller ships out of mothball. What ship is mothballed? I think every ship they have is in inventory. Older small ships have all been sold off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reallyitsmema Posted November 9, 2022 #17 Share Posted November 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, nelblu said: Better yet, overnight in Boston and rid of Bar Harbor. Maybe Royal can bring one of their smaller ships out of mothball. The older ships were beached and scrapped. There is nothing in mothballs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelblu Posted November 9, 2022 #18 Share Posted November 9, 2022 38 minutes ago, goldfish65 said: Fact is, they realize their area is special and unique and they'll get plenty of tourists without cruise ships. I've been there some 5-6 times on Anthem in mid-September and the place would be empty without the cruisers. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingos Posted November 9, 2022 Author #19 Share Posted November 9, 2022 45 minutes ago, Merion_Mom said: I understand how they feel. The citizens of Key West had a similar vote. Remember that the government of Florida overrode their local vote. 😞 Hopefully Maine will not do the same. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another_Critic Posted November 9, 2022 #20 Share Posted November 9, 2022 13 minutes ago, reallyitsmema said: The older ships were beached and scrapped. There is nothing in mothballs. They can buy back Song of America. My first cruise was on her. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time4u2go Posted November 9, 2022 #21 Share Posted November 9, 2022 10 minutes ago, flamingos said: Remember that the government of Florida overrode their local vote. 😞 Hopefully Maine will not do the same. Agreed. The people that live there should be the ones to decide what's best for their city. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish65 Posted November 9, 2022 #22 Share Posted November 9, 2022 16 minutes ago, nelblu said: I've been there some 5-6 times on Anthem in mid-September and the place would be empty without the cruisers. I am only guessing but maybe the town is happy to be empty and get a rest after the summer tourist season. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torpeedo Posted November 9, 2022 #23 Share Posted November 9, 2022 We've had the same issues with the people of Charleston SC. They hated the cruise ships, they fly big flags out their door with a picture of the whale tail and a big x through it. The battle went on for years. Now there is no more home porting after a certain date but they will accept day stops but they can only accommodate maybe one ship, 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted November 9, 2022 #24 Share Posted November 9, 2022 10 minutes ago, Another_Critic said: They can buy back Song of America. My first cruise was on her. 🙂 It's quite amazing Song of America is still floating and not chopped up for rebar and steel beams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torpeedo Posted November 9, 2022 #25 Share Posted November 9, 2022 55 minutes ago, Tree_skier said: I say give the people what they want. You vote for no cruise ships give them no cruise ships. Royal should immediately drop Bar Harbor and overnight in Halifax, NS I don't know if this is possible but Prince Edward Island is beautiful. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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