Bar Harbor caps cruise ship passengers

Bar Harbor caps cruise ship passengers
By Mainebiz news staff (02/14/08)

Complaints about an overcrowded downtown have led Bar Harbor officials
to impose a limit on the number of passengers cruise ships may bring
to town.


The Bar Harbor Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to restrict the
number of passengers that can disembark at one time to 3,500 in the
months of July and August, with the harbor master able to raise that
number to 3,700 at his discretion, according to the Bar Harbor Times.
The number will increase to 5,500 from May 1 to June 30, and from
Sept. 1 to Oct. 31, the paper reported. The restriction will go into
effect during the summer season of 2010.

The decision is in response to complaints from residents and business
owners that passengers from larger cruise ships overcrowd the
downtown, and buses transporting them restrict traffic, the Times
reported. Currently, the town allows two ships to be anchored in the
harbor on the same day, and larger cruise ships can hold more than
3,000 passengers and 1,000 crew members.

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"RsH" wrote in message
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Bar Harbor caps cruise ship passengers
By Mainebiz news staff (02/14/08)

Complaints about an overcrowded downtown have led Bar Harbor officials
to impose a limit on the number of passengers cruise ships may bring
to town.

I wonder what is going to happen when the new megaships become the norm,
and two or three end up together at the same ports in the Caribbean?

Tio Pedro wrote:
"RsH" wrote in message
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Bar Harbor caps cruise ship passengers
By Mainebiz news staff (02/14/08)

Complaints about an overcrowded downtown have led Bar Harbor officials
to impose a limit on the number of passengers cruise ships may bring
to town.

I wonder what is going to happen when the new megaships become the norm,
and two or three end up together at the same ports in the Caribbean?

It is happening already, I have seen and heard of other times where
there was more then one megaship in port at a time.

sue