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The week of July 20, four cruise ships carrying 2,153 passengers called to port. The Grande Caribe, an American Canadian Caribbean Line ship, arrived carrying 100 passengers. The 183-foot long small luxury cruise ship departed later that same afternoon for a week-long tour of the Maine coast.
The Celebrity ship, Celebrity Summit arrived from Cape Liberty, NJ, and following its day in port headed north for Bar Harbor, ME. Carrying 1,900 passengers, the ship’s seven-day cruise includes visits to St. John, N.B., and Halifax, N.S. The recently refurbished ship, which has a gross registered tonnage of 91,000 tons, visited the Port of Portland for the first time earlier in July.
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The largest cruise terminal in the world to serve the two largest and most revolutionary cruise ships in the world officially opened at Port Everglades on Nov. 6, one week prior to the arrival of Royal Caribbean International’s 5,400-passenger Oasis of the Seas.
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Local county and city officials, as well as Royal Caribbean executives, were on hand for the opening celebration. The event also featured Royal Caribbean dancers, who performed a number from the Hairspray musical.
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The Port of Seattle says that the 2009 cruise season, which brought in a record 218 vessel calls and welcomed 875,433 passengers, continues to validate Seattle’s strong position in the Alaska cruise market. |
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“The cruise business is an important source of jobs and economic growth for King County, especially in these tough economic times,” said Bill Bryant, president of the Port of Seattle Commission. “Every one of the 218 ships this year brings over $1.7 million to King County’s economy. That is money going to everything from florists and wineries, to hotels, restaurants and wages to the hard-working men and women at the cruise terminals.”
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