Norwegian CruiseLine Announces to Construct New Pier at Icy Strait Point

[AKStafford]

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. Announces Partnership With Huna Totem Corporation to Construct New Pier at Icy Strait Point Near Hoonah, Alaska

 

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/12/06/1663150/0/en/Norwegian-Cruise-Line-Holdings-Ltd-Announces-Partnership-With-Huna-Totem-Corporation-to-Construct-New-Pier-at-Icy-Strait-Point-Near-Hoonah-Alaska.html?fbclid=IwAR3DtMchHE659NrKlZH2lnqqiFmtalBGRW5AwOMlApYGJ_dyzEednaDJVmY

 

 

[Northern Aurora]

Thanks for posting.  I am trying to vision the impact on ISP with a Breakaway sized ship in port.

[wolfie11]

I'm trying to picture Hoonah with 5000 people wandering around!

 

[NEWLKAT]

saddened by this news, it is such a quaint non commercialized port.  Not sure it can handle 5000 people in port at 1 time.

[Coral]

I would have thought RCCL would have done this first.

Edited December 7, 2018 by Coral

[Italy52]

I have mixed emotions.  Happy for the revenue that it will bring to the locals but at the same time, saddened by the staggering number of people that will be onshore crowding this town.  I love Icy Strait and all its quaintness.

[naxer]

Yeah, mixed emotions.  So far the leaders have done a remarkable job balancing their resources and the cruise industry.  

[Coral]

For those who are disabled - it will be easier for them to visit. For this reason, I am glad it is being built. I hope for the town's sake, only 1 ship will be allowed per day.

[Italy52]

Coral, I'm hoping for the same --- one ship per day.

[reallyitsmema]

On 12/14/2018 at 10:39 PM, Italy52 said:

Coral, I'm hoping for the same --- one ship per day.

 

The 2019 schedule shows that there will be more than one ship in port multiple times during the 2019 season.  There are days where one ship will arrive after another leaves port, but there are also days with two ships in port at the same time.

[Northern Aurora]

On 12/14/2018 at 6:20 PM, Coral said:

For those who are disabled - it will be easier for them to visit. For this reason, I am glad it is being built. I hope for the town's sake, only 1 ship will be allowed per day.

 

Since the first pier was built (was that 2016?) a golf-cart type shuttle drives down the pier and picks up folks with mobility issues right at the ship.  There is a circuit for the cart through the ISP compound with several stops.  Very handy for folks with any mobility issues and families with small kiddos.

[Italy52]

3 hours ago, reallyitsmema said:

 

The 2019 schedule shows that there will be more than one ship in port multiple times during the 2019 season.  There are days where one ship will arrive after another leaves port, but there are also days with two ships in port at the same time.

 

Do you happen to have a link to the 2019 schedule? I would like to take a look at it and see what ships will be arriving in ISP and what times.  Thanks.

[reallyitsmema]

1 minute ago, Italy52 said:

 

Do you happen to have a link to the 2019 schedule? I would like to take a look at it and see what ships will be arriving in ISP and what times.  Thanks.

 

Here is the link:

 

http://claalaska.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Icy-Strait-Point-–-ISP-2019.pdf

 

 

[Italy52]

20 minutes ago, reallyitsmema said:

 

Here is the link:

 

http://claalaska.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Icy-Strait-Point-–-ISP-2019.pdf

 

 

Thank you!

[reallyitsmema]

6 minutes ago, Italy52 said:

Thank you!

 

You're welcome.  It will be interesting to see how crazy it is there with more than one ship.  Captain Shawn with Glacier Wind had told us about this when we were there in May.

[Pushka]

7 hours ago, reallyitsmema said:

 

You're welcome.  It will be interesting to see how crazy it is there with more than one ship.  Captain Shawn with Glacier Wind had told us about this when we were there in May.

 

Did you enjoy the Trip? We are booked with Shawn too and there are two ships in port when we are there on June 1. 

[reallyitsmema]

4 hours ago, Pushka said:

 

Did you enjoy the Trip? We are booked with Shawn too and there are two ships in port when we are there on June 1. 

 

Shawn and Teresa are great!  Teresa picks you up in their van and gives you a little tour as she drives you to the dock.  We were the second excursion of the day and she was watching for the boats coming back so she could catch the lines.  We were on Shawn's boat and there were others who were on their son Casey's boat.  They had been tracking a couple of pods of whales that morning, so we headed out to the areas where they were feeding.  He put a hydrophone into the water so we could hear the whales at one place that we stopped.  That was amazing to hear them and then the sound changes and that was the signal they were surfacing.  They also had been watching some bears on the shore and we saw those too.  It was a great excursion with a great company.

[Italy52]

12 hours ago, reallyitsmema said:

 

You're welcome.  It will be interesting to see how crazy it is there with more than one ship.  Captain Shawn with Glacier Wind had told us about this when we were there in May.

We did two trips with Shawn in May and nothing was mentioned. We didn't get a chance to talk with Shawn much this time as we were all so busy watching the bubble net feeding that happened on both trips.  Did you see the feeding as well?  It was insane.

[reallyitsmema]

7 minutes ago, Italy52 said:

We did two trips with Shawn in May and nothing was mentioned. We didn't get a chance to talk with Shawn much this time as we were all so busy watching the bubble net feeding that happened on both trips.  Did you see the feeding as well?  It was insane.

 

Yes, we saw it too, it was amazing!  That was when he put the hydrophone in and you can hear them and then it is almost like one says, lets go and they all came up.  We also saw them feeding from our aft facing balcony on the ship as we were docked at the pier.  Can't wait to go back for more!