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Article: Bar Harbor cruise ship tally likely to be record high
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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- October 30, 2007
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BAR HARBOR - The local cruise ship season is expected to end on a
high note this week with the number of such vessels that make stops
in Frenchman Bay hitting a record high, according to a local
official.
Provided the Norwegian Spirit stops in port Wednesday as
scheduled, there will have been 90 cruise ship visits to Frenchman
Bay this year, Bar Harbor harbor master Charlie Phippen said Monday.
The Norwegian Spirit, an 879-foot-long ship that can carry 1,966
passengers and 965 crew, is the last cruise ship scheduled to visit
Bar Harbor in 2007.
"I thought it was fairly successful," Phippen said of the 2007
season.
Amy Powers of CruiseMaine USA said Monday that the statewide
cruise ship ...