Ketchikan port map6/18/2023 They will have answers to your questions.Ĭan you tell me a little more about when you're settled in? :ĭidn't do any excursions except the private shuttle into Victoria. Again, recommend contacting the Visitor's Bureau in Ketchkian. We aren't back from our vacation until later today and it will take a a few days to get back on track. I don't have the answers for you about Ketchikan. Why not contact the Visitor's Bureau (link above) and asked them what they recommend. This time (last week) we missed the port because of bad weather/seas out of San Francisco. We walked into town and around last year with friend in a wheelchair. Sharon, I don't remember hills in Juneau. Will I have issues at either? How far is it from Creek Street to the Totem Heritage Center? Will I need to take the free shuttle? Is it accessible. Ketchikan: I plan to go to Creek Street and Totem Heritage Center. I plan to see the Russian church and capitol. Juneau: I thought it was mostly hills? I use a scooter to get around. The 2nd link will give you the berth code. This is the site you use to determine where your ship will dock: There is not a lot of car traffic in town, but really not a great idea to push the wheelchair though the streets in my opinion. The walk into town is pretty flat and the town is too except for the board walk issues. It proved too hard to get around so they did not stay in town. In Skagway the sidewalks are actually board walks and in many areas were at least 6 inches up from the street level. I started another thread that has a number of photos of the train car lift if you would like to see it also: Car has a special lift for wheelchairs and scooters. Skagway - They rode the White Pass Railway. There is an elevator to go to the downstairs area and also steps. I took her thru the gift shop, aisles weren't too bad. The building on top was pretty easy to maneuver. Ramps to the tram and special metal things put over the space between the platform and the tram. Juneau - Easy walk into town, just a few blocks. Many stores tho too crowded for them to go in. Ketchikan - no problem, got around town easily. Last time we went, we went with friends and the wife used a wheelchair. In 2022, only approximately 687,000 passengers cruised into the city.I'm going to post the port maps here in hopes that they will be of help to anyone wanting to see how far it is from the ship to town. But since the COVID-19 pandemic, their numbers have dwindled. That year, Walsh said, the city welcomed around 1.2 million passengers, which at the time was their largest season to date. This will be the first regular cruise season Ketchikan has seen since 2019. The city is expecting 52 ships to dock in their ports this season, making a grand total of 675 port calls. In that time, the city is expecting to welcome an estimated 1.48 million passengers. The first ship is expected to dock in mid-April, Walsh said, with the last one sailing out of the city in October. Ketchikan is roughly a month away from beginning its largest cruise ship passenger season ever. A lot of our excursion and fishing boats are back in our harbor.” We see our vendors opening up shops again, we see a lot of improvements happening in our downtown shops. There’s something coming and you can sort of feel it in the city. “You can almost feel the anticipation,” said Delilah Walsh, the Ketchikan City Manager. KETCHIKAN, Alaska (KTUU) - There is a buzz starting to fill the streets and port of Ketchikan ahead of this year’s cruise ship season.
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