‘Cruise ships are back, baby’: Alaska’s first large cruise ship in 21 months arrives in Ketchikan
Posted by Eric Stone | Jul 9, 2021
Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas docked at Ketchikan’s Berth 4 early Friday morning. It’s the first large cruise ship to sail to Alaska since October 2019. (Eric Stone/KRBD)
The first large cruise ship to visit Alaska since 2019 arrived early Friday morning. The federally-mandated test voyage is the symbolic start of the Alaska cruise season.
The 965-foot cruise ship rounded Pennock Island and came into view from Ketchikan shortly after 6 a.m. Longshoreman Andy Jackson watched from his car at the far end of one of Ketchikan’s berths.