Thread: Glacier Bay: Six Cruise Lines Have Submitted For Contracts

Six cruise lines have submitted proposals in response to a prospectus under which multiple concession contracts may be awarded for the operation of cruise ship services within Glacier Bay National Park. The contracts will include the initial allocation of a limited number of vessel use days in Glacier Bay during June through August of each year of the contract term.


The anticipated term of the contracts will be January 1, 2010 – September 30, 2019. The deadline for submitting proposals for the initial allocation of available cruise ship use day was August 18, 2008.

Proposals were received from:
• Compagnie Des Iles Du Ponant, incorporated in Marseille, France
• Holland America Line, Inc., incorporated in Washington State
• Magical Cruise Company, Limited, d.b.a. Disney Cruise Line,
incorporated in the United Kingdom
• NCL (Bahamas) Ltd, d.b.a. Norwegian Cruise Line, incorporated in
Bermuda
• Princess Cruise Lines, Ltd, incorporated in Bermuda
• West Travel, Inc. d.b.a. Cruise West, incorporated in Washington
State

Wow that is good for 9 years, wonder if that stops all other lines from going during that time frame.

I am sure it does Sue.
Cruise lines have always needed permits to enter Glacier Bay. There has always been a limited number of permits issued. HAL, Princess and Cruise West have received most of them for a long time. It sounds like this may open it up for some other to some extent.

I did notice that so far RCL has not submitted a proposal.

HAL and Princess do have a good reputation for doing Alaska right. I wonder if they have an "in" on the bidding?