It's not clear if cruise ships will let their crews go ashore in Alaska communities this year. That's left businesses that cater to crew members wondering what their cruise season will look like.
Carrillo’s and Bernadette’s food stands in Juneau’s Marine Park on April 25, 2022 — the first day of the year with a large cruise ship in port. Both businesses cater to Filipino and Indonesian cruise ship workers. . It tied up at the dock farthest from downtown, but at Bernadette’s barbecue stand, Dannie Lazaro was grilling a pile of chicken skewers in the hopes that people would start heading his way.
More than an hour after the ship docked, it was still unclear if the crew would get off the Norwegian Bliss. Lazaro was waiting for all the passengers to get off and then for the crew to board a van that would bring them closer to town. Frontier Gifts on South Franklin Street in Juneau on April 25, the first day of the 2022 cruise season. The store relies on revenue from cruise ship workers wiring money to their home countries.
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