It's the one day in Maine's six-month season with the greatest number of foreign-flag vessels simultaneously landing passengers.
The ships are P&O Cruises' Arcadia with 2,016 passengers, at Portland, Oceania's Regatta with 684 passengers, at Rockland and Pearl Mist with 210 passengers, at Eastport. Bar Harbor has three ships: the 2,224-passenger Norwegian Dawn, the 450-passenger Seabourn Quest and the 2,038-passenger Celebrity Summit.
On Sept. 27 the highest number of passengers—9,066—will arrive on a single day, from three ships. They are Regal Princess (3,560 passengers) and Serenade of the Seas (2,500 passengers) for 6,060 visitors in Bar Harbor, with both ships at anchor. And Carnival Sunshine (3,006 passengers) will be docked in Portland.
According to CruiseMaine USA, September is the busiest month in the season with 111,022 passengers on 64 calls by 27 ships.
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