If there is a thread for this..sorry.

 

I just wonder why we are not a stop on one of these itineraries that crossover Lake Erie? (see website below) Duluth Minnesota is, why not us? Lots to offer for a stop over and trips across the lakes from Cleveland were once common. I have written to this company a few times in the interest of getting them to take a look at here...to the visitors bureau, the port, council, but there appears to be no real sustained effort to make us a stop. I already have a nice idea for what could be included in a stop here. Have a look at some of these vessels!

 

http://www.greatlakescruising.com/

 

 

Cool....there was already a thread for this.

 

Cleveland ready to welcome a growing Great Lakes cruise ship industry

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio--To a city accustomed to seeing mighty lakers and international freighters steam past the harbor lights, a different kind of ship will present itself Monday.

 

The Grande Mariner, a sleek luxury liner, will sail into Cleveland Harbor around noon and send 88 passengers strolling down gangplanks into the West Bank of the Flats.

 

"You have a marvelous city to visit," said Stephen Burnett, executive director of the Kingston, Ontario-based Great Lakes Cruising Coalition, which supports the blossoming industry. "Your lovely waterfront. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.  You're definitely on the radar."

 

http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2014/07/cleveland_ready_to_welcome_a_g.html#incart_river

Hope this continues to expand.  Cruising the Great Lakes is long overdue.

Cool!  Hefty price tag, though!

First cruise ship of the season arrives in Cleveland

 

Shortly after lunch on Monday, the Grande Mariner's main deck filled with passengers with cameras and smart-phones at the ready to capture their first views of Cleveland's skyline and majestic bridges.

 

What they didn't expect was to be serenaded by Cleveland's Singing Angels, or to be welcomed by a bevy of sign-wielding Cleveland enthusiasts from Positively Cleveland, This is CLE and others wanting to share Northeast Ohio's wealth of attractions.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/08/first_cruise_ship_of_the_seaso.html#comments

First cruise ship of the season arrives in Cleveland

 

Shortly after lunch on Monday, the Grande Mariner's main deck filled with passengers with cameras and smart-phones at the ready to capture their first views of Cleveland's skyline and majestic bridges.

 

What they didn't expect was to be serenaded by Cleveland's Singing Angels, or to be welcomed by a bevy of sign-wielding Cleveland enthusiasts from Positively Cleveland, This is CLE and others wanting to share Northeast Ohio's wealth of attractions.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/08/first_cruise_ship_of_the_seaso.html#comments

 

This is awesome! Props to Positively Cleveland.

 

Very very cool that the Grand Mariner's sister ship is our own Nautica Queen!