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Legends of Pittsburgh Cruise to Set Sail Again in 2022

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The Legends of Pittsburgh Cruise is returning for its seventh voyage in spring of 2022.

Described as a “tailgate-at-sea,” Pittsburgh fans will have the unique opportunity to unwind or party alongside some of their favorite current and former Steelers players.

The seven-night cruise will set sail March 27 from Miami, and make stops in CocoCay, St. Thomas and St. Maarten, before returning to port on April 3.

Next year’s roster of players and legends includes Devin Bush, Terrell Edmunds, Zach Banner, Arthur Moats, Dermontti Dawson, Merril Hoge and many more.

Fans will have the opportunity to join their favorite past and present players for Q&A sessions, karaoke and cocktail parties, sports court competitions and exclusive photo and autograph opportunities.

Notable past players that made the trip included Antonio Brown, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Brett Keisel, Hines Ward and Casey Hampton.

Fans interested in the experience can click here to enter for a chance to win a voyage for two on the Legends of Pittsburgh Cruise.

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Special Events

• Autograph Session

$399 per person

Limited to one signature per player/per pass. If you wish to receive multiple autographs from each player, you can purchase additional passes. Only guests holding an autograph pass will be admitted to this event. No additional guests will be permitted to attend. Please review the Autograph Policy .*

*One pass is included in Silver Package and above. All guests, Companion Package and above, may purchase an autograph session pass.

The Legendary Beach Party just got an upgrade

$349 per person.

*Subject to change

Join us on the beach for this fan-favorite, action-packed experience with players!

Chef’s Table

Starting at $599 per person.

Enjoy a private, multi-course dinner and wine pairing with a Pittsburgh Legend. This intimate experience also includes an autographed item and a group photo.

Dinner with a Player

$299 per person, experience packages.

• Event Lanyard
• Welcome Aboard Show
• Silent & Live Auctions
• Morning Chapel & Player Interview
• Farewell Party
• VOOM Internet Package for 1 device ($102 Value)
• Access to Purchase Special Events
• Full Photo Package ($545 Value)
• Companion Package Plus
• Theater Shows and Q & A Sessions
• Girl Talk with Women Behind the Players
• Photo Session with Players
• Inside the Locker Room
• Football Clinics
• Opportunity to sign up for Cornhole with a Player (limited spaces, first come)
• Can participate in door decorating contest
• Can participate in best dressed fan contest
• Bronze Package Plus
• Morning Workouts
• Coaches Corner
• More special events with players to come
• Silver Package Plus
• VIP Meet & Greet
• Fast Pass/Early Entry to Events
• Priority Seating
• Morning Coffee Hour with Players

* Special events for all experience packages are subject to change. Companion Experience was crafted specifically for those traveling with a fan as a supportive companion. At least 1 person in your cabin must have a Bronze, Silver, or Gold package.

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Steelers Cruise Offers Unique Experience For Fans

June 12, 2013 / 5:45 PM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – If you're a Steelers fan, how would you like to hang out with current and former players? What about having dinner or a conversation with them all while cruising to the Bahamas?

Well, it's no longer just a dream.

Next March, you could set sail on a first-ever Steelers cruise.

Hines Ward, Franco Harris, Mel Blount, Willie Parker, Antwaan Randle El are just some of the Steelers you've watched on television or at Heinz Field or Three Rivers Stadium.

Now, you can get up close and personal with more than 25 current and alumni Steelers on a cruise to the Bahamas.

Former Steeler Tunch Ilkin, will be your cruise director.

"We have every decade represented of Steeler football since the 1960s, so that's cool," said Ilkin. "So, for everyone in the family, every generation, there's going to be someone there for you."

The cruise will set sail March 10 from Tampa on the Royal Caribbean's "Brilliance of the Seas" ship, fresh from $30 million in renovations.

On board, Tunch has lots of fun and games planned for the whole family - all with a Steelers theme and involving the players and coaches.

Some will include daily autograph sessions, Super Bowl rewinds with live Steeler interviews and a "Steelers Got Talent" show featuring a Ward dance number.

NFL Play 60 has activities on the sports desk for the kids. There will also be kids-only press conferences and interactive games.

"The fun part about it is everyone there is hands on," said former Steeler Craig Wolfley. "They're all available. You can go up to Franco and ask about the Immaculate Reception, talk to Hines Ward about dance steps."

The sounds of Pittsburgh will entertain cruise guests as well.

Local musicians B.E. Taylor, Joe Grushecky, Scott Blasey and Kelsey Friday are all performing, along with comedy by Pittsburgh Dad.

The price starts at $999, but the more you are willing to pay, the more access you get to the players by dining with them, VIP parties with players, a "fast pass" in the autograph line and even staying on the same deck as the players.

Some of the proceeds from the cruise are going to some of the players' favorite charities.

For more information on the cruise, visit their website here , or call (412)-381-5553.

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Each year, a crush of tourists arrives on cruise ships in Alaska's capital city to see wonders like the fast-diminishing Mendenhall Glacier. Now, long-simmering tensions over Juneau's tourism boom are coming to a head over a new voter initiative to give residents a respite from the influx.

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A measure that would ban cruise ships with 250 or more passengers from docking in Juneau on Saturdays qualified for the Oct. 1 municipal ballot, setting the stage for a debate about how much tourism is too much in a city that is experiencing first-hand the impacts of climate change. The measure would also ban ships on July 4, when locals flock to a downtown parade.

The "ship-free Saturdays" initiative that qualified this week will go to voters unless the local Assembly enacts a similar measure by Aug. 15, which is seen as unlikely.

Juneau, accessible only by water or air, is home to the Mendenhall Glacier, a major draw for the cruise passengers who arrive on multi-story ships towering over parts of the modest downtown skyline. Many residents of this city of about 32,000 have concerns about increased traffic, congested trails and the frequent buzz of sight-seeing helicopters transporting visitors to the Mendenhall and other glaciers.

Deborah Craig, who has lived in Juneau for decades, supports ship-free Saturdays. Craig, who lives across the channel from where the ships dock, often hears their early-morning fog horns and broadcast announcements made to passengers that are audible across the water.

The current "overwhelming" number of visitors diminishes what residents love so much about Juneau, she said.

"It's about preserving the lifestyle that keeps us in Juneau, which is about clean air, clean water, pristine environment and easy access to trails, easy access to water sports and nature," she said of the initiative.

"There's this perception that some people are not welcoming of tourists, and that's not the case at all," Craig said. "It's about volume. It's about too much — too many in a short period of time overwhelming a small community."

The current cruise season runs from early April to late October.

Opponents of the initiative say limiting dockings will hurt local businesses that rely heavily on tourism and could invite lawsuits. A voter-approved limit on cruise passenger numbers in Bar Harbor, Maine, another community with a significant tourism economy, was challenged in federal court.

Laura McDonnell, a business leader who owns Caribou Crossings, a gift shop in Juneau's downtown tourist core, said she makes 98% of her annual revenue during the summer season.

Tourism is about all the "local businesses that rely on cruise passengers and our place in the community," said McDonnell, who is involved in Protect Juneau's Future, which opposes the initiative.

Some schools recently closed due to factors including declining enrollment, while the regional economy faces challenges, she said.

"I think that as a community, we really need to look at what's at stake for our economy," she said. "We are not in a position to be shrinking our economy."

The cruise industry accounted for $375 million in direct spending in Juneau in 2023, most of that attributable to spending by passengers, according to a report prepared for the city by McKinley Research Group LLC.

After a two-year pandemic lull, cruise passenger numbers rose sharply in Juneau, hitting a record of more than 1.6 million in 2023. Under this year's schedule, Sept. 21 will be the first day since early May with no large ships in town.

The tourism debate is polarizing, and the city has been trying to find a middle ground, said Alexandra Pierce, Juneau's visitor industry director. But she noted there also needs to be a regional solution.

If the Juneau initiative passes, it will impact other, smaller communities in southeast Alaska because the ships, generally on trips originating in Seattle or Vancouver, Canada, will have to go somewhere if they can't dock in Juneau on Saturdays, she said.

Some residents in Sitka, south of Juneau, are in the early stages of trying to limit cruise visitation to that small, island community, which is near a volcano.

Juneau and major cruise lines, including Carnival Corp., Disney Cruise Line, Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean Group, agreed to a limit of five large ships a day, which took effect this year. They more recently signed a pact, set to take effect in 2026, seeking a daily limit of 16,000 cruise passengers on Sundays through Fridays and 12,000 on Saturdays.

Pierce said the overall goal is to keep total cruise passenger visitation around 1.6 million and to even out daily numbers of visitors that can spike to about 18,000 on the busiest days and feel "a bit suffocating." Juneau traditionally has been the most popular cruise port in the state.

Several projects around Juneau are expected to help make existing cruise numbers feel less impactful. Those include plans for a gondola at the city-owned ski area and increased visitor capacity at the Mendenhall Glacier recreation area, she said.

Renée Limoge Reeve, vice president of government and community relations for the trade group Cruise Lines International Association Alaska, said the agreements signed with the city were the first of their kind in Alaska.

The best strategy is "ongoing, direct dialogue with local communities" and working together in a way that also provides a predictable source of income for local businesses, she said.

Protect Juneau's Future, led by local business leaders, said the success of the ballot measure would mean a loss of sales tax revenue and millions of dollars in direct spending by cruise passengers. The group was confident voters would reject the measure, its steering committee said in a statement.

Karla Hart, a sponsor of the initiative and frequent critic of the cruise industry, said the threat of litigation has kept communities from taking steps to limit cruise numbers in the past. She was heartened by legal wins this year in the ongoing fight over the measure passed in Bar Harbor, a popular destination near Maine's Acadia National Park.

She believes the Juneau initiative will pass.

"Every single person who is going to vote has a lived experience and knowledge of how the cruise industry impacts their lives," she said.