Ketchikan, shuttle service Ward Cove dock to town?

[kahuna21]

Ketchikan, I’ve seen a lot of complaints from 2022 cruisers about the shuttle service. Can folks who experienced this in 2023 say how it went?

[chuckw]

We were on Celebrity in May. the shuttle works pretty well and we, in our 70's walked one way.

[Eager2Travel]

The  Shuttle works fine.  Very convenient. Runs frequently.  He took off with just us in it on Regent last summer.

[wolfie11]

If you are on a 400 passenger Regent ship, it works just fine.  On a 4000 passenger NCL ship, it takes a while.  

[Northern Aurora]

23 hours ago, chuckw said:

We were on Celebrity in May. the shuttle works pretty well and we, in our 70's walked one way.

Did Celebrity dock at Ward Cove?  Ward Cove is 6 or 7 miles out of Ketchikan.

[wolfie11]

6 hours ago, chuckw said:

We were on Celebrity in May. the shuttle works pretty well and we, in our 70's walked one way.

Celebrity doesn’t dock at Ward Cove. It’s a seven mile walk into Ketchikan. Do you mean the free Downtown shuttle bus in Ketchikan?

[SomewhereGirl]

I used the shuttle this year when the Jewel docked at Ward Cove.  It really was not a big deal.  There were lots of busses (some double decker, some school).  I waited a bit before getting of the ship to avoid the initial rush, and never had to stop walking from the time I exited the ship to boarding the bus.  Very easy.  Dropped off at berth 4 in town (in 2021 when this all started, the drop off was closer to berth 2).  On the return, there was no wait at all to board a bus back to Ward Cove.  Not everyone on the ship will be using these shuttles.