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After a day in port, the "Grandeur of the Seas" cruise ship, owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International, departs Frenchman Bay off the coast of Bar Harbor on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. With the seasonal influx of tourists to Bar Harbor and nearby Acadia National Park, the community is trying to balance economic opportunities with congestion and infrastructure limitations. In that context, the current handling of cruise ship passengers is up for debate as a nearby, unused ferry terminal is for sale and could possibly serve as a berthing terminal for cruise ships, which currently park in the harbor and unload passengers via tender boats.