BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 12, 2022
Every Monday morning, around 200 passengers disembark in Bangor from the American Cruise Line ship that has been docking along the waterfront all summer. The majority of them have never been to Bangor before — or Maine, for that matter — so when they step off the vessel, they probably don’t know what they are getting into. Luckily, a small army of tour guides, city employees, business owners and residents are there to get them acquainted with the Queen City. Bangor isn’t Bar Harbor, or any of the other tourist destinations the ship will visit over the course of the week-long cruise. It’s a working town.