Richarde, Iv'e probably lived here in Alaska alot longer than yourself, but I'm not talking about myself.  I'm talking about the cruisliners getting off for everything they do.  Now thy are trying to get more tax right offs right in the Juneau area & it may not be working this year.  For years they'd go to Costco or Walmart in a shuttle and not have to pay taxes even for anything they bought.  And by the way, alot of the very first stores that are open when the cruise ship docks are stores set up by the cruiseliner themselves.  Not local stores.  When the cruise ships ;eave town, so do these shops.  They reopen the following spring.  So unless you own a business in the downtown area, your really not making a whole lot off the cruiseship.  The cruiseships don't go out of their way to fund any activies in Juneau or anywhere else in Alaska for that matter.  It would be wonderful if the cruiseliner would bypass SE altogether.  Quit making excuses for them, they get plenty of write offs.