What you need to know to see tall ships

By news@duluthnewstribune.com

July 28, 2010 at 11:00 PM

Where to park & cost

Bayfront Festival Park Lots B, C and D (today through Monday); $5

Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (today through Monday); $5

Garfield Avenue lot and shuttle service (recommended; today through Sunday). Parking and round-trip shuttle service is $5 per car. Drop-off takes place in front of Playfront Park, next to Bayfront. Shuttle times: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. today; 8 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Friday; 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday

Great Lakes Aquarium, next to Bayfront Festival Park (today-Monday); $5

US Bank ramp, Second Avenue West and Michigan Street (today-Monday); $3 for three hours; $6 all day Traffic complications

Interstate 35 between 21st and 26th Avenues East is closed.

The portion of London Road between 24th and 32nd Avenues East is down to a single lane in both directions.

There is no access to I-35 from 26th Avenue East.

Lane closures on northbound I-35 and southbound from Boundary Avenue to Garfield Avenue, with single-lane traffic in each direction.

Single-lane traffic in northbound lanes of I-35 from Boundary Avenue to 46th Avenue West and southbound lanes from 46th Avenue West to Garfield Avenue.

Access to north- and southbound I-35 is available from 27th and 40th avenues west and Cody Street.

Trucks that weigh more than 10 tons are prohibited from Midway Road to Central Avenue, including the Cody Street ramp to southbound I-35.

The ramp from southbound Highway 53 to southbound Interstate 535 is closed and detoured. Traffic will exit Highway 53 at 21st Avenue West and follow First Street to Piedmont Avenue and follow Piedmont to Garfield Avenue to the I-535 ramp. Bayfront Festival Park

No coolers, cans, bottles or beverages are allowed into the festival grounds or on the ships. Service dogs are allowed, but no pets are permitted.

Backpacks are allowed but will be subject to inspection at entrances.

Strollers are not permitted on the ships. Vendors

Black Woods, Savories Catering and other novelty food vendors will sell food and beverages at the park and on Harbor Drive. Black Woods will have three locations and a beer garden.

There also will be novelty items sold in the ship tour staging areas. Outside vendors are expected at Great Lakes Aquarium and on the other side of the blue Minnesota Slip pedestrian bridge.

Bands and other entertainers will perform at Bayfront through Sunday. A complete schedule of events can be found here .

Ticket prices

Tickets can be purchased at Bayfront Festival Park each day during the event. Tickets are available online at visitduluth.com .

Multi-day on-board ship tours: $17 for adults; $14 for children ages 5-10

Multi-day dockside viewing (no ship access): $12 for adults; $6 for children ages 5-10

Single-day dockside viewing (general admission; no ship access): $6 for adults; $4 for children ages 5-10

Pirate's Gold Pass: $202.50 for people ages 5 and older. This pass gets people front-of-the-line privileges, one T-shirt or tote bag, one parking pass for one vehicle, admission to the Captain's Lounge on the festival grounds, reserved seating for "Pirates of Penzance" opera performances and one ticket to the Party in Paradise. Children 4 and younger get free admission.

Tickets don't guarantee access to all ships at all times. Multi-day on-board tours will be limited to about 25,000 people.

Ships will be boarded at Bayfront Festival Park.

Organizers say waiting in line should be significantly shorter than 2008, when Duluth hosted three ships, or eliminated because of doubled ship capacity this year.

Bathrooms

Portable bathrooms are available for festival-goers.

What you need to know to see tall ships

Where to park & cost Bayfront Festival Park Lots B, C and D (today through Monday); $5 Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (today through Monday); $5 Garfield Avenue lot and shuttle service (recommended; today through Sunday). Parking and ...