On Tuesday, the ship was moored on the Detroit River at the Nicholson Terminal & Dock Company near West Jefferson and West Grand Boulevard.īy 7:30 a.m., she was securely docked next to an old building with a big blue "Boblo Island Detroit Dock" sign painted on its sides facing the water. Perhaps, he said, someone on the cruise will see something here and want to invest in Metro Detroit. He added Viking Cruises' passengers are typically world travelers and he hopes they'll come to Detroit and spend some money, helping boost the area's economy. "We've got so much to offer, it's great the world wants to see it, especially now the area is doing something positive downtown and with the riverwalk and we're reopening ourselves back up," Pelker said. Viking Cruises are educational cruises and their trips aim to tell a story, he said, and now is a good time to Detroit's story. Prices for voyages on the ship begin at $5,995. Next stops after Detroit: Alpena and Mackinac Island, with the trip ending in Milwaukee. The voyage the Octantis is on began in Toronto and took travelers to Niagara Falls, Point Pelee and Detroit. Wynder said after seeing the Octantis, she doesn't think that she'll take a Viking Cruise on the Great Lakes, but is interested in one of the company's trips in Europe, such as a voyage on the Danube. "Do you know that It had to go through eight (canal) locks before it got to Point Pelee?" "I am impressed with (the ship's) magnitude, its size and how it got here," she said. She said it was exciting to see the vessel on the river and wished she could get a closer look at her. "When I saw that, I said 'I have to see this,'" Wynder said. She said a friend who is into ship watching on the Detroit River posted the Octantis would be docking in the city Tuesday on the internet. "Our kids should be out here to see this!" "Do you know what this means to little kids?" said Wynder, a retired attorney and business owner who is board president for the Chandler Park Academy charter schools in Harper Woods.
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