Where There's a Walmart, There's a Way

In honor of Sam Walton's birthday (today), this question from a bulletin board.

Does anyone know if there is a shuttle between cruise ships and the Walmart in Ketchikan? The same for Juneau.

Answer 1: There is a city bus that does go to the Walmart store in Ketchikan. The bus does a complete loop of the city. There is also a crew bus that goes to the Walmart store in Ketchikan, but I think it is for crew only. As I recall the store was quite a ways from the cruise docks.

Answer 2: (From Ketchikan Visitors’ Bureau) Walmart has their own van service which is free to cruise ship guests and crew. It is a white passenger van that says Walmart on it. They pick up across from the cruise ship dock near the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center.

Answer 3: In Ketchikan, The BLUE bus does a Walmart stop. It picks up across the street from the Eagle Totem on the dock. The [Walmart] van is very tough to get TO Walmart from the cruise dock. It is overloaded with ship crew, who don't think twice about stacking up extra people in seats. I have always had no trouble getting this van back to the ship, as the shoppers seem more spaced out.

In Juneau the Walmart Van was for crew only- last year. There is a city bus stop there. Bus pick up is on Franklin, down and across the street from the Red Dog at the bus shelter.

Wow - I never considered Walmart for one of our "shore excursions!"