Cruise ship arrives in Skagway, after passenger flown home with COVID-19 Skagway, Alaska, greeted its first major cruise ship in nearly two years on Tuesday, and the mayor isn't too concerned about the case of COVID-19 that was confirmed on board days earlier. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jul 27, 2021 5:29 PM CT | Last Updated: July 27 A cruise ship in Skagway, Alaska, in 2019. On Tuesday, the town welcomed its first big cruise ship in nearly 2 years. (Claudiane Samson/Radio-Canada)