Cruise ship survey distributed in Bar Harbor April 15, 2021 on News, Waterfront BAR HARBOR — A cruise ship community survey is making its way to Bar Harbor residents’ mailboxes. Its purpose is to help town officials create a management plan for cruise ship visits. For months now, the Town Council has been wrestling with how to manage the cruise ship industry, which was growing in Bar Harbor until it was halted by COVID-19. The 24-question survey will be arriving in a plain white envelope with the green town seal. It’s aimed to gauge the opinions, preferences and experiences around cruise-ship and land-based tourism and is exclusively for residents, taxpayers and nonresident business owners, according to the town.