Good comments although I don't view Eureka as being as bleak a place as you make it. I love living here. But from a cruise ship perspective it is everything you say. Cruise ships have been tried and studied and talked about forever. But there is no draw for them, it is a difficult entrance to the bay, they would dock at Samoa and require transportation into town and they charge for every passenger that debarks. Astoria is somewhat similar to Eureka but the ships dock right next to downtown.