ALCATRAZ CRUISES, FERRY SERVICES
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Ferry transportation to Alcatraz Island changed from the Blue & Gold Fleet to Alcatraz Cruises LLC, on September 25. The departure point for the cruises is Alcatraz Landing, Pier 33. To purchase tickets in person, go to the ticket windows located at Pier 33. Shuttles to Alcatraz Landing pick up and drop off at locations throughout Fisherman's Wharf from 9 am to 5 pm daily. The shuttle fee is $2 for adults. Children, under 12, are free.
A collaborative partnership between the National Parks Service and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy includes a number of on-island improvements. The existing cell block audio tour, and some of the infrastructure, is being substantially upgraded.
Visitors will enter from the bottom of the building, through the entrance prisoners originally used, rather than from the top. The all-new audio tour will be included in the new all-inclusive package. It takes visitors up through the building and ends in a new, much larger 3,000-square-foot museum store below the dining hall.
The exhibits, tour and gift shop will be completely integrated in thematic content. New exhibits and interpretive signs will be phased in inside and outside the building. A new elevator will provide accessibility to each level of the cell house that is on the audio tour. The SEAT (Sustainable Easy Access Transport) trams will continue transporting visitors from the dock to the new entrance.
The theatre, which showcases the island orientation, is being upgraded. It plays a newly released video about Alcatraz. In conjunction with the launch of the new tour and facilities, the Castro Theatre will hold an Alcatraz Film Festival in early February.
The locks on the cells are being refurbished so tours can include the clank of the cell block doors closing, without fear of locking someone inside. Behind the scenes, $11 million in seismic retrofitting has been completed.
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