The two cruise ships that came to Bar Harbor Oct. 26 were the last for 2011, marking a symbolic, if not official end to the year’s tourist season.

Moored off of Bar Harbor Wednesday were the 950-foot-long 3,110 passenger Caribbean Princess and the 955-foot-long 2,518 foot Poesia. Passengers coming ashore were treated to a clear, crisp and characteristically fall day on Mount Desert Island as they explored …