Taking BC Ferries without reservation going victoria on christmas eve, reservation is closed. I have to try my luck at lining up. BUT! I only want to ride on Coastal Celebration. rest 40y old clunkers are noisy and engine vibration makes me sick! is there way to line up specific sailing? Coastal Celebration is leaving at 10am on 24th.... |
I havn't tried but I would think that if you want to be on a specific sailing and the reservation system is closed, just be there an hour 15 before the previous sailing is scheduled to depart? Worst case scenario is that you would have to kill 15 mins before lining up for the one you want. The only curveball is if the previous sailing is full, then you might not even make it. I say check the status 2 hours ahead? |
^^ This is a good idea |
| BC Ferries - British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. This page shows how full a sailing is. My rule of thumb on the Vancouver side is that sailings typically fill up a bit more than 1% per minute with the last 5% being "possible wait". Budget your travel time accordingly. For a 30 min drive I would leave when the sailing was 60% full. I've been going back and forth regularly for 2 years now and I've only had to wait once in about 25 trips by following the above rule. FWIW, the 9am sailing will probably be easier to get on. |
The Spirits are only about 18 years old, and I find them more comfortable than the Coastals. |
Fucking German heaps. Fast ferries were a waste of money, but at least we wasted it here. Buying a ship from Germany for use in BC waters is a slap in the face to your own province and its own shipbuilding industry. |
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With the recent Duke point incident, you gotta love how we have to wait for replacement parts to be fabricated in germany and transported here. That's the second hard landing by a Coastal THIS YEAR where the both the berth and ship were knocked out of commission for a period of time. Both by "control system issues". Fuck German engineering. |
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Yeah... I'll take "german engineering" any day. You know they ferry people from Germany to Sweden, Finland and Denmark, right? Those sailings are MUCH longer too. |
a family member that is a employee at BC Ferries and works aboard the ships mentioned that although 18years old, the "spirit" class ferries are both faster and can carry more vehicles and passengers than the new coastal boats. So is german engineering really any better? id tend to disagree now that one of the docks are locked up for months while parts come in. And as Great 68 mentioned, this is the 2nd hard landing. this is ridiculous. I was on the coastal boat when it had its first hard landing, and that was a gong show. BC ferries need to get their shit together. |
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Compared to the actual number of sailings and people moved, the incident rate for BC Ferries is very, VERY low. |
I would recommend going at least 2 hours early.. The past few days apparently the wait time was pretty much 2 ships before the one you want from what iv heard. |
I caught one of the extra holiday runs earlier as a walk on(the 6pm Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay) and it wasn't nearly as busy as I thought it would be. I'm guessing the holiday runs aren't as full because fewer people are aware of them. |
The Coastals are crap to take; just as cramped as the old Queens. Spirits are still the best for room inside and amenities. |
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It's probably going to be busier today though. |
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