Vancouver Debarkation and Flight Time

[leisuretraveler223]

Doing a Celebrity cruise Seward to Vancouver.  What's the earliest you can anticipate debarking in Vancouver?

[cruiseryyc]

Noon at the absolutely earliest to book a flight.

 

You will go through Canadian Customs getting off the ship, 45 minutes to the airport, then Security as well as US Border Control in the Vancouver airport.  Lots of folks are going to tell you they made one mid-morning and yes, it can happen but why spend the last day of your vacation fretting about making your flight.

 

Sorry just re-read your post and you're asking about time of disembarking. It probably starts around 8:00 a.m. so if you want to drag all your own luggage off the ship yourself, you can opt for self-disembarkation and perhaps be off by 9:00.

Edited November 25, 2023 by cruiseryyc

[Heidi13]

15 hours ago, leisuretraveler223 said:

Doing a Celebrity cruise Seward to Vancouver.  What's the earliest you can anticipate debarking in Vancouver?

 

At Canada Place, I've seen some getting off shortly after 07:00 when everything goes well. You have numerous variable that dictates when a ship docks and the local authorities clear the ship and permit pax ashore.

 

Not in Vancouver, but at another turnaround port, I have experienced the ship being alongside by 07:00 and the ship wasn't cleared until late afternoon.

 

[martincath]

I've also experienced generally that the first self-disembarkation slots are officially ~7:30am, but may actually start a little earlier; if it's for booking the earliest possible flight then the biggest issue is how many other ships are in port... with the maximum of four vessels, even if you are first off your ship you might be behind hundreds of pax from the other three!

 

The advice to book a flight no earlier than noon is sound; if you are mobile, carry bags off, and use SkyTrain it's possible to get to YVR, through security, and CBP preclearance by 9am - but if you need a cab, or even worse want to pay extra then wait even longer on a cruise transfer, you may find yourself missing a noon flight entirely if it's a four ship day (most lines will not even book you a transfer for flights before noon, 12:30, even 1pm depending on their tolerance for risk!)