Castaway Cowgirl Posted May 9 #1 Share Posted May 9 Does Princess ever arrive early to this port? We are trying to figure out if we can squeeze something in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teechur Posted May 9 #2 Share Posted May 9 It seems to depend on the ship. For Alaska cruises from Seattle round-trip, the Emerald has a 4–5-hour window in Victoria. We are going to visit a couple of pubs downtown. The Discovery apparently only has a two-hour window. Not enough time to bother getting off of the ship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italy52 Posted May 9 #3 Share Posted May 9 Early arrival, never happened to us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_K Posted May 9 #4 Share Posted May 9 The 11 day ones from San Francisco sometimes get there early. Not often, if ever, for the 7 day Seattle ones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nini Posted May 9 #5 Share Posted May 9 It really depends on the itinerary. A few years ago, we did a 12 night Alaska cruise round trip from Vancouver, BC. The last stop was Victoria and we were there as long as a regular stop, about 8 hours. It was glorious and sunny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memoak Posted May 9 #6 Share Posted May 9 2 minutes ago, nini said: It really depends on the itinerary. A few years ago, we did a 12 night Alaska cruise round trip from Vancouver, BC. The last stop was Victoria and we were there as long as a regular stop, about 8 hours. It was glorious and sunny. Yes on that itinerary if there is a Victoria stop it is a full day On cruises out of Seattle it is just a quick stop. On 7 day cruises to or from Vancouver there is no need for that stop since it is not a RT to and from a US port. Just to note once you stop in Victoria casino closes for the rest of the cruise and only 1 bar per deck will be open due to Canadian regulations 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nini Posted May 9 #7 Share Posted May 9 1 hour ago, memoak said: Yes on that itinerary if there is a Victoria stop it is a full day On cruises out of Seattle it is just a quick stop. On 7 day cruises to or from Vancouver there is no need for that stop since it is not a RT to and from a US port. Just to note once you stop in Victoria casino closes for the rest of the cruise and only 1 bar per deck will be open due to Canadian regulations Yes, thank you for the explanation. The longer day really made a difference for the cruisers. And it was a gorgeous sunny day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phroggie Posted May 9 #8 Share Posted May 9 (edited) On our June of '23 7-day round trip from Seattle there was a rather strong wind blowing through the Straits of Juan de Fuca. The captain, John Smith, not wanting to be like the other Capt. Smith, delayed entering the harbor until after 19:00. We only had a few hours and about all we could do was to walk to the provincial legislature building and take a pix or two of Queen Vicky's statue and walk back. We didn't really have enough time to check out the Empress Hotel. The only consolation was that close to the summer solstice at that longitude and latitude it was still pretty bright that late. Edited May 9 by phroggie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCX22 Posted May 9 #9 Share Posted May 9 Won't happen because the port workers aren't scheduled to work early. If the ships does happen to arrive early, which is highly unlikely, the ship will bob around the harbor until the proper time. The better question is which ship will arrive first to berth? In the the summer, there can be up to 3 ships in port in the evening/night to satisfy PVSA before returning to Seattle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatMom72 Posted May 10 #10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) 21 hours ago, Castaway Cowgirl said: Does Princess ever arrive early to this port? We are trying to figure out if we can squeeze something in there. Most Alaskan cruises that begin and end in the US only make those weird stops in Victoria to avoid violating the Passenger Vessel Services Act (a sort of cruise-ship relevant version of the Jones Act). It’s also the reason round-trip Hawaiian cruises coming out of California always make a quick and seemingly pointless stop in Ensenada before returning to the US. Edited May 10 by CatMom72 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherryf Posted May 10 #11 Share Posted May 10 20 hours ago, Teechur said: The Discovery apparently only has a two-hour window. 3 hours. We are scheduled to be there 9 pm to midnight. I never bother to get off the ship there anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teechur Posted May 10 #12 Share Posted May 10 28 minutes ago, sherryf said: 3 hours. We are scheduled to be there 9 pm to midnight. I never bother to get off the ship there anyway. Another CC poster stated that their Discovery itinerary has been updated to say 2 hours only. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castaway Cowgirl Posted May 12 Author #13 Share Posted May 12 Thanks for all the responses to this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srpilo Posted May 12 #14 Share Posted May 12 Princess west coast repo cruises (LA to Vancouver) will also usually have a full port stop day in Victoria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_K Posted May 12 #15 Share Posted May 12 (edited) On 5/9/2024 at 2:07 PM, memoak said: Just to note once you stop in Victoria casino closes for the rest of the cruise Just to clarify, for cruises stopping in Victoria the last night, and then ending the next morning in Seattle or Vancouver, the casino remains closed because the ship never gets back into international waters. For other cruises visiting Victoria, the ship can open the casino as soon as it reaches international waters. Edited May 12 by Mark_K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teechur Posted May 12 #16 Share Posted May 12 On 5/8/2024 at 8:32 PM, Teechur said: It seems to depend on the ship. For Alaska cruises from Seattle round-trip, the Emerald has a 4–5-hour window in Victoria. We are going to visit a couple of pubs downtown. The Discovery apparently only has a two-hour window. Not enough time to bother getting off of the ship. Oops! I meant to say Majestic. Emerald is my June cruise to from Florida to Canada. Majestic is my September Alaska cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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