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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 3, 2008 17:46:12 GMT -8
Anybody notice the revamped appearance of the BC Ferries Website? Things look a wee bit different now. . .not on every page yet though. Did they have a trip planner on their home page before. . .or is that new?? I signed up for a "My BC Ferries" account. It may change my life. ;D
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Post by Northern Exploration on Jun 3, 2008 18:08:56 GMT -8
Similar to airline booking sites, it should give you a range of sailings. What the airlines do now is give you a range of fares. I could see some late ferries that aren't as busy get Coastal Saver fares in the future. If you are leaving TSW they could easily give you the option of traveling to Duke for a lower fare freeing space on the TSW run. This would be possible with this feature.
In signing up you are authorizing BCFerries to keep a record of your trips and interests. They really don't care about you as an individual but his gives them more information to begin to track travel better. Statistics can then be built on the purchase patterns through the website.
They ask the purpose of your trip to just build more information on people using the system.
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Post by Nickfro on Jun 4, 2008 9:53:16 GMT -8
The Vessel Tracking page has been frozen since approx. 430pm yesterday. Glitch in the system from the website makeover, possibly.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 8, 2008 18:04:58 GMT -8
Right now, just as I want to do some trip planning, the BCFS website schedules are "down", for the mainline routes. www.bcferries.com/schedules/mainland/tsdp-current.html7:00pm Sunday night. A busy travel time, and not a good time for the Route 1, 2, 30 schedules to be blank..... ----------------- (cue to the posting reply tomorrow from someone who tries and finds it working and then replies with "it works ok for me..." )
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Post by Hardy on Jun 8, 2008 22:34:22 GMT -8
(cue to the posting reply tomorrow from someone who tries and finds it working and then replies with "it works ok for me..." ) 2330 - "Works okay for me!"
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Jun 8, 2008 22:37:20 GMT -8
I think you forgot the back slash at the end Mr. Horn.
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Post by ferrytraveller on Jun 16, 2008 12:19:33 GMT -8
just thought i would let everyone know, i saw a presentation by BCFS, that outlined their retirement plan of vessels starting in 2003. ITs really neat and has some big surprises that i'm sure no one here would have guessed. I can't post or share it, but PM me if you like.
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Post by Hardy on Jun 16, 2008 14:08:36 GMT -8
That's just EVIL to give us a teaser like that without even throwing us a CRUMB! Jeeez......
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Post by ferrytraveller on Jun 16, 2008 14:14:30 GMT -8
lol, ok well the Queen of Vancouver was innitially to be kept until 2017/2018 and used possibily as a FIFTH, yes thats right FIFTH vessel on route 1.
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Post by Hardy on Jun 16, 2008 22:42:32 GMT -8
This initial plan that you quote, WRT a 5th Rte-1 vessel, was that PRE-9/11? I know that with current fuel prices, the demand for vehicle ferries won't be as great as anticipated by any stretch of the imagination, and also that the tourism sector is taking a heck of a pounding.
What the current fuel prices WILL do, however, is make a pax-only service more attractive to frequent travellers and tourists, as long as there are connections on each end.
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Post by Curtis on Jun 17, 2008 9:10:05 GMT -8
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Post by Mike C on Jun 17, 2008 11:49:38 GMT -8
they still haven't gotten her correct icon up on Vessel Watch... those slobs...
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Post by ferrytraveller on Jun 17, 2008 12:01:24 GMT -8
no hardy, that plan i believe was done around 2003/2004 if not a bit later, from what i can tell.
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Post by hergfest on Jun 17, 2008 18:51:50 GMT -8
Plus the CC will increase the capacity on Route 1 anyways.
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Post by Hardy on Jun 17, 2008 23:02:56 GMT -8
no hardy, that plan i believe was done around 2003/2004 if not a bit later, from what i can tell. Odd! Post-9/11, and with traffic patterns unsteady, they were talking of a 5th vessel? I wonder if it was a liquid lunch before that report was authored! ...
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Post by DENelson83 on Jul 14, 2008 13:36:45 GMT -8
BCF's website is currently down as a result of a transformer fire in Downtown Vancouver.
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Post by Nickfro on Aug 20, 2008 12:39:49 GMT -8
I am registered on the email notification network for BCFS. However, I have not received any service notice notifications since July 24, even though there definitely have been some, like the SoBC being pulled out of service for its final round trip today.
Has anybody else experienced this sudden elimination of receiving notices via email? I'll be writing BCFS to see what's up.
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Post by Curtis on Aug 20, 2008 17:00:08 GMT -8
This will probably answer your question...This showed up in my Email on July 24th.
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Post by Nickfro on Sept 10, 2008 10:00:42 GMT -8
Now I have received 10 service notice emails within the past half hour. However, all of the notices were ones that were posted back in late August. . .very confusing.
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Post by Curtis on Oct 8, 2008 16:57:48 GMT -8
The Queen of Tsawwassen and Esquimalt's Fleet Profiles have been removed from the BCF Site.
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Post by Quatchi on Oct 8, 2008 17:07:12 GMT -8
I just noticed something interesting. www.bcferries.com/about/The people in this picture are standing in a restricted area. Cheers,
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 8, 2008 17:15:20 GMT -8
I just noticed something interesting. www.bcferries.com/about/The people in this picture are standing in a restricted area. Cheers, It's ok, they are friends of Esquimalt-Queen.
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Post by Mike C on Oct 8, 2008 17:59:31 GMT -8
the lady in white must have had a Queen of Vancouver tattoo...
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Post by Mac Write on Oct 13, 2008 22:15:39 GMT -8
The new BC Ferries Travel Centre allows you to what ships will be on what routes, and thanks to AJAX, it loads quickly to changing routes/dates to see what ships will be on what routes when. Vancouver and Saanich seem to be around through end of December.
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Post by Mike C on Oct 14, 2008 15:07:43 GMT -8
First of all, that information has always been available on RBI..
Secondly, that Travel Center has been around since when, guys, May-June?
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