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Post by Neil on Sept 16, 2024 20:19:37 GMT -8
Coastal Celebration closes in on Duke Point Terminal, Nanaimo, at end of a morning sailing from Tsawwassen 12 September 2024
Ugly hulks to look at, particularly end on... but very efficient vehicle carriers, with a pretty good array of passenger facilities. Bit of a dilemma for ferry fans, in terms of making up one's mind. |
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Post by WettCoast on Sept 17, 2024 7:33:41 GMT -8
Coastal Celebration closes in on Duke Point Terminal, Nanaimo, at end of a morning sailing from Tsawwassen 12 September 2024 Ugly hulks to look at, particularly end on... but very efficient vehicle carriers, with a pretty good array of passenger facilities. Bit of a dilemma for ferry fans, in terms of making up one's mind. I think most of our ferries don’t look so good when viewed head on. The passenger space on the Coastal class is sure overkill on route 30 & that is with deck 5 closed. |
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Post by Neil on Sept 17, 2024 8:18:55 GMT -8
Ugly hulks to look at, particularly end on... but very efficient vehicle carriers, with a pretty good array of passenger facilities. Bit of a dilemma for ferry fans, in terms of making up one's mind. I think most of our ferries don’t look so good when viewed head on. The passenger space on the Coastal class is sure overkill on route 30 & that is with deck 5 closed. Coming back from Duke Point a couple of weeks ago, I was thinking that it was just about time to open deck five... there were a lot of people onboard. |
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Post by Neil on Sept 27, 2024 21:15:06 GMT -8
Ugly hulks to look at, particularly end on... but very efficient vehicle carriers, with a pretty good array of passenger facilities. Bit of a dilemma for ferry fans, in terms of making up one's mind. I think most of our ferries don’t look so good when viewed head on. The passenger space on the Coastal class is sure overkill on route 30 & that is with deck 5 closed. BC Ferries has made a smart sort of 'fine tuning' decision to switch the Coastal Celebration to route 30, and the ' Inspiration to route one. I was a bit clueless this evening when I asked the steward why the Duke Point end of the ' Celebration's deck 6 was completely closed. He reminded me that that had been the buffet, which I should have remembered they've done away with. I guess that area hasn't been re-purposed, so it's a dead zone. If it can't be used, it's definitely a detriment on route one. Not so much on route 30, although today, the sailings I took in both directions were quite busy in terms of seating. |
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Post by Ollie on Sept 27, 2024 21:45:45 GMT -8
I think most of our ferries don’t look so good when viewed head on. The passenger space on the Coastal class is sure overkill on route 30 & that is with deck 5 closed. BC Ferries has made a smart sort of 'fine tuning' decision to switch the Coastal Celebration to route 30, and the ' Inspiration to route one. I was a bit clueless this evening when I asked the steward why the Duke Point end of the ' Celebration's deck 6 was completely closed. He reminded me that that had been the buffet, which I should have remembered they've done away with. I guess that area hasn't been re-purposed, so it's a dead zone. If it can't be used, it's definitely a detriment on route one. Not so much on route 30, although today, the sailings I took in both directions were quite busy in terms of seating. Which part of the ferry is this? I don't remember any of the Coastals having a Pacific Buffet, and last time I went on the Coastal Celebration all the parts of the ferry were open. |
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Post by Kahloke on Sept 28, 2024 6:45:45 GMT -8
BC Ferries has made a smart sort of 'fine tuning' decision to switch the Coastal Celebration to route 30, and the ' Inspiration to route one. I was a bit clueless this evening when I asked the steward why the Duke Point end of the ' Celebration's deck 6 was completely closed. He reminded me that that had been the buffet, which I should have remembered they've done away with. I guess that area hasn't been re-purposed, so it's a dead zone. If it can't be used, it's definitely a detriment on route one. Not so much on route 30, although today, the sailings I took in both directions were quite busy in terms of seating. Which part of the ferry is this? I don't remember any of the Coastals having a Pacific Buffet, and last time I went on the Coastal Celebration all the parts of the ferry were open. As I recall, Coastal Celebration was the only Coastal to get the buffet. 'Renaissance' had (has) the Sitka Coffee Place, and I'm not sure about 'Inspiration' - maybe it also has Sitka Coffee Place. It's been a number of years since I've been on any of the Coastals and my memory is definitely a bit fuzzy on the details. |
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Sept 28, 2024 12:09:59 GMT -8
Which part of the ferry is this? I don't remember any of the Coastals having a Pacific Buffet, and last time I went on the Coastal Celebration all the parts of the ferry were open. As I recall, Coastal Celebration was the only Coastal to get the buffet. 'Renaissance' had (has) the Sitka Coffee Place, and I'm not sure about 'Inspiration' - maybe it also has Sitka Coffee Place. It's been a number of years since I've been on any of the Coastals and my memory is definitely a bit fuzzy on the details. Both the Coastal Renaissance and Coastal Inspiration have Sitka Coffee Place which could theoretically could upgrade to Pacific Buffet. |
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Post by Ollie on Nov 4, 2024 11:12:00 GMT -8
Coastal Celebration with an extra large bow wave, today.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Nov 18, 2024 1:08:39 GMT -8
Coastal Celebration has replaced the Queen of Alberni until mid December.
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Post by WettCoast on Nov 18, 2024 21:19:48 GMT -8
Coastal Celebration has replaced the Queen of Alberni until mid December. I gather that this means no third vessel for route 1, so no extra Friday/Sunday even hour sailings ...
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Nov 18, 2024 22:02:35 GMT -8
Coastal Celebration has replaced the Queen of Alberni until mid December. I gather that this means no third vessel for route 1, so no extra Friday/Sunday even hour sailings ...
Yep. I wonder how Spirit refits will happen specifically the Spirit of Vancouver Island? |
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Post by Jessica on Nov 19, 2024 9:40:31 GMT -8
I gather that this means no third vessel for route 1, so no extra Friday/Sunday even hour sailings ...
Yep. I wonder how Spirit refits will happen specifically the Spirit of Vancouver Island? The Queen of Alberni will probably be back in service by then along with the Coastal Renaissance so either the CR or CC could take the Spirits spots when they go for refit. |
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Nov 19, 2024 11:27:01 GMT -8
Yep. I wonder how Spirit refits will happen specifically the Spirit of Vancouver Island? The Queen of Alberni will probably be back in service by then along with the Coastal Renaissance so either the CR or CC could take the Spirits spots when they go for refit. I would assume one either Coastal Inspiration or Coastal Celebration will be going to into next phrase drive motor fixes in January because BC Ferries wants to have all them done by summer of 2025 and Coastal Renaissance has been in refit since October 2 and refits usually take a month to do. |
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Post by Ollie on Nov 19, 2024 11:47:11 GMT -8
The Queen of Alberni will probably be back in service by then along with the Coastal Renaissance so either the CR or CC could take the Spirits spots when they go for refit. I would assume one either Coastal Inspiration or Coastal Celebration will be going to into next phrase drive motor fixes in January because BC Ferries wants to have all them done by summer of 2025 and Coastal Renaissance has been in refit since October 2 and refits usually take a month to do. Has the Coastal Renaissance been getting its drive motor refit at Esquimalt? If all the Coastals get their refits around this time, there will be no space for the Queen of New Westminster to get her drydocking done. |
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Nov 19, 2024 13:13:05 GMT -8
I would assume one either Coastal Inspiration or Coastal Celebration will be going to into next phrase drive motor fixes in January because BC Ferries wants to have all them done by summer of 2025 and Coastal Renaissance has been in refit since October 2 and refits usually take a month to do. Has the Coastal Renaissance been getting its drive motor refit at Esquimalt? If all the Coastals get their refits around this time, there will be no space for the Queen of New Westminster to get her drydocking done. could go Vancouver Drydock. Coastal seem to be in drydock for few weeks. |
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Nov 26, 2024 14:51:30 GMT -8
Coastal Celebration will be in phases two driver motors upgrades January 6 to March 16 then will be doing route 30 as March 17 to April 12 then to route as April 13 according to reservation page.
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