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[Victoria Watcher]

Most ships are at ORANGE HAZARD now.

 

https://www.cdc.gov/...lor-status.html

 

[spanky123]

Heard first visit was a bit of a downer. Ship left an hour early and most people were just looking and not buying.

[Nparker]

Most ships are at ORANGE HAZARD now....

How does that compare to the passengers and crew on BC Ferries?

[Blue Steel]

Drive-by? 

 

[Mike K.]

Yes, cancelled. It’s white windy out there, and it’s going to get even windier.

[aastra]

pic by thegreatscaper...

[Hotel Mike]

There is a small American Cruise Lines ship at Ogden Point. It's been here overnight and I've seen a few of their tours walking around James Bay.

[Victoria Watcher]

Seattle Times:


Seattle cruise industry's comeback marred by COVID outbreak on ship

Passengers infected with the coronavirus aboard the Carnival Spirit are quarantining on land in the Seattle area. The outbreak comes just days into what was supposed to be the Seattle cruise industry's comeback from COVID.

[Nparker]

Are they also testing everyone on Washington State Ferries?

[Victoria Watcher]

TC back off the party invite list.



Cruise ship at centre of recent COVID outbreak arrives in Victoria on Monday

The ship offloaded passengers testing positive for COVID in Seattle and left Tuesday for Skagway, Alaska. It is now on its return voyage.


https://www.timescol...-monday-5345014

On short stopovers, especially in late evening, it’s not that common for passengers to leave the ship because of the tight turnaround in scheduling.



So they just make a token stop to meet the guidelines, and dump their garbage? That doesn’t seem ideal.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 09 May 2022 - 09:24 AM.

[Nparker]

Is BC Ferries testing all of its passengers for COVID?

[Mike K.]

Have we heard any anecdotes from the tourism industry yet on how the cruise season is playing out so far?

[kitty surprise]

Have we heard any anecdotes from the tourism industry yet on how the cruise season is playing out so far?

Mostly repositioning cruises at the start, not full ships. Starting to switch over to summer season cruises now. The tours to Butchart etc are going well, but venues are all saying they're understaffed -making it difficult to stay open late for late arriving ships.

Tourist comments are interesting. Repeat visitors from pre-Covid really see the uptick in visible grunge and Douglas is distressing for some. Really.

[Mike K.]

Wowzers. Ok, thank you for the update.

[spanky123]

Mostly repositioning cruises at the start, not full ships. Starting to switch over to summer season cruises now. The tours to Butchart etc are going well, but venues are all saying they're understaffed -making it difficult to stay open late for late arriving ships.

Tourist comments are interesting. Repeat visitors from pre-Covid really see the uptick in visible grunge and Douglas is distressing for some. Really.

 

Butchart is closing early all summer (5PM) and fireworks and live music are off. I understand that for the few days that we have ships in late they will stay open. 

Edited by spanky123, 09 May 2022 - 12:18 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Crazy. It’s just a garden. You can run that with just entry admission staff.

[Hotel Mike]

A Norwegian Cruise Lines ship pulled into Ogden Point early this morning, and then left less than two hours later. It seems it was an unscheduled stop. I have to assume there may have been a medical emergency on board.

[Victoria Watcher]

Maybe inspecting for possible storm damage?

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 19 May 2022 - 09:44 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

CRD mulls tripling cost of dumping high-risk cruise-ship waste

Report suggests fee of $500 per tonne of high-risk cruise-ship waste starting in 2024, up from $157.


https://www.timescol...p-waste-5480139

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 15 June 2022 - 03:58 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

The report noted the cruise industry already recycles much of its waste — about 85 per cent — but CRD staff believe the increased cost of using ­Hartland Landfill could prompt the ­industry to find new and better ways to recycle and divert waste or find new options for disposal.

 

In 2019, the last full cruise season, Hartland Landfill received approximately 2,100 tonnes of cruise-ship waste. Of that, 600 tonnes was deemed high-risk.

 

The CRD report estimates that if the $500 per tonne fee is adopted, the increase in disposal costs for the cruise industry in an average year would be $200,000.

 

Ian Robertson, chief executive of the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority, said if the fee increase is approved, it shouldn’t go into effect until the 2024 ­season. “The reason for that is the cruise lines have pretty much put pricing to bed for the 2023 season, so to pass on another increase at this time, I think, would seem to be kind of confrontational.”

 

 

 

 

 

Most Alaska cruises are 156 hours long, but the ship is only here 4-8 hours.  Why do they have to dump so much garbage here, when after they leave here they are only usually 8-12 hours away from their home Seattle port?