Bilali

The Coral and the New Amsterdam have just sailed by the house about an hour late and Ship Tracker still shows the Star along side at Canada Place. So you wonder what's up.

Yeah I'm on the Star to Alaska next Saturday - 3 ships in port that day too. I was hoping to see her get away on time today but she is still docked at Canada Place almost 4 hours late. Guess I better find a good book for next weekend!

The late Crown departure was discussed in this thread.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2353736

Apparently not enough immigration staff to deal with 8000 passengers. It was the first time this season that 3 ships were in port and they clearly were not prepared. So the Crown missed the tidal window to get to Glacier Bay.

Ugh, we sail from Canada Place a week Saturday. Just checked their port schedule and there are three ships in port that day. I hope our embarkation goes smoothly! (and I hope those folks on the Crown still have a great trip!)

You on the Star on the 21st? Me too! I will wave to you. I'm sure I'll be easy to spot among the other 8000 people there....:eek:

I just read this on the Celebrity page:

"The (immigration) kiosks were not operational. It probably would have saved time. I think there were 11 CBP processing 8000 passengers."

There are reports of people getting there at 12pm and not boarding until after 4pm and ships not leaving until 8pm. Looks like it's the first time this season that they had 3 ships in port all boarding at once.

You should be fine on the 13th - Crown is the only ship in port.

Thanks for that info! Wow, that sucks for all those shore excursions that had to be changed.

I noticed this too. I'm wondering if there was a bad fog in Glacier Bay so they decided to visit it on the way back to Vancouver instead? Be interested to hear from someone onboard.