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Viking Orion left last night. Must have been an evening boarding.

Vancouver, June 13, 1pm. Great weather at the port 20 degrees c Today the passenger traffic appeared busy as compared with previous days. Doubt the ships were full. Disney: Wonder Capacity 2713 passengers - 875 rooms. This ship had the largest clusters of passengers queuing on the gangways and on the ship decks. Passengers can be seen on their balconies. Norwegian: Jewel - Passenger Capacity 2376 . Passenger presence appeared sparse. Hurtigruten: Roald Amendsen - Passenger capacity 528. Passenger presence appeared sparse. Supplementary Note: The Viking Orion was standing out in the harbor. According to marinetraffic.com, the Orion moved to the Canada Place dock last night and then moved back to its current location in the harbor. What is the Orion doing out there?

Sources on the web, including Cunard state the passenger capacity of the Queen Elizabeth is 2081 passengers. https://www.cunard.com/en-us/cruise-ships/queen-elizabeth/7?otprrf=https_www.google.com%2F

Vancouver, BC, On June12 , 2:00 pm 19 degrees c I was hoping people at all ports and/or passengers on cruises will reign in on the volumes of passenger traffic they observe on each cruise ship voyage. I am having trouble finding that data. It should be available in real time. I imagine the cruise lines desire to keep passenger count information proprietary. Perhaps these posting attempt to fill the void of the missing passenger traffic data. What I report is qualitative, judgmental, and subject to error. Sometimes a cruise port employee utters the passenger counts to me. Most of the people I encounter do not know. I live nearby so its easy to observe the passenger boarding and passenger activity on the outer decks. I spend about 30 minutes or so watching the boarding process from the observation decks. I have been visiting the port regularly since 2009 giving me a sense of what can be classified as high and low passenger traffic. So far this season, my sense suggests moderate passenger traffic with lots of excess capacity on all ships. Like a few hundred empty rooms! In the last few days I received mailers from Hollard America and Seaborn offering deep discounts on upcoming cruises. These ads are difficult to interpret. If HA says "Exclusive Fares up to 55% Off + Reduced Deposit + Onboard Credit," -- I struggle to understand. 55% of what? Nevertheless, cruise lines are offering promotions to fill their excess capacity through lower fares, cabin upgrades, and other incentives. Cruise ship passenger fares might be one commodity that is not experiencing the price inflation of most other commodities. Todays report - 3 ships in the harbor Celebrity : Eclipse. Passenger load moderate with plenty of excess capacity. Metro Port Vancouver staff told me slightly more than 2400 passengers Capacity 3420. I think there are fewer than 2400 passengers. Holland America: MS Noordam . Port Vancouver staff told me there were 2400 passengers. I doubt this. Capacity 2366 passengers. The ship was no where near full. Royal Caribbean: Serenade of the Seas. Passenger load looked fairly sparse. Passenger capacity 2580. Supplementary note: The Viking Orion was moored in the harbor away from the terminal. I have not seen this before. 3 large ships, were in port. There is no room for ships additional ships to dock at the Canada Place terminal. Perhaps the Orion will dock later this afternoon after one or more of the other ships departs.

Vancouver, BC, On June10 , 1:5 pm Celebrity : Millennium - Passenger load moderate with plenty of excess capacity. Metro Vancouver staff told me slightly more than 1800 passengers Capacity 2590. Seaborn: Odyssey - Passenger load lite. Metro Vancouver staff told me 318 passengers. Capacity 540.

Vancouver BC : June 4, 4pm Three cruise ships in port. All appear to be less than half full. I asked a port employee about passenger traffic. The port employee told me he has no idea how many passengers are on each of the ship but he admitted that passenger attendance was very light. Looking at the top decks at departure time, there were hardly any passengers participating in the sail away parties. Weather was good. Cunard: Queen Elizabeth - Capacity 2092 Holland America: Koningsdam - Capacity 3194 Princess: Majestic - Capacity 4272 Where are all the cruise passengers? Why so many missing out on all those empty rooms? Cruisers on board, what are you seeing?

Vancouver, BC, June 3 3:15pm Royal Carribian: RADIANCE OF THE SEAS - Port of Metro Vancouver Staff reported 1900 passengers, capacity 2466.

Vancouver, BC, On June 2 , 2:30 pm Holland America : Zuiderdam - Passenger load appears sparse. One metro Vancouver staff told me slightly more than 700 passengers, another employee told me 1000. Capacity 2364. Seven Seas: Mariner - Passenger load appears near empty. One metro employee told me 400 passengers. Capacity 700

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