Victoria on a Monday Night 7:30pm to midnight?

[KelliKevin]

Is there anything we should do? or should I just plan on eating in the steakhouse and staying onboard?

[scottbee]

Is there anything we should do? or should I just plan on eating in the steakhouse and staying onboard?

Tons to do, and in late May the sun wont set until well after 9. The parliament buildings (Victoria is the provincial capital) and inner harbour are worth seeing. Butchart Gardens (I would recommend a tour from the ship) are lit up at night, and it's a lovely stroll in general.

[Langley Cruisers]

Victoria is beautiful and should not be missed. There are literally dozens of threads here on this Canada board about this city. I realize the timing of your visit is not optimal and others have asked about that as well.

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1437624&highlight=victoria

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1409649&highlight=victoria

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1114143&highlight=victoria

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1450848&highlight=victoria

 

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[Putterdude]

Be a bit guarded about Butchart Gardens, they are only open until 10 pm so with a 7:30 arrival you likely won't make the gardens much before 8:30 so your time is quite marginal. However there are many other things to see and do including horse drawn carriage rides, buskers on the Inner Harbour Causeway, some shopping.....

 

 

www.victoriacarriage.com/

http://www.tallyhotours.com/

http://www.causewayartists.ca/[url=http://www.causewayartists.ca/welcome.html][/url]

[cruiseryyc]

Be a bit guarded about Butchart Gardens, they are only open until 10 pm /QUOTE]

 

The gates close at 10 but they don't kick everyone out at 10. Besides in order to be back in town and onboard by 11:30, you would have to leave the Gardens no later than 10:30 anyway. I think two hours is plenty of time to wander Butchart Gardens; but wandering downtown around the Inner Harbour would also make a lovely evening.

[KelliKevin]

Thank you so much for your responses. Do you know how we can arrange a tour of the city for four in advance? My husband doesn't like to go thru the ship because he hates buses.

The house carriage sounds fun too. Can they take 4 adults? And do you know how much it is?

[Putterdude]

I am not sure which tour you are interested in.

The horse drawn carriages hold up to 6 persons and rates/carriage are listed on each of their websites.

[scottbee]

Thank you so much for your responses. Do you know how we can arrange a tour of the city for four in advance? My husband doesn't like to go thru the ship because he hates buses.

The house carriage sounds fun too. Can they take 4 adults? And do you know how much it is?

 

Assuming you just want to see downtown, it's about a 10-15 walk into town from the cruise terminal (or an under $10 taxi fare). Avoid the ship shuttle, because it's a giant rip-off ($7.50/ea return); which is considerably more than a taxi for 4 ea way.

[KelliKevin]

someone on our cruise wants to know is LUSH stays open later when a ship is in port...anyone know?

[Langley Cruisers]

someone on our cruise wants to know is LUSH stays open later when a ship is in port...anyone know?

 

Why don't you contact them directly?

 

https://www.facebook.com/LUSHGovtSt#!/LUSHGovtSt?sk=info

 

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