Experience British Columbia Shore Excursion

[want2seealaska]

We are having a hard time choosing a shore excursion for Victoria since this is the last night of our Alaskan cruise and we aren't scheduled to arrive until 6. I have read several of the reviews of what to do in this port. Our original choice was to go to the gardens but now I'm concerned about the darkness issues some discussed. Has anyone taken the "Experience British Columbia" excursion? If so, I would really appreciate your comments.

[MissBreezy]

I know this doesn't answer your new question but we visited Victoria for our honeymoon in September 2007 and Butchart Gardens was BEAUTIFUL. Definitely the highlight of our trip, I can't think of a single negative. EDIT: I somehow skipped over the part where you are in at 6pm. Sorry!! If they are still open my other two recommendations stand! :)

 

We also went to the Royal BC Museum and it was also wonderful. The exhibits are so well done. I think we spent most of the day there. http://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/exhibitions/current/

 

We also visited Craigdarroch Castle and that was also super neat and interesting. Other than that we walked around the central part of town to shop and just enjoyed the scenery.

 

If the excursion doesn't work out for you, I HIGHLY recommend all of these places. You won't be disappointed :)

Edited May 31, 2014 by MissBreezy

[rebeccalouiseagain]

I see your cruise is in late August. The sun sets about 8PM. We went at night. When we got there it was light, the sun set and there were lights and it was enchanting. Do Buchart.

 

Another suggestion, we did the Celebrity Infinity in 2012 and disembarked on Day 6 in Victoria because I wanted to spend more time there than from 6-11Pm. I contacted Celebrity ahead of time, they emailed me a disembarkation approval for Victoria and we just walked off at our leisure. We spent three nights in Victoria and then ferried to Seattle and flew home. It was awesome.

Edited May 31, 2014 by rebeccalouiseagain