Bermuda overnight on Sunrise question

[doyons]

Sept cruise out of New York arrive Wednesday afternoon and leave Friday afternoon.  Can you buy  a 2 day ferry/bus pass Wednesday night that starts on Thursday morning and ends on Friday?  Have read some post that sometimes the pass is available to purchase on the ship, does Carnival do this?  

 

 

[NCTribeFan]

I did both Glory and Splendor out of Norfolk and sailing Sunshine from Charleston at the end of October.  The pass was not sold on the ship either previous sailing, but things can change.

 

Have you done any reading on the Bermuda POC board?  Lots of useful info there.  I also use gotobermuda.com for planning.  You can navigate to the transportation page and find bus and ferry schedules.

 

The pass is good based on the # of days.  We don't arrive until 10 and leave at noon the next day.  If I buy a 1-day pass at 11 am, it expires at midnight that night, not at 11 am the next day.  Too bad, since that would be perfect with our short stay there.

 

[doyons]

Yes been to reading a bunch of post and the Bermuda websites, but they only say pass is good till midnight nothing about buying the day before so you don’t have to wait inline first thing in the morning.  Was thinking of grabbing the  7:30 ferry to Hamilton, just means getting off ship earlier to buy pass etc

[Jamman54]

34 minutes ago, doyons said:

Yes been to reading a bunch of post and the Bermuda websites, but they only say pass is good till midnight nothing about buying the day before so you don’t have to wait inline first thing in the morning.  Was thinking of grabbing the  7:30 ferry to Hamilton, just means getting off ship earlier to buy pass etc

 

If you don't want to wait in line to buy passes, the ferries will take cash, $5pp each way.

[maryred]

Needing the unlimited public transportation pass really depends on where and how you plan to tour the island or attend activities. If just going to a single area each day then you are better off buying ferry tokens or a ticket book. Ferry tokens bought through the transport center/ info building in the Dockyard are $4 a piece. This gets you 1 way on the ferry to either Hamilton or St George The ticket books allow for transport by either ferry or bus and prices vary by the number of tickets (the more you buy the larger the discount over single fares). Each fare ticket is good for 1 way on a ferry or for up to 14 zones by bus. If you need to transfer to another bus in Hamilton to continue further east a second ticket is needed, no transfers.

On the other hand an unlimited pass runs about $19 for a 1 day, $32 for a 2 day, and $44 for the 3 day. The pass is good till midnight of each day purchased for after activation. Activation is usually by the ferry crew or bus driver hole punching for the first date on the card you use it. This way is great if you plan on visiting multiple areas during a single day. This is what we do on day 1 (but most of our cruises have had us in by 8 or 9am) we buy the 2 day pass then head over to St George by ferry for a carriage ride and some shopping, then head over by bus  to the Swizzle Inn for lunch, and continue on to Hamilton for more shopping. Depending on how much we buy we will either take the Hamilton ferry back to the ship or head over to the botanical gardens then head back to the ship. The next day we usually start with a stop at Horseshoe Bay beach or the public beach by the Reefs Resort. Then we head into Hamilton for the Maritime museum and lunch there, or to transfer to a bus heading out to the caves (& a second days lunch at the Swizzle) or aquarium/zoo after eating in Hamilton, afterwards it's back to the ship. Since most of our departures are on a Sat or Sun at least 1 of our port nights is a Wed and on that day we get back to the ship to enjoy a quick dinner to be able to head back over to Hamilton for the Harbor Night street party which starts about 7pm. We usually stay there until 9pm (last ferry on that night is usually 10pm). For our last day we usually do the Dockyard sights or (private) excursions that leave from there. Sometimes we decide to head over to Seaglass beach so we will just buy 2 bus tickets a piece, since the ship leaves sometime between 1-4pm.