Fairmont YVR

[ACoupleAtSea]

Has anyone stayed at the Fairmont hotel at the Vancouver Int’l airport for a pre cruise stay?  We are planning on staying there for a night pre cruise next summer.  

[discovertheworld]

Excellent hotel, our preferred hotel to stay a night before for a flight departure.  Easy to take the skytrain to the cruise ship terminal too.

[SCX22]

The Fairmont YVR is a great hotel that lives up to it's star rating.  However, I don't recommend staying there unless you will be arriving into YVR very late at night.  Downtown Vancouver has a lot to see even for only an evening.  Your dining choices will also be vastly improved from what YVR or the room service menu has to offer.  The Pan Pacific (at the Canada Place) and the Fairmont Waterfront (across the street from the Canada Place) are great hotels in Vancouver proper that will allow you to see the city for a few hours.  The morning of your cruise all you'd have to do is walk to the Canada Place.  Book the Fairmont Waterfront early, if it suits you, because Princess partners with this hotel for pre-cruise stays and has a tendency to sell out when a Princess ship is in town.  Both are accessible by the Canada Line via the Waterfront Station.

[ACoupleAtSea]

Thank you for all the helpful info!  We will

be traveling with 2 small children.  How is the area around canada place?  Another hotel we were looking at was the Hyatt Regency on Burrard Street?

Edited July 18, 2023 by ACoupleAtSea

[SCX22]

4 hours ago, ACoupleAtSea said:

How is the area around canada place?

 

It's quiet at night but within walking distance to the downtown shopping areas.  It's also near Gastown.  The sketchy part of town is a few blocks away, so I don't really recommend going past Seymour St when you are there, except if going to Gastown.  You're not in the heart of the action, but the trade off is that you will be able to walk from the hotel to the Canada Place the morning of your cruise.  It makes a difference when you have to schlep luggage.  Another hotel to look into, aside from the 2 Fairmonts (Waterfront is closer and cheaper than the Pacific Rim) and Pan Pacific, is The EXchange Hotel.  I still think the convenience of being to close to the Canada Place the morning of the cruise trumps being close to downtown shopping area because you will be dealing with luggage.  The Pan Pacific has a free service (hope it will continue next year) where the bellmen will take your checked luggage and drop it off at the pier for you; you just have to tip.  Easier to walk to the shopping area with nothing in tow rather than schlepping luggage to the Canada Place.

 

4 hours ago, ACoupleAtSea said:

Another hotel we were looking at was the Hyatt Regency on Burrard Street?

Hyatt Regency is a fine property, but further away from the Canada Place, and not accessible by the Canada Line.  It is serviced by the Expo Line, which does not have a direct train to YVR.  The walk the morning of your cruise will be further or it might be better to take a taxi or a ride share to the port with.  Not impossible to walk though.  It is closer to the downtown shopping area.

[ACoupleAtSea]

Thank You for all the helpful info!  I think our current plan is to stay at the Fairmont YVR for 1 night Precruise and then find a good car service for transport to the terminal in the morning. 

[dog]

5 hours ago, ACoupleAtSea said:

Thank You for all the helpful info!  I think our current plan is to stay at the Fairmont YVR for 1 night Precruise and then find a good car service for transport to the terminal in the morning. 

I’ve stayed there a few times. They have a rate for 10 am checkin.

Taxi is easy to get to pier.

[jhenry1]

Is the Fairmount downtown in a good location to see places and great restaurants.

[Milhouse]

11 hours ago, jhenry1 said:

Is the Fairmount downtown in a good location to see places and great restaurants.

Yes, it's pretty central and downtown overall is very walkable.  The most lively pedestrian area nearby is kind of Robson Street.  Granville Street is also lively but it has some sketchy parts and it's somewhat chaotic during weekend evenings when the bar/lounge/club scene takes over.