Shore excursions Astoria, Victoria and Vancouver

[Minnesota_chillers]

We are sailing on the splendor on 6/14/09. Has anyone done shore excursions in any of these places? We have 2 kids 17 and 13.

[mommyx2]

We are sailing on the splendor on 6/14/09. Has anyone done shore excursions in any of these places? We have 2 kids 17 and 13.

 

We are also on your 6/14 sailing. Hope you saw the meet and greet time and place.. We too are anxious for ideas to do in ports. We have 2 kids 10 and 6. See you on board.

tami

[mistyinca]

We are sailing on the splendor on 6/14/09. Has anyone done shore excursions in any of these places? We have 2 kids 17 and 13.

 

Come join us in our roll call. http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=925386

I hope you can join us on our meet and greet! We look forward to meeting you! :)

[Amber F]

We did whale watching in Victoria, booked ourselves through shoretrips, had a great time, but wear sun screen, our faces got pretty burned. Do the Zodiac instead of the cruiser, it makes it an adventure.

 

In Vancouver, we rented a car and went to Capilano Suspension Bridge and to Grouse Mountain. Grouse Mountain had some of the most spectacular views, as well as a lumberjack show, two grizzly bears in a habitat, and hiking trails.

 

Have fun, the cities are so beautiful, you'll find something to do.

[Amber F]

Oops, I forgot about Astoria. We didn't do any excursions here, but if you take the $5 shuttle to the end of the line, the Maritime Museum, you can walk across the street (Marine Dr.), turn left, and about a block down on the right is a movie theatre. You can check the showtimes online at Fandango, and if you are anything like us, you'll actually get to see a movie without having to find time to squeeze it in at home. Just make sure you check running times on the movies so you don't miss the ship. I heard one of the shuttle drivers say they really cut down on shuttles back to the ship at 8:30pm even though you don't need to be on board until 9:15pm. We caught the shuttle at 8:30pm, and i think it was one of the last ones.