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Today I boarded the Zaandam in Vancouver which was parked at Canada Place on the West Side at Berth 5. There was one other cruise ship in, the Infinity from Celebrity cruises which is a good deal bigger so she was docked at Berth 1 and 2 on the East Side. Berth 1and 2 are in line, which makes it possible to dock 2 smaller ships there or one big one. The West berth is angled between 4 and 5 and that means that an R class of Holland America is about the biggest cruise ship that can dock there. With the average size cruise ships of nowadays it means that you can have a maximum of three cruise ships alongside Canada Place, if one is a biggie. If there are more in port, then those ships go to Ballantyne a bit further up the river. Because there are during the height of the season always more cruise ships in port, Princess cruises has made Ballantyne its regular dock. The last time I docked there was before Canada Place was opened in 1986 and it was not a bad place if you want to go to China Town. Canada Place is right on top of regular down town and that makes China Town a long walk. Why do I mention this because Chinatown is a big focus point for our Asian crew. *Although they can get everything they like on board, everybody has their own taste in noodles and other snacks; and full*boxes are being brought on board. The company allows this with the stipulation that all those snacks will be consumed in the crew mess room and not in the cabin. The Zaandam is making a seven day cruise up to Seward and then seven days down again. You can combine this and make it a 14 day complete round trip which some guests indeed do. Most though have a seven day trip and then either go home or disappear into the interior. If you go for the latter option then there are multiple choices and I believe the […]
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Today I boarded the Zaandam in Vancouver which was parked at Canada Place on the West Side at Berth 5. There was one other cruise ship in, the Infinity from Celebrity cruises which is a good deal bigger so she was docked at Berth 1 and 2 on the East Side. Berth 1and 2 are in line, which makes it possible to dock 2 smaller ships there or one big one. The West berth is angled between 4 and 5 and that means that an R class of Holland America is about the biggest cruise ship that can dock there. With the average size cruise ships of nowadays it means that you can have a maximum of three cruise ships alongside Canada Place, if one is a biggie. If there are more in port, then those ships go to Ballantyne a bit further up the river. Because there are during the height of the season always more cruise ships in port, Princess cruises has made Ballantyne its regular dock. The last time I docked there was before Canada Place was opened in 1986 and it was not a bad place if you want to go to China Town. Canada Place is right on top of regular down town and that makes China Town a long walk. Why do I mention this because Chinatown is a big focus point for our Asian crew. *Although they can get everything they like on board, everybody has their own taste in noodles and other snacks; and full*boxes are being brought on board. The company allows this with the stipulation that all those snacks will be consumed in the crew mess room and not in the cabin. The Zaandam is making a seven day cruise up to Seward and then seven days down again. You can combine this and make it a 14 day complete round trip which some guests indeed do. Most though have a seven day trip and then either go home or disappear into the interior. If you go for the latter option then there are multiple choices and I believe the […]
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