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Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth
I have to think a new Ferry Terminal/Cruise Ship terminal combined with a new Runway at YVR and some sort of people mover from the Oceanside terminal to the skytrain would be ideal.
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I don't think skytrain makes a lot of sense for a Cruise Ship terminal.
If you take a cruise the normal way it works is, the day before your cruise comes into port, you are told you can get off as early as 7:00 AM, everyone has to be off by 9:00 AM. They collect and colour code your bags the night before. When you group is called you go through customs and immigration. By 10 or 11 the ship is cleared.
The passengers coming onto the ship as told do not arrive before 11 and usually given a target arrival time between 12:00 and 2:00.
You basically have 2-4,000 people leaving in the morning and the same number arriving in the afternoon. All with bags. This is the kind of setup for a fleet of buses works best.