**** Vancouver FAQ Thread **** A few updates in main post!

[poohj80]

Quick question about taking the train to Vancouver...are there cabs waiting outside the train station similar to an airport or do we need to schedule one ahead of time?

Also, the Quick Shuttle information states there is a restroom in the customs building, but is there a restroom on the bus? We'll be traveling with a 5 year old and that's a long ride with no bathroom.

 

[mellers]

Quick question about taking the train to Vancouver...are there cabs waiting outside the train station similar to an airport or do we need to schedule one ahead of time?

Also, the Quick Shuttle information states there is a restroom in the customs building, but is there a restroom on the bus? We'll be traveling with a 5 year old and that's a long ride with no bathroom.

There's a restroom on the bus, but no snacks or bottled drinks, so you'll want to make sure to either get a take-out meal or some snacks and some bottled water or juices.

My suggestion, if you're going directly to the QuickShuttle after your flight, is to send one adult to pick up the luggage, and the other adult to the food court behind security in Sea-Tac to get take-out meals and bottled drinks. (BTW, if you want Fish and Chips, Anthony's is better than Ivar's)

There are tables by the QuickShuttle waiting area where you can eat, or, if you have to get straight on the bus, you can eat on the bus.

 

[Lollipop's Mom]

Quick question about taking the train to Vancouver...are there cabs waiting outside the train station similar to an airport or do we need to schedule one ahead of time?
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TONS of cabs there!

 

[mellers]

any suggestions for a good hotel in richmond to stay at?

I'd recommend the La Quinta Vancouver Airport or the Four Points Sheraton Vancouver Airport. They're both close to a large shopping mall where you can pretty much get anything you want or need for your cruise, and they're next door to the Lansdowne Canada Line Station, so if you want to go into Vancouver proper, it's easy to do. You can also take the Canada Line to the cruise terminal, if you don't have much luggage.

 

[littleprince]

does anyone know if you take the skytrain to the canada place port, how far is the walk from the train stop to the actually cruise port?

 

[Lollipop's Mom]

does anyone know if you take the skytrain to the canada place port, how far is the walk from the train stop to the actually cruise port?

Go to the first post of this whole thread -I put a map that shows the walk!

 

[littleprince]

thanks for the info

 

[poohj80]

There's a restroom on the bus, but no snacks or bottled drinks, so you'll want to make sure to either get a take-out meal or some snacks and some bottled water or juices.

Thanks! We plan to take the train to Vancouver and the bus back so we will pack some snacks form the ship for the ride back.

 

[rosiep]

I would very much like to stay at the Pan Pacific the night before our cruise in Sept., Checking now the best price I can find seems to be $270 USD including taxes.

Should I wait until I am a bit closer to my date? Is there a possibility that the price might come down a bit? Or do i run the risk of the hotel selling out?

Thanks for any advice.

 

[Lollipop's Mom]

I would very much like to stay at the Pan Pacific the night before our cruise in Sept., Checking now the best price I can find seems to be $270 USD including taxes.

Should I wait until I am a bit closer to my date? Is there a possibility that the price might come down a bit? Or do i run the risk of the hotel selling out?

Thanks for any advice.

More of a chance of it getting higher! I would book now. For my May 17th sailing the cheapest room the night before is around $400!

 

[animalx]

Try Priceline as well. I've had good luck using them.

 

[rosiep]

Try Priceline as well. I've had good luck using them.

As in Name Your Own Price?

The Opening posts rates this hotel as a 5*, there are no 5 star hotels in the name your own price area so I am leery.

 

[Lollipop's Mom]

Hotwire often gets the Pan Pacific.

 

[rosiep]

Hotwire often gets the Pan Pacific.

I was hoping for the Pan, just Hotwired it and got the Sheraton for $152 USD inc. tax. I'm happy with it.

 

[Lollipop's Mom]

It's a nice hotel and also where they hid Robert pattinson and Taylor lautner during filming of eclipse for a while!! Lol

 

[jlacobb3]

I was hoping for the Pan, just Hotwired it and got the Sheraton for $152 USD inc. tax. I'm happy with it.

We've never used Hotwire to book hotels. Did the one you selected show up as a 4 star hotel? When I enter in our dates, it doesn't give me an 5 star options.

 

[rosiep]

It's a nice hotel and also where they hid Robert pattinson and Taylor lautner during filming of eclipse for a while!! Lol

My daughter will flip. She loves Robert Patterson...

 

[rosiep]

We've never used Hotwire to book hotels. Did the one you selected show up as a 4 star hotel? When I enter in our dates, it doesn't give me an 5 star options.

Yes, it showed up as a 4 star, Vancouver West, for $125 a night.

 

[Lollipop's Mom]

My daughter will flip. She loves Robert Patterson...

haha too funny - we saw him coming out of there one time - and there is a coffee shop right there he went to a lot

 

[nordkin]

I have not seen this question posted but I may have missed it. I need to rent a scooter for my mother and was wondering if there are any companies other than the one at the cruise terminal that rent them? Any help would be appreciated.