Vancouver cruise port disembarkation day + time 🏔Getting off the cruise ship in Vancouver (Princess) 🏔 Alaska cruise travel blog

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The specifics of disembarkation from the cruise ship when you are in Vancouver may be different based on your specific cruise and what you are doing once you get off the ship.

But below will give you an idea of what you can expect on disembarkation day at Vancouver cruise port!

I have also included disembarkation related letters from Princess that were sent to my cabin during the cruise.

In short, you can request to get off the cruise ship earlier or later, depending on what your plans are when you get off the cruise ship.

I had nowhere to be upon getting off the cruise ship.

I was going to be staying in Vancouver for a few days and I couldn’t check in to the place I was staying at, so I delayed getting off the cruise ship until pretty much as late as possible.

I was off the cruise ship at 9:30am.

 

👆 Disembarking from the cruise ship at Vancouver cruise port.

 

👆 You can walk off the cruise ship on your own and walk to downtown Vancouver from the cruise port.

 

👆 There is a train station near the Vancouver cruise port. You can go from the Vancouver cruise port to Vancouver airport by train. (map)

 

👆 A Norwegian cruise ship at Vancouver cruise port.

 

👆 It’s Vancouver, as seen from a cruise ship!

 

👆 You’ll get luggage tags during your cruise to use for getting off the cruise ship, if you don’t want to carry off your luggage on your own.

 

👆 Luggage pick-up at the Vancouver cruise port. If you don’t want to carry off luggage on your own (which you can do if you want), then you will leave your luggage outside of your cabin the evening before. Then, right after you get off the ship on disembarkation day, you will pick-up your luggage.

 

👆 You’ll get letters sent to your stateroom about getting off the cruise ship in Vancouver.

 

👆 You’ll probably get a goodbye letter.

 

👆 A customs form for Canada was delivered to cabins.

 

I did a roundtrip cruise from Vancouver on the Sapphire Princess that ended in May 2023.

I did not have anything booked through Princess after the cruise.

So I did not have any shore excursion or transportation booked through Princess.

If you are booked on one of these through Princess, one or more of the letters delivered to your room will be different.

Once in Vancouver, I got off the cruise ship carrying my own luggage, and that was that!

I also did not have any flight or train to catch, since I was staying in Vancouver for a few days waiting for my next cruise from Vancouver to begin!

So after getting off the cruise ship, I went to the hostel I was staying at, the Samesun Vancouver.

Since it was still early, I couldn’t access my room, but they had free luggage storage available.

If you have a late flight, I did see a sign for luggage storage at a small store near the cruise port at the PWC building.

As you are walking out of the Vancouver cruise port from the cruise ship towards the tall buildings of downtown Vancouver in front of you, you’ll start walking off to the left side. (map – small store on the left right before the stairs)

 

👆 There is a small store for luggage storage near the Vancouver cruise port.

 

👆 There was a sign for bagsaway.ca at a store near the cruise port.

 

If you are doing a round trip cruise from Vancouver and also getting on a cruise ship in Vancouver, also see my Vancouver cruise port embarkation day. Don’t miss watching the cruise ship sail under the Lions Gate Bridge!

 

 

A few days before Vancouver

Early on in the cruise, on day 4 of my 11 day cruise, the first letter was sent out related to disembarking in Vancouver.

This letter was asking me to submit what my onward plans were once disembarking in Vancouver.

It was also a form to book transportation through Princess.

And it was also a chance to be able to give a preference for what time I want to get off the cruise ship in Vancouver.

 

 

 

How much is a transfer booked through Princess?

You can book a shuttle from the Vancouver cruise port to the airport through Princess.

A transfer from the Vancouver cruise port to the Vancouver airport was $29 per person on my cruise.

A transfer from the Vancouver cruise port to the Seattle airport was $79 per person on my cruise.

 

For a Princess cruise, this is also something that you can pre-book before your cruise by logging into your account at princess.com.

But if you don’t book it ahead of time, you can book it in the first days of your cruise.

 

 

How to book a Princess transfer before you get on the cruise ship

• Log into your account at princess.com
• Go to “my account”
• Go to “manage this booking”
• Go to “travel”
• Look for the “transfers” section, and book your transportation from the Vancouver cruise port to the airport in Vancouver or Seattle!

 

I also have a future cruise booked with a cruise ending in Vancouver, and the price of the transfer is the same as in the letter I received on the cruise ship.

So there appears to be no difference in price whether you book before you get on the cruise or if you book on the cruise ship.

 

 

What is the earliest flight you can book out of Vancouver airport?

According to Princess:

For voyages that arrive in Vancouver, the earliest flight departure is 4 hours and 30 minutes after ship’s arrival.

 

You can log into your account at princess.com, and look for “itinerary” to see when your cruise ship will be arriving into Vancouver.

It’s actually a good idea to check this itinerary even if you aren’t curious about what time you will arrive in Vancouver, because port times can change and you won’t necessarily be notified about it.

You might be able to book excursions for Vancouver cruise port through Princess. In the same way you can check the scheduled cruise ship arrival time by logging in to princess.com, you can look to see if there are any excursions offered for Vancouver.

 

 

2 days before Vancouver

2 days before Vancouver, there were more things related to the Vancouver disembarkation placed in my cabin.

 

 

There were luggage tags, which is how you can figure out what time your disembarkation time is.

If you need more luggage tags than what was given to you, you can ask your room steward.

If you don’t want to take your luggage off the cruise ship by yourself, then you will put a luggage tag on your suitcase and then put it outside your cabin the evening before disembarkation day.

Then when you get off the cruise ship (or your next destination if you have a transfer), you’ll collect your luggage at a designated location.

 

You’ll put the luggage tags you received from Princess during the cruise on your luggage, and then place your luggage outside your cabin the evening before.

You may be given a specific time to put your luggage out by.

Otherwise, it’s generally recommended to place your luggage before you go to dinner.

Someone will be by later to pick up the luggage outside your cabin.

 

You also have the option of taking all your luggage off the cruise ship by yourself.

 

There was also general information and procedures about disembarking from the cruise ship.

 

 

What time do you get off the cruise ship in Vancouver?

The Vancouver cruise disembarkation schedule and time that you will get off the cruise ship will vary based on your specific cruise, but here is how it was for my cruise to give you an idea.

 

👆 I was walking off with my own luggage but I got off with the last group in the “independent guests” group since that was the latest independent group to get off.

 

 

 

Princess cruise disembarkation information

 

A little bit below about my experience getting off a Princess cruise ship in Vancouver!

 

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Disembarkation day in Vancouver

👆 At 7:47am on May 10, it was around 57F at Vancouver cruise port.

 

👆 View from a Princess cruise ship at around 8:15am docked at Vancouver cruise port.

 

 

You’ll be given a meeting time and a meeting spot on disembarkation day.

Then, from here you will be called to actually get off the ship.

I went to the lounge for the group that had a meeting time of 9:30am.

And then…

I got off the cruise ship for the last time!

 

👆 9:29am: In line to get off the cruise ship in Vancouver.

 

It took some time to walk through the Vancouver cruise terminal.

 

👆 9:34am: Walking past the spot to collect luggage at the Vancouver cruise ship terminal.

 

👆 9:38am: There are signs telling you how to get to different spots to leave the Vancouver cruise ship terminal.

 

👆 Walking through the Vancouver cruise ship terminal, there are directions to get to the taxi, exit to city, ride sharing pick-ups, transportation, shuttles, tours, and cruise ship transfers.

 

👆 I think that is a line for cruise ship transfers from the Vancouver cruise port.

 

👆 Walking through the cruise ship terminal, there was a sign for getting a taxi.

 

👆 Directions to get to the city, ride sharing pick-ups, and hop-on hop-off bus.

 

👆 Directions to cruise ship transfers, public transportation, and downtown Vancouver.

 

👆 9:40am: Directions to go outside towards downtown Vancouver!

 

👆 9:40am: Stepping outside the Vancouver cruise ship terminal!

 

👆 You can see downtown Vancouver!

 

👆 Luggage in front of the Pan Pacific Hotel. Likely luggage that was dropped off for people who are getting on the cruise ship in Vancouver…?!

 

👆 9:47am: Reaching the streets of Vancouver!

 

👆 9:52am: There is a train station near the Vancouver cruise port. You can walk to Waterfront Station.

 

👆 9:55am: I walked towards a Vancouver cruise port lookout.

 

👆 Last glimpse of the Princess cruise ship I was on after getting off the cruise ship in Vancouver!

 

👆 More streets of Vancouver near the cruise port! You can take a train, bus, or taxi from the Vancouver cruise port.

 

 

And that’s a bit about disembarking a cruise ship in Vancouver!

My Vancouver disembarkation day was in May 2023. Your experience may vary!

 

HAPPY GETTING OFF THE CRUISE SHIP IN VANCOUVER!