Onboard the Car Ferry from Vancouver to Victoria in Canada 

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My young daughter, Victoria, and I took this ferry a couple of years ago. We headed straight to the Victoria, BC souvenir shops where they had lots of items with her name on them. We had high tea at the hotel, and bumped into a display of ornate Christmas trees in the hotel. Truly a trip to remember.

Living on Vancouver Island, and using the ferries fairly often, I just view the ferries as part of the highway system to get me to and from the mainland when needed. Never really thought they were all that interesting, lol. It’s nice to see it from other people’s points of view and how exciting it is for people who maybe don’t live near the ocean and get to take these types of trips or see these views regularly. Great video!

Wow! Never knew a ferry ship ⛴ would have ALL THIS!! Really Amazing!! 😀

As a Vancouver Islander myself, I loved watching this video and makes me crave a trip to "The Mainland" as we locals like to call it!

The scenery on this route is always beautiful but on a nice day it's spectacular. Add the very good chance to observe marine wildlife, eagles, seals and sea lion, whales etc.

I love bc ferries they are like mini cruise ships with stunning sound views.

This class of ship is amazing. Love them. There is the "Spirit of Vancouver Island" as well. I loved traveling on these when I would frequently go between the Victoria area on Vancouver Island and the Mainland

I love being on the ferry. I love that they have a gift shop. And I love the Ocean. You can be outside...So Beautiful & Peaceful.

I rode this ferry about 4 years ago and i love the gift shop on the BC Ferry fleet, compared to the Washington State ferry fleet its alot smoother and more fun, the BC Ferries are alot more thought through

Victorian here, all my life, 3 gens and it's such a fun trip, we spend the time reading or having a little snooze.

Welcome to Vancouver Island! If you're still around Victoria, my suggestions to check out: Victoria's inner harbor and government street for touristy sights including the grand legislative buildings, sometimes buskers, and shopping. Victoria's downtown Beacon Hill Park is like a 'central park' with nice walking, gardens, duck ponds, peacocks, and a children's farm and goat petting zoo that Travelling Princess might love. Also downtown: Fan Tan Alley & China Town are must-sees. A little further out: Butchart Gardens ($$), and right near that is Indoor Butterfly Gardens ($), and out of town in a different direction is Hatley Castle (used in some of the X-Men movies and Deadpool .. free to walk around outside with some nice gardens). From one RU-vidr to another, thanks for what you do! My wife and I have both found your Vegas videos helpful! -Colin

Your viewers may be surprised that almost as soon as you leave Tsawwassen (the Vancouver terminal), you enter US waters and don't reenter Canadian waters until the ship is about halfway across the Georgia Straits. The actual journey is about 1 hr. 35 min, but from the time you start loading to the time you get back on the road, you should bank on at least 2 hours. And that is without any other delays. You arrive at Swartz Bay terminal, just north of Sidney, and you are still a 30 to 45-minute drive to downtown Victoria. For first-timers, it's an exciting sail, for veterans like me, it's 90 minutes of nap time.

i have been on the car. ferry from Vancouver to Vancouver Island . it's nice and calm journey and well worth visiting the famous rose garden [ Butchart Grdens ]

I rode on Spirit of British Columbia’s sister ship, the Spirit of Vancouver Island, which looked similar. I got to see this ship pass on the way to Victoria.

We took this ferry from Anacortes Island, WA to Victoria, even though we were staying in Vancouver, years ago. So fun! We certainly made use of the kids play area, as well as ordered food, and sat outside and took in the beauty of the islands that we passed. Great memories!

I love the car ferries. A great cafeteria and lots of cool places onboard. Thanks for the wonderful video, Chris.

I go to the university of Victoria and my hometown is Vancouver so I take a LOT of ferry rides. So interesting to see it from a different perspective

Great video and thanks for sharing. We have planned our trip to the Vancouver Island in June. Can’t wait.

I once rode this ferry (in the other direction) as part of a bus trip. I imagined the bus would deliver us to the port, and we would board another bus at the other end to get to Vancouver. But of course the bus just rolled onto the ferry, and at the other end rolled off and headed to Vancouver! On the way we enjoyed the ferry including a nice lunch.

Thanks for this Chris!

Doing it in Sept from Victoria to Van! Thanks for the video!

Another great video. I have been watching your channel over the past few years and learned a great deal for my own vacation to the places you have visited and for my channel which I have just recently started. Hope you will keep the content coming.

outstanding video ....you really covered every thing about the ferry ...for some one unsure about the b.c ferries you covered it all ... I remember being a walk on in the 80s and you would have to walk off the ferry from the car deck ..now they have a series of walk ways ...and now there could be hundreds of walk on ... in the 80s maybe a dozen or so .

I've been on this ship- to many times. Hope you enjoyed your voyage aboard her.

The thumbnail of this video is so cool!

awesome vid, thanks Chris ! I visit family in Seattle every year, and without fail, sometime during the trip, I jump on one of the ferries traveling around Puget Sound. I don't take my car, I just ride around as a passenger, have some lunch and wine, and soak up the views !!

Glad you enjoyed your experience! The fleet has changed a lot over the years. I'm not that old (early 30's) but I remember when the fleet was mostly comprised of what were known as the V class ferries. The last remaining one from that era is the Queen of New Westminster. Those ferries have a loud and rather nostalgic horn that you don't usually hear on the spirit class ferries. The history of fleet is pretty interesting as well. The Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay route originally had 4 vessels. Queen of Vancouver, Queen of Victoria, Queen of Esquimalt, and Queen of Saanich. Originally in the 60's when they were built they only had one car deck. Then later in the late 70's as demand increased they did a major lifting project on all 4 ships that allowed them to place a 2nd car deck on them. They were the backbone of the BC ferries fleet for about 60 years. They gradually got phased out in favour of newer and more economical ships. The spirit class ferries were the first to take over those routes. They still had 2 V class ferries up until the early 2010's. Then Vancouver hosted the 2010 Olympics and had the new C class ferries that officially marked an end to the era of the old V class "Queen" ferries. Queen of New Westminster is the only one that still remains in the fleet. They retrofitted it with natural gas engines like the rest of the ships in service. Updated the interiors etc. It primarily runs the Duke point (Nanaimo) to Tsawwassen (Vancouver) route. But does act as a relief vessel on the Vancouver to Victoria route during peak seasons around the holidays and throughout the summer.

Super Love this video! Thank you for sharing your experience. Had taken once after the city was lockdown so we had to spend most of time staying in our car. Only remember the food of White Spots tasted good 😊 Don't miss their fried chicken!

The wallway out front is my favorite place to watch as the ferry travels through active pass. Very windy, and maybe closed at the time this video was taken.

I m new in your channel, I really love your videos

Thanks for showing us a look at the ferry headed from Vancouver to Victoria. I am actually heading to Vancouver Island in June. I am really looking forward to the trip To be frank, taking the ferry is one of the highlights of my west coast adventure. I also enjoyed another video you filmed. I believe it was filmed in Victoria. On this trip, I will go to Fisher Mans Warf. I have never been there before. Another adventure on my bucket list is renting a scooter from Cycle BC. Renting a scooter is another highlight of my trip to Victoria. I like travelling around Dallas Road to Oak Bay on the scooter.

Awesome job chris

Great video!

Its one of the older rust buckets. I am from Tofino & spend most of my time in Noth Vancouver. I deliberatetly reserve my ferry trips to avoid those ones and the worst part is there are even older ones. If you found this one amazing you would be over the top on one of the Coastal Class ferries. Those are the ones you want to be on.

In normal times, you were not allowed to stay on car decks. You had to go upstairs. Marine safety law. But with covid, it came in handy for "distancing", with only being able to stay in car on upper car deck.

AS a resident here in Victoria , take ferry to mainland all the time, like this video

Allô, in June we go in Vancouver and de take the ferry. Thank you for your video. At the same time, i practice the english language.

THANKS FOR TAKING US ALONG

BC Ferries has the largest ferry fleet in the world. The Spirit of British Columbia is a fine vessel!

Hot damn, It looks Chilly AF, love being out there tho, its one of the best parts in BC

Nice!, impressive how everything was made in a continuous shot 😳

Remember your deck level and what end of the ship you are on. Don’t be the person running frantically around looking for your car as everyone else waits to disembark.

Hello Hello ! Thumbs Up !

I hope you had a good time. I live in Victoria.

i had that in 2005...

Nice video

Excellent video. I'm sure everyone else really enjoyed it too. Was this film in November 2021? Is the ATM machine give only Canadian money or the other give US money. Thanks again

looks like typical weather

Riding the ferries during February can be rough. 10-15 foot waves if the weather swells up. The cafeteria will be one of first things to close. I remember my sister working on the ferries many years ago. I have rode more on the Queen Of Saanich and New Westminster than other ferries

When I was a kid, the dinning room had white linen table cloths and waiters serving from the menu.

Nice

I really enjoyed your video, just wondering if there was a separate fee for having to board the vehicle, addition to the price per passenger?

just thought id provide some reference from someone who takes this ferry EVERYDAY; the buffet has been closed since the pandemic, the lounges have been closed significantly longer (probably a year or so before pandemic) ill nitpick here and say, this particular crossing takes closer to 1hr 45min barring on the side of 2 hours depending on where the vessel that is going the opposite way (sometimes one needs to stop for the other due to the narrow channels between the islands, this alone can take 5-10 minutes) in the summer you will see an abundance of marine wildlife, and if your lucky there will be a boomer or two on their patio on the gulf islands to wave to and a suggestion if you are going to eat onboard, you are SIGNIFICANTLY better off ordering online (there are qr codes literally everywhere) preordering online will easily save you 20-30 minutes in line, but if standing in lines are your thing, by all means but be weary of finding places to sit one final thing; dont mess with the employees (being late to your car for boarding/getting off, car being broke, etc) they are extremely temperamental and run a tight ship; few months ago guy fell asleep and the loadmasters loaded everyone behind him and left him behind (yes they can do that) ps be prepared for a lot of car alarms

How much is it to go on a ferry with our car?

How much is the fare for the car?

That looks like a nice ferry ride! The amenities inside look pretty nice! I have not been on one of these big car ferries before like this. I know there is one which goes across Lake Michigan between Michigan and Wisconsin which is supposed to be similar.

Hooray.....?

You are no longer allowed to sit in your car during the ride. The transportation safety board has deemed it unsafe. You really should take the ferry from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert. It's beautiful

Galoshes?

I usually watch your channel. I am from Myanmar. I love watching your video. But I can’t catch your voice most of later video. I understand most of old video :D

Nice ferry, but pretty small.

8:15 … pronounced Are-byoot-us after the tree.

part of the voyage crosses into USA waters and you will find your cell phone switches in and out of roaming when you cross the boundary twice.

We just call it the ferry, not the "car ferry". The sun deck is packed in the summer. Everyone is out there tanning lol.

I live on Van Island and to take it as often as I do to Sechelt to see family requires 2 ferries which is a pain in the arse! Lol it's a full day travel 🤮

I recommend the buffet for brunch. The last time I was on the ferry, there was a pod of killer whales travelling just in front of the boat so you could sit and have brunch and watch the orcas. Stay away from those gift shops though. The prices are ridiculous.

I used to spend the entire trip in the buffet eating. Bring it back soon BC Ferries. Been on over a Thousand trips approximately to date. Yawn, no buffet I sleep in the car.

arbutus is a kind of tree! its pronounced "arb-you-tuss" :)

Should have done this video in July, when you cannot find a place to stand let alone sit

Had I known you were coming to the island I would have invited you for dinner

The flush Ottiesbsre advantage ferries have o er trains busses and planes one can smell the difference

My cousin and I did shrooms on that ride .

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N5R5qPCDcWc.html this is why you can't stay in your car.

He keeps repeating that the ferry is leaving Vancouver to sail to Vancouver Island. It is sailing to Victoria.

Good thing the Csptain isn't screwing his ex on the upper deck or you would all be st the bottom of Georgia Straight. True story, couple never found and ferry at the bottom of the Ocean in B.C. no charges, Incompetent bc ferries and Incompetent courts.

BC ferries sucks sucks that it’s run by a private company total bullshit and unfortunate for any of us who actually live on the island