photo: Harbour Cruises
Back by popular demand, Inside Vancouver has relaunched the “Featured Attraction of the Week” series. Each Monday we’ll be featuring a different Vancouver attraction and will be giving away free tickets to our readers. To be eligible, all you have to do is post a comment.
Carol Ships set sail December 1st!
Join Harbour Cruises this holiday season as the local waters come alive with luminous colour during the Carol Ships Parade of Lights Festival. Sing Christmas carols or dance the night away on one of Harbour Cruises’ beautifully decorated boats.
Offering the most extensive and festive selection of Carol Ship departures in Vancouver, Harbour Cruises is proud to continue this Vancouver tradition. Sing along at your table with live Christmas Carollers who will lead you in all the Yuletide favourites, whilst feasting on a professionally catered holiday menu.
Vessels participating in the Parade of Lights Festival meet at Canada Place before setting off on the nights designated route. The flotilla of brightly coloured vessels sail various routes including journeys to False Creek, past North and West Vancouver, Deep Cove and Port Moody. Don’t miss out as this is the only time of year vessels are allowed to display coloured exterior lighting.
Weeknight Carol Ship Dinner Cruises 2012
Sunday through Thursday
December 2nd to 6th, 9th to 13th, 16th to 20th & 23rd
2.5 hour cruise with traditional Christmas dinner buffet and live carollers on board
Weekend Carol Ship Dinner & Dance Cruises 2012
Friday & Saturday evenings
December 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 & 22
4 hour cruise with traditional Christmas dinner buffet, live carollers and DJ
Contact Information:
Harbour Cruises
501 Denman St
Vancouver, BC V6G 2W9
P: 604-688-7246
Website: www.boatcruises.com
Email: tours@boatcruises.com
Getting Here: Please click here for directions to the marina.
| We’re giving away a pair of tickets to experience an on-board Carol Ship Dinner Cruise valid Sundays through Thursdays for the 2012 and 2013 holiday season (prize worth $129.90).
Congratulations Anna! Check your email inbox for prize details! |
8:26 am
What an amazing way to enjoy an evening during the festive season!
10:28 pm
Such a festive event!!
8:26 am
Wahoo! I want to go on a harbour cruise!
12:53 pm
I know this place which guarantees to serve a beautiful evening…
Would you like to have a cup of coffee on a cruise ship…
8:29 am
Been wanting to do this for a while – looks like a great way to spend an evening with a loved one!
8:30 am
This is awesome!
8:30 am
So cool. Sounds like fun
8:33 am
I want to have a great experience this Christmas !
Let me be on the Harbour Cruse !
8:34 am
wow a fun way to spend a night !! sounds like fun… Pick meeeeeeee !!! would love to go and sing some carols
8:34 am
……….wow a fun way to spend a night !! sounds like fun… Pick meeeeeeee !!! would love to go and sing some carols
8:35 am
dec 2 wow a fun way to spend a night !! sounds like fun… Pick meeeeeeee !!! would love to go and sing some carols
8:36 am
It is on our to do list – REALLY want some tickets.
8:36 am
My mom is coming for Xmas from Ontario….would love to take her, she would love it!
8:39 am
My husband and I walked the seawall before the Jack Poole X-mas tree lighting last week, and noticed the Habour Cruises…sounds so fun! All the boats with x-mas lights light up the habour.
8:39 am
Would love to win!! Sounds fun!
8:40 am
Pretty please…it doesn’t feel like Christmas yet and this just might help. :)
8:41 am
Looks like good date night fun!
8:45 am
I have never been on a winter harbour cruise and I would love to experience it!
8:49 am
Would be amazing to see the city from a cruise ship and especially with a festive atmosphere!
8:49 am
I hope this activity continue for long time and I would love to do it this year with my son to share that great time of warmest holidays in our hearts.
8:50 am
We would absolutely love to go! :)
8:50 am
it must be a wonderful experience shared with a special person in your life… a beautiful Christmas gift ever!!!!
8:52 am
Nothing says Christmas like twinkly lights sparkling off the ocean, carols and dinner on a boat. Ho ho ho!
8:57 am
that’s awesome!
9:00 am
Would love to try this!
9:03 am
Sounds amazing!!!
9:04 am
i’m on a boat
9:09 am
I’ve never been on any kind of cruise before! This would be so fun and festive :)
9:13 am
Sounds so festive!
9:26 am
Christmas carols and buffet on a cruise? That sounds amazing!
9:28 am
This would be the best Christmas gift.
9:28 am
This will definitely be a night to remember!
9:33 am
This sounds like the perfect way to get in the Christmas spirit!
9:33 am
This is so great!
9:36 am
What an amazing gift you are to all who ride with you! Cheers!
9:39 am
I am also wondering if the cruises are available at other times of the year and how many people can be accommodated? It has been many years since I was on one of these.
1:48 pm
@Julie
We also offer sightseeing and dining cruises throughout the summer. They include the Vancouver Harbour Tour, Sunset Dinner Cruise and Indian Arm Luncheon Cruise. Visit our website for more information.
9:50 am
Hope you pick my name :)
9:50 am
It is going to be great christmas gift for us, thanks inside Vancouver!!
10:04 am
This would be an amazing experience!
10:05 am
Would love to win…. :o)
10:07 am
I look forward to a wonderful experience on the cruise!
10:07 am
This is such a great Vancouver tradition. It would be great to sail with them!
10:13 am
Pick me Pick me :) This looks like fun. Perfect for the holidays.
10:18 am
Oh would love to surprise my guy w/this:)
10:20 am
My hubby and I will be in Vancouver this weekend – this will definitely be on our list of “to-do’s” :)
10:26 am
What a great way to get into the holiday spirit…I’d love to go!!!
10:33 am
This would put the cherry on the cake for Christmas!
10:39 am
Would LOVE this for my husband and me, it’ll be our first christmas away from home and we are looking for something special to do!!
10:43 am
I did the caroling cruise a few years ago and LOVED it! Laughed and sang the whole time.
I would LOVE to go again! :)
10:49 am
Yay..I night out would be great for this new mom!!
10:48 am
I always wanted to try this! Awesome!
11:00 am
This would be a special experience, especially because is our first Christmas away from home, family and friends…It will be a special gift for us! Let us Christmas wish come true! :)
11:11 am
I would love to win this to celebrate just getting married wedding! *hint hint* it’s on the 9th!
11:14 am
would love to go with my finance!
11:17 am
Would love to get there! Amazing cruise :)
11:18 am
This sounds like an amazing evening!!:). Thanks for entering me into the contest for a chance to experience it!:)
11:28 am
I have never been on this harbour cruise ! what a wonderful way to celebrate christmas ! wud luv to go on that with my hubby..
11:30 am
What a lovely holiday activity!
11:36 am
I missed out on the be a tourist in your own city last year. I would love to take one of my kids on this.
12:06 pm
Would love to go!
12:15 pm
This would be awesome to win ^_^
12:18 pm
This sounds amazing! It would be a really romantic date for my anniversary
12:21 pm
I’d love to go with my bf!
12:22 pm
this would be an amazing christmas gift!!
12:33 pm
pick me, please!!!
12:33 pm
We have enjoyed the Harbour Cruises during all seasons but we are particularly fond of the Carol Ships tours over the last 30 years. Would love to do it again this year but budgets being particularly challenged it can only happen if we were to win. Thank you ever so much for all the wonderful memories!
1:51 pm
@Gail Ferrier
Thank you for the wonderful comment and being such a great loyal Harbour Cruises passenger.
Make sure you keep your eye out on our Web Specials as you just might see a date with a fantastic price offered! http://www.boatcruises.com/flyer.php
12:42 pm
awesome!!
12:49 pm
This would be a great gift!
1:01 pm
Did a New Years cruise last year and it was amazing! Love to do it again. If you haven’t experienced one of these Harbour Cruises you have to try it now! Happy Holidays.
1:01 pm
Sounds like a fun evening! Hope I get a chance to go :)
1:10 pm
It woud be wonderful if I could get the free ticket. Love that caroling dinner cruise
1:14 pm
Wow… That would be awesome!
1:23 pm
Oh…pretty please! We would absolutely love to go! Happy Holidays!
1:49 pm
All I want for Christmas is a Harbour Cruise!
2:00 pm
Truly an amazing gift to give away!
2:23 pm
looks amazing!
2:31 pm
Seems really pleasant and awesome! I would love to win this and let my parents enjoy the night as they have never been on a cruise before!
3:28 pm
it would be nice to go on a dinner cruise; a break from being in the kitchen after work and on the weekends baking Christmas goodies for giveaways…
3:29 pm
I’d love another excuse to be out on the water.
3:57 pm
can’t wait to board the harbour cruises!:)
4:23 pm
It must be wonderful to have dinner with Vancouver views on this Christmas season.
5:10 pm
Wow, What a great and fantastic way to enjoy an evening, see spectacular views with lovely company during this christmas season! I wish I could experience that!
5:58 pm
Wow fabulous, I love the idea, I with my husband on the boat, enjoying a beautiful dinner, a wonderful view, Super romantic, to melt the snow.
5:58 pm
Would be a great experience!!
6:01 pm
This is fantastic! Would love to win these.
6:07 pm
I’d love to take my family on a habour cruise!
6:22 pm
I would love to try a Harbour Cruise!
6:34 pm
This sounds lovely. I would love to go.
6:42 pm
A nice treat!!
7:05 pm
Sounds romantic :)
7:09 pm
This sounds like so much fun!
7:39 pm
I would LOVE to go on this cruise!
7:44 pm
This would be amazing!
7:51 pm
This looks sweet!
7:56 pm
Done their Indian Arm cruise before, would love to go again!
8:08 pm
Fun!
8:10 pm
awesome!
8:26 pm
Cruise cruise cruise cruise cruise
8:26 pm
Wow! This would be an awesome getaway!
9:17 pm
This would be great to see all the Christmas lights at night.
9:38 pm
To experience Vancouver at Christmas would be an amazing experience not to be missed!
9:57 pm
What a beautiful experience, we have just been joined by our family from the uk in time for our December wedding. This would be a lovely welcome to Vancouver treat for them
11:08 pm
It’s gonna be the best christmas present for my parents.
12:07 am
A perfect present for my wife.
1:17 am
Nice way to celebrate the festive cheer!
2:23 am
I miss home! Glad to be coming back in time for the holidays, hope it will be complemented with a harbour cruise!
6:48 am
Happy Holidays to you Inside Vancouver!! So glad to be getting your FB posts! Keep ‘em coming!!
8:26 am
Caroling, cruises and Christmas. What an awesome time of the year! I would love to win this cool prize to share with my Mom. What a wonderful surprise that would be for her. Thanks.
8:51 am
I just arrived in Vancouver. Would be sooo great to make the Harbour Cruise!
9:16 am
Pick me please!! I’d love to go on a harbour cruise! :D
9:21 am
I’ve never been on a cruise before and it’s going to be unforgettable experience for me and my mom!
9:30 am
Pick me please! What a lovely prize! :)
10:22 am
This is Awesome! would love to go.
12:28 pm
I’ve never done a harbour cruise. I’d realy like to go!
5:36 pm
Coming to visit for my honeymoon! Sounds like fun!
5:41 pm
Sounds like so much fun!
5:58 pm
What a great give away!!! Would love to experience this! THANKS!
6:01 pm
Would live to take my husband!
7:00 pm
I have often seen the carol ships in our harbour over the years, but never have had the chance to go. I know its a popular event, and thanks for offering the opportunity to win a pair of tickets for some lucky person!
7:39 pm
wow, this looks sweet!
8:23 pm
Never gotten to experience this in vancouver before.
10:26 pm
I swear I’m not on the naughty list! Would love to spend the evening on this cruise!
10:33 pm
I’ve been haunting a couple of listed sailing locations hoping for a glimpse of the ships this week… with not much luck (and lots of rain ;)).
I like the featured attraction series, it’s been handy for suggestions on what Christmassy things to do in Vancouver while I am in the city. Keep the ideas coming.
10:33 pm
I’ve been haunting a couple of listed sailing locations hoping for a glimpse of the ships this week… with not much luck (but lots of rain ;)).
I like the featured attraction series, it’s been handy for suggestions on what Christmassy things to do in Vancouver while I am in the city. Keep the ideas coming.
11:14 pm
let’s dream on a cruise during xmas season :)
1:34 am
Looks awesome! *fingers crossed*
2:54 am
Christmas carolling is the activity I most look forward to doing in December — it just makes me happy. :)
3:35 am
Too good to be true.:))
9:08 am
Would love to be on that ship!!!
10:12 am
Yes please, thank you.
12:31 pm
Me me me me. Pick MEEEEE please!!
3:37 pm
Sounds like a lot of fun and a great way to enjoy the holidays!
3:38 pm
This sounds like so much fun! Hope I get a chance to go. :)
3:48 pm
I’d love to check out Harbour Cruises. It would make a great night out.
9:20 pm
Deck the Halls! This would be fun :)
10:16 pm
Nice way to get into the Christmas spirit!
11:23 am
I haven’t been on a harbor cruise since elementary school for caroling.