Need less to say it was a busy day for all those folks at Canada Place. Coming and going about 11000 person I was told.
Our personal experience was a get off at nine AM walk uncrowded to an elevator, down two floors to our car and home in and hour 10. New Bridge on freeway over the Fraser River and the Highway widening made it a piece of cake. There is some progress that actually works .
I had an Oyster Burger. wow 3 of the biggest bestest oysters I've ever had. Crunchy and really tasty. I'm going back for sure. Jude had fish and Chips which were really good also. Check them out here: http://www.freshlocalwild.com/
Here is Canada Place as we left the Pier on Tuesday last. A dreary day but it was our last dreary day. What a break we had from the weather.
Check them out here:
http://www.martinmars.com/aircraft.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_JRM_Mars
The ship is a great size. One of the smaller ones that HAL has. Similar to the Zaandam and the Volendam. A magradome for inclement weather over the pool area makes these ships a great choice for Alaska and our coast.
If it gets sunny as it often does they just open them up. Really it does get sunny sometimes. lol
The most interesting point of this whole thing was the fact that all the lights went out in the rooms and the" Insides" of course were pitch black. (I found my dear wife playing a game on the Ipad. The only light in the room was her and the Ipad ) The toilets didn't flush. Only one elevator worked out of 18. Halls and public rooms all had lights. All that on Aux. power. So indeed there was no real safety issues.
BUT the cash registers worked in all the bars.
If any one has questions about the Ports/ship/procedures or whatever please feel free to ask.