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Anyone toured with bicycles on the CAT ferry Portland Maine to Yarmouth Nova Scotia?

Old 03-16-18, 03:34 PM
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Anyone toured with bicycles on the CAT ferry Portland Maine to Yarmouth Nova Scotia?

Anyone toured with bicycles on the CAT ferry Portland maine to Yarmouth Nova Scotia?

The cat ferry website makes no mention of bicycles
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I used a lot of roll on roll off Ferries in Europe and the British Isles..
long overnight ones are fun.. Not cruise ship fun , though..




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See the last line on "fares" page. $15 off season, $20 peak season.

https://www.ferries.ca/thecat/fares/

I took the Cat years ago when that vessel made the now discontinued trip from Bar Harbor. A fast ferry, bring your dramamine!

Back then the trip from Portland was on the Scotia Prince, a slow overnight ferry with cabins. A few years later a luxury ship, the Nova Star, took over. It lasted only two seasons and now the Cat is doing the Portland run.
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I called the number but there is only a voice message saying the season is over.

Thanks for the answer that it is $20

I browsed on my cell phone and missed your it



Originally Posted by fietsbob
they take cars & trucks?

used a lot of roll on roll off Ferries in Europe and the British Isles..

You are in Maine, call on the company the telephone.





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Originally Posted by PedalingWalrus
The cat ferry website makes no mention of bicycles
yes it does $15=off season, $20 for peak

BTW: I've never seen ferries-that-allow-cars, to not allow bicycles. If the don't mention bicycles in their fare-tables then bikes are usually gratis w/ pedestrian-only fare.

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Wonderful ride from Halifax to (around) Cape Breton. We rented a car following Cape Breton and drove back to Halifax. One of my favorite tours.
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Originally Posted by fietsbob
Not cruise ship fun, though..
Quite a few years ago, I took the Scotia Prince ferry overnight from Portland ME to Yarmouth, NS.

Apparently it was being promoted locally in Maine as a "mini-cruise" where one could make a long weekend trip to Yarmouth with added attraction of gambling once the ship was in international waters.

To add to this motif, as I boarded with my bike, there was someone selling drinks with little umbrellas in them.

I hear a woman ahead of me discretely ask about dress for the dinner meal. Not sure what the answer was, but my thought was hopefully I didn't end up at her table with my bike trip clothes...
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Copenhagen on the Baltic to a Polish port, in 91, was still very basic, , no customer service other than getting you there.
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Originally Posted by mev
Quite a few years ago, I took the Scotia Prince ferry overnight from Portland ME to Yarmouth, NS.

Apparently it was being promoted locally in Maine as a "mini-cruise" where one could make a long weekend trip to Yarmouth with added attraction of gambling once the ship was in international waters.

To add to this motif, as I boarded with my bike, there was someone selling drinks with little umbrellas in them.

I hear a woman ahead of me discretely ask about dress for the dinner meal. Not sure what the answer was, but my thought was hopefully I didn't end up at her table with my bike trip clothes...
I took that same ferry many years ago, as well. I noticed the little umbrellas in the tropical drinks, too. I was astonished that there actually were some folks who took the ferry as a pleasure trip and didn't even overnight in Yarmouth.
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The trip is now planned sometime around the end of June. We'll take the ferry and do a 3-4 day circle clockwise. There are bike trails but also nice roads through fishing villages. I imagine we'll do a combination of both. Thanks for all the advice. Cheers. :-)
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