— from Washington State Ferries —
For Sunday, July 24, eastbound vehicle space is fully reserved for the remainder of the day from Orcas Island. Space is still available departing Friday Harbor on the 6:30pm and 10:00pm departures only.* Limited drive-up space will be loaded on a first come, first served basis. If you have a reservation, it is recommended that you keep your reserved time and do not try to travel earlier or later as a standby.
However, reservations can be made up to two hours before sailing time, so check back at https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/
* Subject to change due to cancellations and/or changes made to existing reservations.
Don’t panic , those of you who have the reservations (and there must be enough of them) will sail at your appointed time.
This is a good warning to tell your visiting friends that, if they don’t already have a reservations, they can get one, easily at 7:00 a.m. 2 days before the sailing they want, when they open up the last 30% of the vehicle spaces. it really works, because the tourists will have already booked farther ahead.
I just proved it with a trip off-island. I will admit, there’s a bit of anxiety at 6:50 that 2 days before….