Lopez and Orcas meetings on Oct. 14 and 15; San Juan and Shaw meetings on Oct. 21 and 22
— by Washington State Ferries https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Ferries/ —
We want to hear how reservations are working for you and your family as we evaluate whether program modifications are needed for our spring and summer 2016 sailing seasons. Your input will help us make sure reservations work well for everyone.
Join us for a public meeting
Together we will learn how the reservation program is working in the San Juan Islands and what modifications may be needed. We will discuss the challenges and benefits of the program as well as offer opportunities for you to share your thoughts and questions.
Lopez Island
Oct. 14, 2015
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Lopez Center for Community and the Arts
204 Village Road
Lopez Island
Orcas Island
Oct. 15, 2015
5-7 p.m.
Orcas Senior Center
62 Henry Road
Eastsound
San Juan Island
Oct. 21, 2015
5:30-7:30 p.m.
San Juan Island Yacht Club
273 Front St.
Friday Harbor
Shaw Island
Oct. 22, 2015
4-6 p.m.
Shaw Island Community Building
Review information and share your thoughts by email. Send us a message with your comments or questions to: WSFReservations@wsdot.wa.gov
Save a Spot Reservations Program
The Save a Spot vehicle reservations system (VRS) is available for customers on the San Juan Islands, Port Townsend/Coupeville and Anacortes/Sidney, B.C. routes. To learn more visit: https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Ferries/TakeaFerry/
Brian Churchwell, Reservations Program Manager, may be contacted at 206-515-3645 and at churchb@wsdot.wa.gov
We are part time residents on Orcas, at our residence on the island every other week or so. The reservation system has worked extremely well for us this year, and we have never had an issue with reservations – just paying a little attention to the scheduling and planning a little ahead of time has been 100% successful for us. We really like the 3 tier release of reservations – if we forget or can’t get to the reservation system first time, there is always another opportunity. Just takes a little planning. I would not advocate for changing the system too much – maybe adding a simpler, one-click reservation capability for those of us with accounts? I’m not sure I understand the arguments about how it’s harder to get get on a ferry on the spur of the moment – in the summer, before the system went into effect, spur of the moment still meant a 5 to 6 hour wait depending on the time, so I don’t see how it’s different today.
Just my thoughts – thanks for allowing us to contribute to this and good luck with getting a system which works for everyone.