||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES |||
| Vehicle reservations for travel on the San Juan Islands and Port Townsend/Coupeville routes after New Year’s Day are scheduled to open next week should the current four-boat service remain sustainable. Winter season reservations will be available at 7 a.m. PST on Friday, Dec. 17. The winter schedule runs from Jan. 2 through March 26, 2022.
The beginning of the winter season is the soonest reservations will reopen in the San Juan Islands, and that is dependent on the ability to reliably crew all four vessels on the route. If that isn’t possible, the reservations release for both routes will be delayed at least another couple of weeks. This will allow for continued trialing of the four-boat schedule before reservations can be reinstated, or return the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route to a modified and improved three-boat schedule with reservations for that schedule. We will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available. The safety of our customers and crew is WSF’s top priority. All traveling customers are required to wear face coverings inside terminals and vessels in compliance with the latest CDC guidelines. However, passengers can remove their masks while outdoors on the sun deck, car deck areas of the vessel, outside waiting areas at terminals and other outdoor locations. Please remember to mask up upon reentering interior areas of boats and terminals. |
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