Norwegian Cruise Line
Victoria Sets Cruise Records With 332 Calls and One Million Passengers
Lindblad Expeditions’ 100-guest National Geographic Venture, the season’s smallest visitor, made Victoria’s final call Oct. 18 before sailing to Alert Bay.
Norwegian Encore
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Vancouver Plans Two New Shore-Power Stations at Canada Place
Canada Place processed its one millionth passenger through United States Customs and Border Protection using facial biometrics; travelers may request a manual inspection instead.
Norwegian Cruise Line
Vancouver Cruise Growth Highlights Canada Place Shore-Power Gap
About 80 percent of Vancouver’s annual cruise calls involve shore-power-equipped ships, but Canada Place can connect only two vessels at once when three or four are alongside.
Virgin Voyages
Vancouver Plans Shore-Power Expansion After Record Cruise Season
The expansion is expected to enable about 90 additional ship connections a year and cut an estimated 3,300 tonnes of greenhouse-gas emissions each cruise season.
Norwegian Cruise Line
Victoria Welcomes Its One-Millionth Cruise Passenger of 2026
Geri and Gary Skardina arrived aboard Norwegian Encore between calls at Vancouver and Astoria, Oregon; the couple had previously visited Victoria eight times.
Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Cruise Line Warns of Phishing Emails With Booking Details
NCL plans to send its warning directly to guests departing within 30 days. It says official emails use @ncl.com or @nclcorp.com, though sender addresses can be spoofed.
News
Canada Place to Add Two Shore-Power Stations by 2027
On September 27, Princess Cruises’ Star Princess became the largest vessel by gross tonnage to call at Canada Place, with its overnight passage timed around low tide.
Holland America Line
Juneau's Daily Cruise Limits Target Peak-Day Crowds
Juneau’s 2026 cruise season ran 163 days, opening with Holland America Line’s Eurodam on April 27 and ending Oct. 6 as Norwegian Encore departed at 10 p.m.
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Victoria’s Ogden Point Poised to Break 2022 Cruise Call Record
After this week, only two calls remain: Norwegian Encore on October 13 and National Geographic Venture on October 18, the scheduled final visit of Victoria’s season.
Princess Cruises
Star Princess Sets Record as Largest Cruise Ship to Visit Vancouver
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority forecasts more than 1.4 million cruise passengers and nearly three hundred sixty ship calls in 2026; July set a monthly record with 290,000 passengers.
Norwegian Cruise Line
Victoria’s Ogden Point Schedules Nine Cruise Calls This Week
National Geographic Venture, with capacity for about 100 passengers, is scheduled to return October 18 for Victoria’s final cruise call of the 2026 season.
Norwegian Cruise Line
NCL Closes Norwegian Prima Hot Tubs After Legionnaires’ Cases
All results from showers, faucets and hot tubs have been negative so far, while Norwegian Prima continues seven-night Caribbean cruises from Port Canaveral.