The ship will begin making trips on May 1, 2004 and will accomodate 750 passengers, 220 vehicles, and up to 10 buses or large trucks.
Toronto has finally decided to build a ferry terminal, however, something that was up in the air as of several months ago. They are using $8 million from a legal settlement to fund the project, which is expected to break ground in two weeks.
Whether the project will actual encourage travel between the two cities is an open question, however. While Rochester is exceptionally excited about the project, the reaction in Toronto has been cooler.
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Why Rochester?
Because you can't get to Manhattan via Lake Ontario, dummy.
Gentlemen !
Where can I find a schedule of the sailings and a priclist in can. $ ?
Walter Merk
THORNHILL / ON
Walter,
This site has the current "tentative" schedule for the ferry:
http://www.spiritofontario.com/asp/schedule.asp
Unfortunately, the site only appears to have US$ prices, but those prices are listed here:
http://www.spiritofontario.com/ASP/Fares.asp
Hope that helps.
Aaron
IM TRYING TO FIND A JOB SITE FOR THE FERRY WITH NO LUCK. THANKS
Carl,
The "Contact Us" section of the Spirit of Ontario homepage has an employment section. You can visit it here:
http://www.spiritofontario.com/ASP/contactus.asp
Carl: you're probably not qualified to operate the ship's shift key, however.
Fantastic, Finally a way to cut down travel time and get down to Rochester as well as Syracuse. Also an oppourtunity if cheap enough to see Redwing and American games!!!! Prices should be listed however. Come on Toronto this will increase tourism and mean easier access to the states.
No spiritofontario website takes away from credibility this boat will launch
Boo and I want to take the ferry from Roch NY to Toronto and back this summer. If someone gets the schedule, please advise us . Thanks. Ratty Natty
Great independant info at:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/news/extra/fast_ferry/
The official site is:
Check out http://www.thebreeze.com or http://www.thebreeze.com/Index.asp and avoid the intro (which I recommend for non-high speed surfers, your wont miss much)
The gist of if is that it is much faster than the train or bus at about 2/3 the price! But who the heck needs/wants to go to Rochester? Toronto should'nt be that high on the list of Rochstonians either. I suppose it will be the scenic way to get to NewYork city from Toronto. The operator expects 90% of users to be traveling by car! It'll be fun watching does Yanks driving around downtown Toronto looking for affordable parking. They'll probably give up and go back home via Niagara falls. Once you've seen the CN tower, there is'nt much to see in Toronto anyway. The good news is that both docking sites will be accessible by public bus. The bad news is the privately operated service is nuts and is bound to go belly up within a year. A Toronto-Youngstown (North of Buffalo) crossing would make sense but the company got start up funding and lowns from the city of Rochester. Interestingly, there was a Rochester-Coubourg service untill 1950. Granted, only 14000 now live in Coubourg (compared to 2 million in Toronto), but the crossing would be much quicker than Rochester-Toronto. And there are plenty of fast dry ways to get from Cobourgh to Toronto (frequent train and intercity bus service on the busy Montreal/Ottawa-Toronto route).
The boat is brand new, but bassed on the pictures and stats, I've taken similar boats from Moroco to Spain and island hopping in Greece. Fast, yes. But not romantic or anything since you can't even go outside. Picture sitting in an airport waiting area for about 2 hours and it pretty much describes the trip.
Erik Cyr
Oshawa Ontario, Canada
Well - the ferry is here & it is amazing. You can go outside while the vessel is moving (just hold on) and there are many things to do on the ferry. Such as 2 movie theatres, several bars, shopping, and a wireless Inet connection. Since the ship has arrived the Port of rochester has been swamped with people... I think this is a great thing and all should embrace it!
I need the Rochester-Toronto ferry schedule right away. Any chance?
Where can I obtain the Rochester-Toronto ferry schedule.
Please send me the Spirit of Ontario schedule ASAP. I've been trying to get it and have been unsuccessful. Thank you. Carol
I was looking at faster ways to get onto the Ethan Allen Express (which arrives NYC earlier than the Maple Leaf), and realized that I could have used that ferry.
Too bad it isn't running anymore.
How does one go about booking a trip on the Breeze from Toronto to Rochester in August 2005?
How does one go about booking a trip on the Breeze from Toronto to Rochester in August 2005?
How does one go about booking a trip on the Breeze from Toronto to Rochester in August 2005?
I want to order tickets...why can't I do that online?
