Date:  Friday, November 14, 2008

Contact: Susan Harris-Huether, Senior Programs Manager, 206-515-3460

SEATTLE – The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Ferries Division reminds travelers to allow extra time for ferry travel over the busy Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

Four routes will be on a holiday schedule on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 27: Point Defiance/Tahlequah, Seattle/Bainbridge, Edmonds/Kingston and Mukilteo/Clinton. All other routes will operate on a regular Thursday schedule. There is no passenger-only service between Seattle and Vashon Island on Thanksgiving Day.

Holiday schedule details are published in the fall schedule; you can pick up a copy at terminals, on vessels, or download a copy from our Web site (see below).

• Point Defiance/Tahlequah: holiday schedule 
• Seattle/Bainbridge: holiday schedule 
• Edmonds/Kingston: holiday schedule 
• Mukilteo/Clinton: holiday schedule 
• Port Townsend/Keystone: regular weekday schedule (reservations are strongly recommended – visit www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries or call 1-888-808-7977 or 5-1-1 to make a reservation) 
• Anacortes/San Juan Islands: regular weekday schedule 
• Seattle/Bremerton: regular weekday schedule 
• Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth: regular weekday schedule 
• Seattle/Vashon passenger-only: no service on Thanksgiving Day; resume normal weekday service on Friday, Nov. 28.

All ferry routes will operate on a regular weekday schedule on Friday, Nov. 28. Travelers should expect longer lines throughout the holiday weekend and are encouraged to arrive early. The longest backups are expected to occur westbound on Wednesday afternoon and evening, Nov. 26, and eastbound on Friday morning, Nov. 28.

For more ferry system information, please visit the WSDOT Ferries Division Web site at www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries. To sign up for free e-mail alerts about service disruptions and other route information, click on the link in the far left column of the Web site. 

                                  

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