After much anticipation and delay, select B.C. Ferries鈥� voyages between 麻豆传媒映画and Victoria will be made a little more enjoyable with the opportunity to drink alcohol by the end of October 鈥� legally, that is.
But before you raise your mead glass in the air, we鈥檇 like to offer up a few sobering observations.
1. No Baja Rosa
Sadly, ferry passengers won鈥檛 be able to feel the sweet embrace of this 鈥� or any booze-based drink, for that matter. Only beer and wine will be offered for purchase.听
2. It鈥檚 not available on every B.C. ferry because that would be crazy
Beer and wine sales will only be available on three vessels on the Tsawwassen鈥揝wartz Bay route 鈥� the Spirit of 麻豆传媒映画Island, the Spirit of British Columbia and the Coastal Celebration. You鈥檇 think sailings between Nanaimo and 麻豆传媒映画would be a no-brainer, but perhaps B.C. Ferries figured most of its Nanaimo passengers are already half-cut by the time they get on the boat anyway.
3. You have to pay for the buffet to play
The only place you鈥檒l be able to purchase beer and wine is at the ferries鈥� Pacific Buffet. In other words, you have to fork over $26 for the dinner buffet, or $22 for the lunch buffet, in order to buy a beer or wine. Why passengers can鈥檛 purchase a beer or glass of wine in the regular cafeteria, like they can at a restaurant, caf茅, concert or sports event, remains one of life鈥檚 great mysteries, along with whatever happened to Super Socco and who let the dogs out.
4. One is the loneliest number 听
If you want to drink more than one glass of wine or beer during your ferry trip, you鈥檙e out of luck 鈥� Pacific Buffet customers will be limited to one, solitary beverage. We get that B.C. Ferries doesn鈥檛 want intoxicated people driving off their boats, but what about those of us sitting in the passenger seat or taking public transit and would like to tune out the dude droning on about cryptocurrencies?
5. It鈥檚 just a trial
According to B.C. Ferries, this great beer and wine sales experiment will last a year, after which the company will review customer and employee feedback, as well as crunch the revenue numbers, to see if it should continue or, god forbid, be expanded.
Just don鈥檛 hold your breath for any Baja Rosa.
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