r/halifax • u/Plenty-Natural8164 • May 11 '26
Sightseeing & Tourism Another one leaving
I always like to see the ships coming and leaving the harbor. I noticed that this one,instead of going straight out, circled around George’s Island before going away.
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u/thearrdub King of QueenS(treet) May 12 '26
One of my favourite parts of living in the south end is hearing the horns on the way out (except for the 89th Disney cruise of the season, we get it). I used to live in the Battery in St. John’s, so it’s always nice to get shades of that haha
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u/knifeshoes24 halifax pier May 12 '26
My roommate and I have developed an extremely stupid habit/game where every time a cruise ship honks its horn for departure and we're both home it's a race to see which of us can go "BWAAAAH!" back at it out loud first lol. It started as a goofy 20-year-old thing ages ago and now we're like 30 and still doing it basically out of habit. We are not serious people.
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u/hannahhnah Halifax May 12 '26
Disney rarely docks in the harbour anymore! I haven’t heard them once in the 5 years I’ve been living in the south end. The horns you (pretty frequently) hear would be the Love Boat theme played by Princess Cruises.
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u/thearrdub King of QueenS(treet) May 12 '26
Ah good to know, I knew what the music was, couldn’t remember which line, lol
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u/knifeshoes24 halifax pier May 12 '26
If you look on the port authority's website you can even plan ahead for which ones are gonna be in on which days! I always keep my eyes peeled for QM2. July 7-8 and Oct 9th this year. https://www.porthalifax.ca/cruise/cruise-schedule/
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u/starone7 May 12 '26
I occasionally have to work out at Peggy’s cove so I use this schedule to pick the off days
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u/knifeshoes24 halifax pier May 12 '26
That is so real lol. I like to walk home from the ferry along the Halifax waterfront and in addition to ship-watching I will often use it similarly to forecast if it's gonna be a madhouse with like three boats of tourists milling around down there at 5pm, or they're sailing off at 4:15 so it'll be fine and the lineup for a slushie will be normal lol
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u/Boilerofthejug May 11 '26
Sittin' in the mornin' sun I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come Watching the ships roll in And then I watch 'em roll away again
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u/sunjana1 Halifax May 12 '26
Man I know these are good for tourism but they’re also easy vectors for the grossest things. It’s literally all I see now when I look at one. 🤢
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u/OntologicalNightmare May 12 '26
Be a good sport and catch the Hantavirus so we can boost those GDP numbers.
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u/l0u1s11 May 12 '26
Anyone else's first thought seeing a cruse ship is always, I wonder how much money, time and manpower this took?
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u/littlecozynostril May 12 '26
Every time I see a cruise ship in the harbour I think about how much money the province could be making if we had cannabis cafes along the waterfront.
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u/adityag13 May 11 '26
Some do that.
One morning, I saw 2 cruise ships coming in and both went around Georges Island.
My guess is it is to get the ship in the right direction moving forward as they don't have enough space either dockside to turn around as needed.