Serenade of the Seas at Canada Place cruise terminal
Everything you need for boarding Serenade of the Seas (Royal Caribbean) at Canada Place cruise terminal. Terminal info, parking, restaurants, hotels, and pro tips.
Historical Terminal Reference
Serenade of the Seas usually sails from Canada Place cruise terminal at Canada Place cruise terminal — this association is historical, so confirm with your cruise line. The drop-off lane, the sourced parking rate, and check-in timing are below.
When Can You Board Serenade of the Seas?
Royal Caribbean gives you an arrival time slot picked in the Royal App and printed on your mobile boarding pass. Arrive at your assigned boarding time — not earlier. You must be checked in and aboard no later than 90 minutes before port operations close.
The arrival time on your own boarding pass is the one that governs your sailing.
Read on Royal Caribbean’s own site, August 11, 2026.
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Upcoming Sail Dates
We do not track departure dates for this port yet — that is a gap in our coverage, not a port without sailings. Use the terminal, parking, hotel, restaurant, and local guidance below, and confirm your sail date with your cruise line.
We do not track Canada Place cruise terminal departure dates yet, so we have none to show for Serenade of the Seas — that is a gap in our coverage, not a sign the ship has stopped sailing. Your cruise line has the current dates.
Planning the rest of your port day
Parking rates, boarding windows and getting to the terminal are the same for every ship sailing from Canada Place cruise terminal, so they live in one place: parking at Canada Place cruise terminal, boarding tips and when you can board.
Historical Terminal Reference
Serenade of the Seas usually sails from here, but this terminal association is historical and may have changed. Confirm your terminal with your cruise line.
Canada Place cruise terminal
Drop-off: Drivers reach the terminal by the vehicle ramp at the foot of Howe Street, where a Port of Vancouver traffic attendant near the top of the ramp assigns a lane. Go to the designated drop-off location and take your baggage to the spot marked for your ship, saying the vessel name clearly so the bags are routed to the right vessel. Passports and medication stay with you, never in a checked bag. Stops of 15 minutes or less are permitted at the Canada Place parkade for dropping off and picking up cruise passengers; anything longer is paid at a machine on site or online. For an immediate pick-up, follow the signs to the orange zone on P1, and if your passengers are not there yet, move out of the lane and wait in a parking stall — parking fees apply, and the orange zone has to keep moving. Ride-hailing is the one asymmetry to plan around: Uber and Lyft may drop off on level P2, entering by the main parkade entrance off Canada Place Way, the east side entrance off Waterfront Road, or the Cordova Street tunnel, but they are not permitted to pick up guests at the terminal at all. Never use Canada Place Way, Howe Street or Cordova Street as a drop-off. Pre-booked limousines are dispatched by a traffic attendant at Door D after disembarkation.
Parking: Parking is the Canada Place parkade underneath the terminal, run by Indigo as Lot V374 at 999 Canada Place. Indigo publishes C$74.50 a day whether you pay same-day at a pay station or pre-book online, and the pre-booked rate adds booking, convenience and transaction fees on top of it. Cruise parkers are directed to level P2. Height limits are 6'9" on P2 and 6'6" on P1, and Indigo handles bookings and over-height vehicles on 604.669.7275 or toll-free 1.800.469.4169. Do not use a space marked RESERVED — Indigo tows at the owner's expense. Refunds, changes and cancellations are accepted up to 7 calendar days before departure and not within 7 days or after it; the address for those is guestservices.bc@group-indigo.com. Three Indigo lots away from the terminal are cheaper, all pre-book only: Bentall Centre's Pender Parkade at 1040 West Pender St and Thurlow Parkade at 540 Thurlow Street are C$60.00 a day including fees and taxes, and Arthur Erickson Place is C$50.00 a day plus convenience and transaction fees.
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Check-in tips:
- Check your travel documents before you leave for the terminal. International visitors need the appropriate ETA or ESTA in hand before they arrive.
- Baggage can be checked starting between 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Pacific time on the day of your sailing. Indicate your vessel name clearly, keep passports and medication with you, and your checked bags are delivered to your cabin.
- Check-in follows baggage, and passenger screening follows check-in. Have your cruise booking confirmation ready; the screening area is on the cruise ship terminal level, CS, at Canada Place.
- Because cruise ships are considered U.S. jurisdiction, you clear U.S. Customs and Border Protection before boarding. That step comes after screening and is the last one before you walk on to the ship.
- Coming home, you fill in a declaration card, form E311, and clear Canadian customs through the Canada Border Services Agency after collecting your baggage. Passports are not required at disembarkation, but you must present the declaration card.
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Getting to the Port
SkyTrain from the airport
Canada Place is located next to the TransLink public transport system at Waterfront station, which carries the SkyTrain, buses and shuttles, the SeaBus passenger ferry and the West Coast Express. TransLink's SkyTrain Canada Line runs rapid transit directly between Waterfront and Vancouver International Airport, so an arriving passenger can reach the terminal without a road transfer at all. Fares are priced by how many zone boundaries the trip crosses, plus one surcharge specific to the airport: an extra C$6.50 YVR Airport AddFare is charged on eastbound trips that start at one of the three Canada Line stations on Sea Island and end at Bridgeport or any station beyond it.
Cost: Adult fares effective 2026-07-01: stored value on a Compass card is C$2.85 for one zone, C$4.20 for two and C$5.40 for three, while tapping a contactless card or phone costs C$3.50, C$5.10 and C$6.70 for the same three trips. An all-zone DayPass is C$12.55. Add the C$6.50 AddFare on top of a trip out of the airport unless your fare is an exempt one. Anything starting after 6:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, and everything on a Saturday or Sunday, is charged as a single zone.
Taxi
Taxis work to published flat rates from Canada Place. Black Top and Checker Cabs are on 1.800.494.1111, MacLure's Cabs on 604.831.1111, Vancouver Taxi on 604.871.1111 and Yellow Cabs on 604.681.1111.
Cost: Flat from the terminal: C$42.00 to YVR, from C$16.00 to downtown hotels and from C$16.00 to Pacific Central Station. Anywhere outside those areas is on the standard meter.
Uber and Lyft
Ride-hailing works in one direction here. Drop-offs are permitted on level P2 of the parkade, entering by the main parkade entrance off Canada Place Way, the east side entrance off Waterfront Road, or the Cordova Street tunnel. Pick-ups are not: ride-hailing vehicles are not permitted to pick up guests at the Canada Place cruise terminal, so you meet your driver at a designated City of Vancouver ride-hailing pick-up zone at street level instead.
Cost: Whatever the app quotes; neither the port nor the city publishes a rate.
Driving and terminal parking
Enter by the vehicle ramp at the foot of Howe Street, where a Port of Vancouver traffic attendant near the top of the ramp assigns your lane. Long-term parking is the Canada Place parkade below the terminal, run by Indigo, and cruise parkers are directed to level P2.
Cost: C$74.50 a day, the same figure whether you pay same-day at a machine on site or pre-book online, where booking, convenience and transaction fees are added. If nobody is leaving a car, it is free: stops of 15 minutes or less are permitted at the parkade for dropping off and picking up cruise passengers.
Where can I park for a Serenade of the Seas cruise?
The sourced rate is above, in Getting to the Port.
Still weighing where to leave the car?
Nearby Restaurants
Cactus Club Cafe — Coal Harbour
A full sit-down room at 1085 Canada Place, looking out at Burrard Inlet and the North Shore mountains.
$$$The Old Spaghetti Factory
The Gastown spaghetti house at 53 Water Street, where the price of the plate covers the bread, the soup or salad and the ice cream too.
$$Tap & Barrel — Vancouver Convention Centre
A waterfront patio in the Vancouver Convention Centre's West Building, looking over Burrard Inlet to the North Shore mountains.
$$Café Medina
Belgian waffles and a Mediterranean breakfast menu on Richards Street — the one room on this list built around the morning rather than the evening.
$$Nearby Hotels
The night-before picks are near the top of this page, or compare every hotel near Canada Place cruise terminal.
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