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By summer 1999, there was a rivalry brewing between Catalina Cruises and Catalina Express. In May, Catalina Cruises launched the Catalina Jet, a 450-passenger, 36-knot catamaran that made the trip from Long Beach in about 55 minutes. In June, Catalina Express launched the Starship Express, a 300-passenger, 37-knot catamaran that could make the ...
The Catalina Flyer is a 350-passenger catamaran ferry operated by Catalina Passenger Service. It has provided daily passenger service since 1988 [ 2 ] from the Balboa Pavilion in Newport Beach, California to the city of Avalon located on Santa Catalina Island .
Catalina Express provides daily service to Catalina Island from San Pedro, Long Beach and Dana Point, California. Catalina Flyer out of Newport Beach, California, is a 500-passenger high-speed catamaran to and from Avalon, California, on Santa Catalina Island. Aqualink catamaran ferry between Alamitos Bay and Long Beach Harbor in Long Beach ...
The town, which sits on Santa Catalina Island, hugs the kind of harbor you only imagine in the Mediterranean—and plenty of its restaurants nod to that. VISIT AaronP/Bauer-Griffin - Getty Images
Aug. 15—One of the state's largest ferry services is considering a budget proposal that would raise ticket prices, cut staff and reduce trips. The Casco Bay Island Transit District's finance ...
Helicopter service is also available from Long Beach or San Pedro. [76] Catalina has also been an active port of call for many cruise lines since the 1990s, with Royal Caribbean, Princess Cruises, and Carnival Cruise Lines making the port a regular stop on Baja cruises. The ships anchor about 1,000 feet off Avalon Harbor.
4. MACKINAC ISLAND, MI. A tiny 4.35-square-mile dot in Lake Huron, between Michigan’s Upper and Lower peninsulas, Mackinac Island is a beloved summer destination with a sort of frozen-in-time charm.
SS Catalina, also known as The Great White Steamer, was a 301-foot steamship built in 1924 that provided passenger service on the 26-mile passage between Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Island from 1924 to 1975. According to the Steamship Historical Society of America, Catalina carried more