Casco Bay Ferry

Is the CBF a good way to see the bay? We are only spending a day and a half in the Portland area so we want to use our time wisely. From the looks of their website is is very inexpensive. Is the view from the water worth the time?

Casco Bay Ferry

We took the mail boat run---which includes stops at the Diamonds, Long, Great Chebeague, and Cliff islands---in January. Despite some fairly bad wind-chill conditions on the return leg, we enjoyed it. As I recall, we left at 10 a.m. and returned between 1 and 2 p.m.---in plenty of time to make it to Duck Fat for lunch.

Casco Bay Ferry

Absolutely - it%26#39;s so nice to get out on the water and see things from that perspective! A little more than Gilligan%26#39;s tour to go all the way out to Cliff and back as mentioned. (Leave Portland at 10:00 am, 2:45 pm or 5:45 pm.) After mid-April they%26#39;ll be adding more scheduled runs which would only go as far as Long Island, which would run less than 2 hours. Alternately, there are ferries to Peaks Island almost hourly, and that%26#39;s a quick jaunt over and back in an hour.

As an aside: A ';mail boat'; ticket costs considerably more than a round trip ticket to Cliff Island. The only difference is they give you a map of the route. Certainly don%26#39;t need to pay the difference for multiple people in your party, if at all - locals on the ferry are always happy to chat and point stuff out!

Maine-ah: ';...A ';mail boat'; ticket costs considerably more than a round trip ticket to Cliff Island...';

I think I remember you saying that last year, but I forgot. Oh well, we now have the map, so next time...

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