One final wrap up today on the Rose Festival Fleet which begins tours today in Portland.
Ships are located on the seawall in Tom McCall Park, 10-4. Get there early because tours end promptly at 4 and if you are waiting on land at 4 you may not get in.
And I also wanted to share again that I learned some updated information yesterday from the Rose Festival Website that indicates that you need Real ID to board for a tour. Here’s what it says on the Fleet Week page: “When arriving for public tours, all visitors will be required to present a REAL ID-compliant government-issued photo identification (see approved identification list below), and pass through an airport-style security screening checkpoint prior to boarding the ships. A temporary form of ID is not an acceptable form of identification.”
For all the current information about Fleet Week events, go to the festival website at rosefestival.org, and click on the Fleet Week link at the top of the homepage.
On Monday depending on what time they depart, we could see the USS Chafee and the HMCS Max Bernays heading downriver, I’ll keep you posted on that on Monday’s show and also any updates on the Ship Report Facebook and Substack pages.
