点评:Our trip to the island was fine. However, our trip back was not. My family has been going to the island every year for over 10 years. I am very familiar with how the ferry should operate. In the past, we had taken the Star Ferry, now Arnold, and always had a seamless experience. But not this time. The posted ferry departure was 9:30 am. When we got to the dock, she said it was running late and would be 9:45. I have never experienced a late ferry before. The ferry that arrived was a freight ferry, with temporary bench seats added in the lower deck. The benches were not bolted down. It was 50 degrees and raining. The lower deck was not fully enclosed. There was also no heat. Needless to say, we sat as far away from the openings as we could. It was cold, damp and extremely loud. The ride also took 40 minutes as opposed to the 30 minute ride in the past. When we arrived at the Mackinac City dock, the ramp was not aligned propperly and tilted when you walked on it. A lady on our boat used a walker and dock staff had to stand on opposite ends of the ramp to steady it so she could safely cross. However, it still tilted. We had to remind the staff to remove our bikes and luggage. There was also no one there to bring our luggage to the car area, like had always been done in the past with Star. We asked if someone was going to bring our luggage. The employees looks surprised, like we were supposed to bring our bikes and our luggage ourselfes. An employee said "I guess I can help with that", so she brought our luggage to the tents. Needless to say this was the worst ferry experience I have ever had. Very disappointing.
翻译:我们去岛上的旅程很顺利。然而,我们的回程却不太顺利。我们家每年都会去岛上,已经超过10年了。我非常熟悉渡轮的运营方式。过去,我们乘坐天星小轮(现在的阿诺德小轮),每次都能获得顺畅的体验。但这次不一样。公布的渡轮出发时间是上午9:30。当我们到达码头时,她说船晚点了,应该是9:45。我以前从未经历过晚点的渡轮。到达的渡轮是一艘货运渡轮,下层甲板上临时增设了长椅。长椅没有用螺栓固定。当时气温50华氏度(约10摄氏度),还下着雨。下层甲板没有完全封闭。也没有暖气。不用说,我们坐在离开口尽可能远的地方。天气又冷又潮湿,而且非常吵。而且这次航行用了40分钟,而过去只需要30分钟。当我们到达麦基诺城码头时,发现坡道没有调整好,走上去会倾斜。我们船上的一位女士用了助行器,码头工作人员不得不站在坡道两端扶稳,好让她安全通过。然而,坡道仍然倾斜。我们不得不提醒工作人员把我们的自行车和行李搬走。而且,那里也没有人帮我们把行李搬到停车区,就像以前Star公司那样。我们问是否有人可以帮我们搬行李。工作人员看起来很惊讶,好像我们应该自己搬自行车和行李似的。一位工作人员说:“我想我可以帮忙”,于是她把我们的行李搬到了帐篷里。不用说,这是我经历过的最糟糕的渡轮体验。非常令人失望。