‘You are 2155th in line’: Steamship Authority opens Nantucket ferry reservations for summer 2022
More than 2,000 people tried to book their summer 2022 car ferry reservations just as online registration opened Tuesday morning.
At 5 a.m. Tuesday morning, lots of people had their sights set on Nantucket as the Steamship Authority — the transit operator that links the islands to mainland Massachusetts — opened its online ferry reservations for summer 2022.
Just as reservations opened at 5 a.m., thousands of summer daydreamers swarmed the Steamship Authority website, hoping to secure a vehicle booking. Many were greeted with a less-than-encouraging notification: “Hang on tight, you’re almost on board … you are 2155th in line!”
Steamship Authority communications director Sean Driscoll confirmed that was true — more than 2,000 people tried to book their summer 2022 car ferry reservations just as online registration opened Tuesday morning. Although he noted that some people use multiple devices to try and secure bookings, “so one person may have been in line multiple times,” Driscoll said.
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