Visayas fast crafts

Fast ferries in the Visayas will take you to the most popular places of the Visayas in comfort.

It is comparable to flying in quick time. These fast crafts typically have a bar where you can buy snacks and drinks.

To entertain passengers, they show movies or other videos on big television screens.These fast seacrafts are what our office personnel normally take when traveling between islands in Central Visayas.

There are three plying the islands from Cebu: Weesam Express, Supercat and Oceanjet.I took the Weesam in my recent trip to Tagbilaran City for the Sandugo Regional Product Showcase.

Weesam is the newest addition to the fleet of fast crafts in Cebu. The boat looks smaller than the Supercat or the Oceanjet; but the Weesham Express travels faster in my opinion.

What I like about Weesam is that it is always on time (Their engines are probably new). And the ferry’s airconditioner temperature is set just right… comfortable enough for me.

On the other hand, the Supercat temperature seems to be always set too high.

The first and economy class sections in all fast ferries aren’t normally packed with people except during holidays and “fiestas”. So, you can move around to any seat you want. The prices of fast ferries are usually between 350 to 500 Pesos.

There are separate terminals for passengers of fast ferries in Cebu. In Tagbilaran, Dumaguete and Larena, the same terminal is used by all the ferries.

All fast ferries have their own websites for prospective passengers to check out their destinations and schedules. Weesam Express and Supercat have online service which provides a free, easy-to-use, automated reservation system, where anyone can reserve seats.

Most locals usually check schedules of seacrafts in newspapers and buy tickets in travel shops scattered around cities. But I’d rather go directly to the pier to inquire and buy tickets …. nothing beats getting first hand information from the companies.