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This episode covers the start of the Rose Festival Fleet tours in Portland and important information regarding identification requirements for attendees.
The Ship Report, Thursday, June 4, 2026 Fleet Week Thursday: Tours begin on Rose Festival Ships in Portland 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…
People in this episode
Host: The Ship Report
Topics covered
- Fleet Week
- Rose Festival
- Portland events
- ship tours
- public safety
- identification requirements
Keywords
- Fleet Week
- Rose Festival
- Portland
- ship tours
- REAL ID
- USS Chafee
- HMCS Max Bernays
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Rose Festival Website, USS Chafee, HMCS Max Bernays
Products: REAL ID
Places: Portland, Tom McCall Park
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