We rode Dream Speed from RT to CA with a quick stop at WE on 15 April. Boat was in excellent repair, staff was courteous, ride was comfortable. Recommended.

On a related note, we arrived at the RT ferry terminal at about 9 am on Saturday hoping to catch a 10:00 ferry to CA. When I got out of the cab I was surrounded by several competing ferry company representatives promising "fastest", "cheapest", "most direct", etc. For a moment I was taken aback, but chose Ocean Dream arbitrarily (confession: I avoid Smith's Bomba Charger at all costs). My point is that there are plenty of ferries going back and forth, and for all the ferry bashing that goes on here, I have used the ferry system 14 times in the past 16 years without any delay or cancellation. Lucky, maybe, but it seems to me that the delays and cancellations are rare. I have significantly more delay/cancellation/lost luggage experiences with airlines than ferries.