By all accounts Victoria and Vancouver are doing quite well with cruise ships.
The one community that is struggling is Nanaimo.
For the 2014 cruise ship season the total number of "large ships" to visit were (figures based on lower births):
Grand Princess (once), aprox 2,500 passenger
Celebrity Solstice (once) aprox. 2,800 passenger
National Geographic Sea Bird (once) approx. 65 passenger
National Geographic Sea Lion (once) aprox. 65 passenger
Source:
http://www.npa.ca/files/1213/9404/05...e_Schedule.pdf
http://www.nanaimodailynews.com/news...-2014-1.783357
Multiple levels of government invested over $25 Million in the terminal facility and to see it under utilised like this is disappointing to say the least.