Ulysses
Operated by Irish Ferries
Ulysses
Operated by Irish Ferries
Operated by Irish Ferries on the Dublin Holyhead route
Ulysses is the largest car ferry in the World and can carry 1342 cars and 2000 passengers. She is wonderfully equipped and onboard you will find a myriad of facilities including restaurants, cinemas, TV lounges, video and electronic games, children's play area, two large lounge bars, a shop and a club class lounge.
There’s a range of cabins on offer; all are air conditioned, en-suite and above the water line with a choice of inside and outside.
For passengers requiring a restaurant menu Boylan’s Brasserie serves a selection of hot food. A wide variety of dishes awaits – great value and super taste! There’s also a wide range of sandwiches, rolls, baps and light refreshments at Café Lafayette. If you fancy a traditional Irish Pub then try Leopold Blooms Bar. Sit down in a comfortable environment and relax with friends over a drink and your choice of snack from a wide selection.
The shop offers passengers the chance to buy gifts and souvenirs for friends and family. You can pick up some great deals in fragrances, fashion and electrical goods.
For true luxury and comfort you can upgrade to the Club Class lounge which boasts magnificent sea views and a host of super benefits. Catch the latest movie releases in the 2 screen cinema (all the films change regularly). Cyclops Family Entertainment Centre offers the latest video and electronic games. Take a refreshing stroll on the Sandycove Promenade deck or relax on reclining seats, watch television or read a book in the James Joyce Balcony Lounge.
The ship is child friendly and features a children’s play area.
The ship is wheelchair friendly with specially designed cabins available.
Please Note: Whilst we have taken great care in making our Ulysses guide as accurate as possible, onboard facilities, services and entertainment may vary depending on the date and time of year that you travel, facilities mentioned may change without notification and ferry companies reserve the right to operate vessels other than those mentioned at time of booking without prior notification.
out of 5
83% of our customers recommended this ship
"Poor vessel "
Advised when check in, ship circa 45 mins delay. Was actually over 1.5 hrs and would of been handy to of been notified prior by email. Also this ferry is way under par compared with your other fleet.
"Sailing from holyhead to Dublin"
The trip was good I did not buy any food but it looked good maybe a bit expensive
"Not good"
Cannot amend the ticket, worst experience
"Dublin-Holyhead Return"
Overall the journey was good, I think I just got unlucky as I was delayed going out due to late incoming and weather. My return trip was cancelled and took the later ferry, which was delayed on return to Dublin
"Beware of unsuspecting cost for Ships Wi-Fi "
The trip itself was pleasant and staff were friendly and helpful, however I had a shock when I received my mobile phone bill as I had roaming on I was charged more than £33.00 for the time I was on the ferry (one way) even though I didn’t use my phone l turned roaming off on the return journey. .
"Good sailing/ Bad sailing"
We travelled to Holyhead on the Ulises and had a very good crossing. It was long but comfortable. We travelled home on the Swift and it was a crossing I would not like to take again. Having said that your staff were very helpful and always remained concerned for our wale fare on the crossing.
"Mixed crossings"
The outbound crossing was on the Epsilon. The crossing was rough and due to the Epsilon being relatively small the ferry was dipping and pitching significantly for about 2 hours. As a result where lots of people with sea sickness, crockery smashing and big waves smashing against the ship. The return crossing on the Ulysses was completely different. It is a much larger ferry and the crossing was calm possibly due to the boat size. My advice is don’t book onto Epsilon if the forecast is rough!!
" ❣️❣️❣️❣️"
Very good service. No hassle. The checkin was quick and boarding and out both so quick. The ferries were very handy.
"Disgusting attitude "
Sailing from Holyhead to Dublin with Irish ferries, and just as I pulled up to board. I was greeted by an incredibly rude employee of the company, that stated quite aggressively I was incompetent simply because I was unaware of which lane I was to wait in to enter the boat and again as I drove off he shouted after me . Personally, I don’t expect this aggressive behaviour or to be spoken to like that from a member of staff and straight away this ruined my experience with Irish ferries. I won’t be traveling with them again
"Great trip"
I traveled to and from Ireland, Holyhead/Dublin, on the ferry and it was great fun. Definitely worth the extra 13 euros to upgrade to cabin class.
"Return trip"
We were returning from a trip to Ireland arrived in plenty of time to catch the swift. We were disappointed to see it was cancelled, but we were very disappointed that we were not contacted earlier by email informing us. It seems you are able to contact us for a review but not of the cancellation.
"Good journey"
Comfortable journey, excellent food in Club lounge
"On board quality "
Bit of disappointed. Catering food was not stand out. On board WiFi was not worked for the whole trip.
"Irish Ferries Holyhead/Dublin"
We travelled on 24th Sept to Dublin and the service was punctual, and efficient, and the ship (?Ulysses?) was clean with plenty of facilities. Our return on 3rd Oct on the Epsilon was delayed (and no real explanation was given), the staff seemed under-trained, the cleanliness was only average and the facilities far less good, as rated below
"On time boarding, clean luxury good price all in one"
Thank you, On time boarding, clean luxury good price all in one
"Customer and consumer rights "
1. We booked with direct ferries who has a website engineered to gain the maximum money from their customers by not permitting g the customer to select the travel details they require . Once booked you are not permitted to cancel for a refund and zero cooling off time is given . An example of this is where we were asked if we wanted to travel by car which we chose to do but the vehicle we wished to travel with had mr been chosen at the time of booking . Unfortunately our Honda car was not in commission and we wished to change to a commercial vehicle which we own . When we went to change the vehicle we were advised that the change would have to be sanctioned by isish ferries and we would re rice an email with the addition . The booming procedure indicates a nominal amount of 1 cent to change but this was not confirmed by email . We attempted to cancel the booking within minutes of the booking in order to rebook . This was refused by direct ferries. When we arrived at the Ulysses boat we were asked to visit the booking office where the fare was increased from €366 . We thought the nominal increase of a few cents was to apply . Not to be the case . Irish ferries said we could not board the ship until we paid an additional €240 euro on top of the € 366 euro already paid . Security checked our vehicle which was empty bar two brief cases which we had our laptops in . Soon after we boarded we received an email from direct ferries saying that they noted we were on board and they wanted to demand more money for the return trip . When we were reading the email and responding we received a notification from voda phone that there was an additional fee of €60 euro for using our phone as we were using the data whilst on the ship . Even though direct ferries knew we had paid the additional fee to Irish ferries , they were not aware that we had the additional fee was for a return trip , ferries direct attempted to further fraudulently charge yet a further fee for the return trip . This entire episode was totally unsatisfactory and in breach of the consumer protection act . To add insult to injury , our outbound trip was on the Ulysses ship which we found the facilities on board to be satisfactory but the return trip was on a freighter called Epsion with no lounge area for relaxation . The entire experience was a disaster .
"Disaster "
Not a regular traveler on this route, booked Dublin to Holyhead return and club lounge just presumed that meant both ways! Only club lounge going, return journey appeared to be a freight ferry. This wasn’t made clear to me when I booked, would nit travel with direct ferries again and at a price of £460 to be crammed into a small ferry with only a very small cafe and one man serving, who couldn’t work the till or take an order, the food queue was 50 deep in the first five minutes and even without the queue you couldn’t get served. Four ladies toilets for 500? That isn’t clean, and yes if people appreciate a budget oassag3 it should be priced at that and not nearly £500 for a 2.5 hour passage. I have taken this route ten times in 15 years, very very very disappointed
"All ok"
All went ok and as planned, just watch when changing details, you don't get over charged. I did get a refund, after a while.
"Directions"
Only complaint is signs to Terminal 1 are not clear enough. Need reviewing. OK for regular users and lorry drivers sitting up high.
"Trip to Ireland and back."
Great service apart from the lack of locks in the gents loos. Also a slightly confusing menu board!
"Direct Ferries"
Excellent crossing both ways, very punctual, good food and seating. Staff very helpful and friendly.
"Pizza"
Travelled out to Dublin on the 3.5 hour ferry. Ordered pizza which was very expensive, hard and tasteless. Would definitely take a pack-up next time (which we did for the return journey)
"Passenger review "
Punctual and comfortable - staff not Irish!!
"Comfortable boat but poor food choice onboard"
Surprised to find no vegan food choices available (I'm dairy intolerant so often choose vegan. Get with the times. And the scone my husband had was stale.
"mixed experience"
holihead to dublin trip was good, dublin to holyhead was poor. car on open deck covered in salt spray. seating uncomfortably hard for 3.5hours. duty free shop very poor
"Great service!"
Terrific way to travel. Comfortable, friendly staff
"Smooth Crossings"
The ferry trips between Holyhead and Dublin were smooth and unproblematic. The ferry was comfortable with a range of facilities and embarkation and diembarkation was swift. The food on board was good and the information given on board was concise and timely.
"I lovely change"
Having sailed over to the UK via Stena line, I can't describe how much better an experience Irish Ferries was. Clean, professional and up to date. Seriously, fuuuuuuck Stena Line!
"Very good "
Very good
"Smooth sailing"
Very efficient service. Check in, car boarding, catering to disembarkation all processed seamlessly.
"Room for improvement "
Going to Holyhead on Ulysses was a treat - plenty of room in club class would recommend it but coming back on Swift ship was a total disaster will NEVER take this boat again - we were in club class and it was filthy the carpet was sticky, stained badly , seats were most uncomfortable- dreadful crossing
"First time seafarer on the Atlantic Ocean"
Very shortly.. it was may first experience with travelling on the Atlantic Ocean (well, between Holyhead and Dublin) and I enjoyed it very very much (the sea was very calm ;) ). I had a few questions at the time and the mebers of the crew answered in a way that also non native speakers could understand. Very kind!
"Ulysses "
Easy efficient check in, lovely ship, has lifts if you have difficulty on stairs
"Well organised"
This service is so easy to use ! On both our trips there was plenty of space once boarded. Food was “ok” rather than great, but good sized portions. Will definitely use again.
"Great journey "