High demand for new Spirit of Tasmania ferries temporarily crashes website ahead of inaugural sailings

People who logged into the Spirit of Tasmania booking site were met with loading and error messages. ( www.spiritoftasmania.com.au )

New tickets for Spirit of Tasmania IV and V have gone on sale, with 150,000 visits causing the booking system to become unavailable for hours.

Tickets are now available for pet-friendly cabins and previously sold-out sailing dates between Geelong and Devonport.

The website states the planned inaugural passenger sailing on October 31 is not confirmed with details to be released soon.

Link copied Share Share article High demand for tickets on the brand-new Spirit of Tasmania ferries has resulted in 150,000 visits to its booking system, crashing the website.

Ferry operator TT-Line said 150,000 visits to the ferry booking system website this morning resulted in "some delays when tickets went on sale at 10am".

There was high demand as soon as the tickets went on sale. ( www.spiritoftasmania.com.au )