Looks like a lot of us are at the port waiting for the Bess.
For those of us on the West Coast, the next ship after the Bess will be the Torino, departing Bremerhaven on Saturday, April 6th. Fortunately, because the Torino does not stop on the East Coast at all, it will also arrive in Port Hueneme on May 1st.
So the takeaway is that us West Coasters will have two chances to make it here by May 1.