Can’t help with the hotel but……
I’ve embarked twice now in Barbados in the last eight weeks. Both times it was the same. I chose a taxi, it dropped me off kerbside at the Cruise Port. The luggage was immediately taken off me at the first small Silversea desk run by the Barbados Port Authority. I then sat and waited until enough passengers arrived to be transferred to the Silversea designated bus. This took me to a large hanger about a minute away. Off the small bus without your luggage to be greeted by a person giving you a very short medical questionnaire, you know the ones, have you Covid now, have you been in contact with anyone recently who has. Your wrist temperature is then taken. You then move on to the Silversea Nurse who is sitting at a desk and looks at your Vaccine Certificate. You are then pointed in the direction of a bank of desks where you are officially ‘processed’. Passport taken off you, photo taken, ships card given to you. You heave a sigh of relief and get back on the small bus which takes you to the gangway and get on the ship using your key card. First time the process, from kerbside to Bar, took about 60 minutes starting at around 4.30pm, second time from kerbside to Bar, 50 minutes starting at 3.30pm.
I then left the ship to pick a friend up kerbside, she was arriving late. This onshore process closes down at 6.00pm. My friend arrived at 6.20pm and we walked straight to the ship, no buses, long way though. Under the tent dockside the crew ‘phoned the Nurse, Reception and Security, they were all there within five minutes. She was processed from kerbside to Bar in fifteen minutes. I know it’s very detailed but it should help you decide. Personally I’d avoid a mass embarkation if you can and aim to arrive kerbside in a taxi at 1.30pm. I’m sure they don’t stick to the 2.00pm earliest embarkation anyway. Enjoy the Dawn, she’s rather splendid.
Miss Merry