Tillie43 Posted November 14, 2017 #1 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Sailing on Serenade next September and see that they tender in to port. We’ve been to Bar Harbour and Acadia several times so we may just stay on the ship. If we do decide to get off do tenders leave on a rotating schedule, say every half-hour or so, after the morning rush of passengers leaving the ship for excursions? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted November 15, 2017 #2 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Sailing on Serenade next September and see that they tender in to port. We’ve been to Bar Harbour and Acadia several times so we may just stay on the ship. If we do decide to get off do tenders leave on a rotating schedule, say every half-hour or so, after the morning rush of passengers leaving the ship for excursions? TIA Just there recently (October) on Anthem....the tender's do run back-n-forth while in port...so you should have no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted November 15, 2017 #3 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Tenders go back and forth regularly as mentioned. It is a tender port for all the cruise lines. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowers44 Posted November 15, 2017 #4 Share Posted November 15, 2017 They use tenders from the Port of Bar Harbor, not off from the ship. We were there in October on the Serenade of the Seas and had no problems. The port tenders hold a lot of people each trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLPlady Posted November 16, 2017 #5 Share Posted November 16, 2017 We were on the Crown Princess in October and unfortunately that tender process was not a positive experience. The cruise line did use one of the large vessels from Bar Harbor and the other vessels were the lifeboats from the ship. For some reason things ran very, very slowly and people were waiting for long periods of time to go ashore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitterman Posted November 28, 2017 #6 Share Posted November 28, 2017 We were there in June on Norwegian and used lifeboats off the ship. They ran every 20-30 minutes or as soon as they got full. Very efficient for us and didn't have to wait much at all. Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted November 28, 2017 #7 Share Posted November 28, 2017 We were there in June on Norwegian and used lifeboats off the ship. They ran every 20-30 minutes or as soon as they got full. Very efficient for us and didn't have to wait much at all. Sent from my XT1650 using Tapatalk We were lucky (Anthem) and used an amazing larger boat that had two levels that included restrooms, a bar and lounge type seating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted November 29, 2017 #8 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Whether the ship uses lifeboats or port-based tenders, a major consideration is sea conditions. Even small waves will seriously delay boarding: in a flat calm, passengers can walk right on - probably one every five or ten seconds, while if there is even mild pitching, it can take twenty or more seconds per. Just an extra ten seconds per passenger means that it will take up to an extra fifteen minutes to load each tender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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