How does the tendering process work?

[mariaw8889]

How does the tendering process work? Do you have to stand in line for the tenders with 4000 other people, or are there tickets? If so, is there a huge line for tickets?

[Pat.bz]

Tickets are assigned based on various priorities and availability (ex. are you booked on a ship's tour?). Usually not a problem unless you want to be 1st off the ship.

[Desert Cruizers]

If your on a Ships tour you will receive Tickets in your Room which will give you the time to report and take the Tenders over to the dock or if your docked then you will have a time to report to the Docks. Your Tours will be numbered and Tour Staff will be waiting with Numbered Tour Signs. If you going off on your own, then you will get a ticket, giving you a time. They try and get those reporting for a tour off first, depending on the number getting off at a particular time.

[yogimax]

After the initial surge subsides tickets won't be needed.

[mariaw8889]

I am not planning on taking a cruise ship excursion. Do I have to go somewhere to get the tickets or are they delivered to the room?

[Toddcan]

Tickets?

 

We've been on 4 cruises, and only 1 with Royal Caribbean, aboard the Liberty of the Seas in Aug. We never had any tickets, or needed any tickets to tender to shore. And, we always went early, we had a balcony, and as soon as we saw the first tender, we walked down to catch it. Sure, there were lineups, but no tickets.

[newbiecruiser09]

The only port we tendered at on Monarch was CocoCay and there were no tickets. We did have to line up to get off and onto the tenders. We did not try to be "first off" and even though the line was rather long (we started on deck 4, exited on deck 2) it moved fairly quickly.

[vavasmom]

Based on my experience, the need for tickets depends on the port. My experience has been if they are using smaller tenders/lifeboats for tenders then you need a ticket (as an example Samana). The compass will tell you when/where to get a ticket. Suite passengers may be provided with a tender ticket in their room. Excursions had a meeting point to proceede to their tenders. You were not permitted to "line up" unless you had the ticket they just called. When we used the large "ferry style" tenders (e.x. Labadee) we just lined up - no tickets needed.

 

Our experience is also what was posted above - once the "rush" was over no tickets were needed - just line-up.

[fanfare]

We tendered on the Greek Isles run for Splendour (I think it was Split, Croatia) last year. We had to go to the theatre the day prior early in the morning (I think from 7:30 - 10) to pick up the tickets...we were early so no line up. Then the next day we just showed up at the appropriate time and boarded the boat - quite exciting really, and something different than the docking process in the other ports.

[cb at sea]

Unless you need to be off the ship in one of the first "waves" of folks, you won't have to wait in line, and you won't need tickets....eat a leisurely breakfast and get off the ship after the lines have subsided!