JOS misses Grandcayman yesterday

[apk1389]

any one know why JOs missed grandcayman yesterday.. was talking to robert taggart and he said they missed but he has not replied back why

[apk1389]

i do know they are unexpectandly in key west today

[HorrorFan]

Probably too rough to tender. Happens quite often there.

[apk1389]

grand cayman is a docking port not a tendering port so i do not know if that is valid

[cruisinfanatic]

grand cayman is a docking port not a tendering port so i do not know if that is valid

wrong!!!!

[PantherFan]

grand cayman is a docking port not a tendering port so i do not know if that is valid

 

 

No..Grand Cayman is a tendering port unless you are on a very small ship.

[Crystalbast]

grand cayman is a docking port not a tendering port so i do not know if that is valid

 

Have you actually ever been to the Grand Caymans?:confused:

 

It is a tender port, and still was when I was there last month.:D

[GOIN2C]

have you actually ever been to the grand caymans?:confused:

 

It is a tender port, and still was when i was there last month.:d

 

ouch!

[39august]

Grand Caymen is certainly a tender port! Probably just too rough. It's not unusual at all to have to skip this port because of rough seas. Once our cruise did try to tender and called it off as the seas were banging the tenders around so badly that it was dangerous to try to get from the ship onto the tenders.

[NorbertsNiece]

grand cayman is a docking port not a tendering port so i do not know if that is valid

 

 

Taken in March this year.

[VernRDH]

Been to GC 3 times, have never seen a ship dock there. Always tender.

 

Seas may have been too rough to tender in. It happens.

[tiyana4]

grand cayman is a docking port not a tendering port so i do not know if that is valid

 

This may help.

 

http://www.caribbeanportreviews.com/GrandCayman.htm?page=7#Dock

[Cruzaholic41]

Ok, I think apk1389 has been beat up enough for his/her misinformation.

 

A weather system just came through the SE U.S. and it is very windy. If that system is over the Caymans now, it certainly will be too rough to tender.

[apk1389]

my bad everybody I have not been to grandcayaman in at least ten years and ALl i was going by is the RCCL website saying it docks.. This site should be a site to help not bash someone

[Crystalbast]

my bad everybody I have not been to grandcayaman in at least ten years and ALl i was going by is the RCCL website saying it docks.. This site should be a site to help not bash someone

 

I looked at RC's website:

 

1. If you look at the Itineraries they show Grand Cayman as Tendered

 

2. Download Port and Shipping Map - Shows Royal Watler TENDER Pier in the section that talks about Getting Around 123

 

Where did RC give you the impression that they dock at a pier? ;):D

[Sue L]

I looked at RC's website:

 

1. If you look at the Itineraries they show Grand Cayman as Tendered

 

2. Download Port and Shipping Map - Shows Royal Watler TENDER Pier in the section that talks about Getting Around 123

 

Where did RC give you the impression that they dock at a pier? ;):D

 

look up the JOS on Dec 21, Apk is right is says DOCKED

[Crystalbast]

look up the JOS on Dec 21, Apk is right is says DOCKED

 

Looking at the port information would have alerted Apk that there was a discrepancy on docked/tender issue. :rolleyes:

 

Being the research geek I am I would have known immediately that there was an error. Just perusing cruisecritic alone and seeing recent threads on tendering questions on GC might might have raised questions. :p

[Sue L]

Looking at the port information would have alerted Apk that there was a discrepancy on docked/tender issue. :rolleyes:

 

Being the research geek I am I would have known immediately that there was an error. Just perusing cruisecritic alone and seeing recent threads on tendering questions on GC might might have raised questions. :p

 

 

It is very sad that what should be the ultimate source for answers with your cruise is so inaccurate.

[negc]

grand cayman is a docking port not a tendering port so i do not know if that is valid

Even though Apk has admitted his or her error, the fact is that even ten years ago Grand Cayman was a tendering port, so his or her memory of that visit ten years ago is seriously flawed. How or why the JOS has the incorrect information is a puzzlement.

[G'ma]

grand cayman is a docking port not a tendering port so i do not know if that is valid

 

This is not correct.

 

All ships calling at Grand Cayman are anchored offshore and passengers are tendered.

 

[Cruzaholic41]

This is not correct.

All ships calling at Grand Cayman are anchored offshore and passengers are tendered.

 

Well, thank goodness you came along. No one else has corrected that person yet. :rolleyes:

[Papa T]

RCI uses GPS positioning there rather than anchors to protect the sea bed.

[lowcountrycouple]

Sandi and I don't have a dog in this fight except our third cruise will begin on 1 Feb '10 on the Jewel out of Miami. It is scheduled for a stop at Grand Cayman and we will get off the ship unless the only alternative is to swim to shore. Our question is if Grand Cayman is skipped will it be another day at sea or is Key West an alternate stop?

[amybeth4]

Looking at the port information would have alerted Apk that there was a discrepancy on docked/tender issue. :rolleyes:

 

Being the research geek I am I would have known immediately that there was an error. Just perusing cruisecritic alone and seeing recent threads on tendering questions on GC might might have raised questions. :p

 

If the itinerary incorrectly showed that the Jewel docked there and I had never BEEN there, I certainly would NOT take the time to "double check" RCCL's accuracy.

[Mark_K]

Sandi and I don't have a dog in this fight except our third cruise will begin on 1 Feb '10 on the Jewel out of Miami. It is scheduled for a stop at Grand Cayman and we will get off the ship unless the only alternative is to swim to shore. Our question is if Grand Cayman is skipped will it be another day at sea or is Key West an alternate stop?

One never knows for sure, but generally when ports are missed it's just an added sea day.