jtsbusiness Posted March 23, 2012 #1 Share Posted March 23, 2012 We are trying to book private tour in Icy Strait and realise that when we get into port we have to use the tender boats to get off the ship. Is there a formality for this on Century - e.g. do you have to get a ticket?:confused: We will be in Concierge class. Does this give us priority?:( Can anybody help that has experienced this:) Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsdoc3 Posted March 23, 2012 #2 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I was on Solstice a couple of weeks ago, and we tendered into St. Maarten. There are tickets, and CC does give you some priority. I don't know how much, though. We were not CC, and we were in no particular hurry to get off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty9 Posted March 23, 2012 #3 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Those with ship tours go first, then Elite club members, then suites. Being Concierge doesn't really mean that much, IMHO. You'll be told where to get tender tickets, and then you'll wait in a gathering spot or the number to be called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixit2010 Posted March 23, 2012 #4 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I once heard that some captains don't like to wait and accidentally fall in to one. You could try that trick and see if its any quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtsbusiness Posted March 23, 2012 Author #5 Share Posted March 23, 2012 :D:D:D:D :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawaiidan Posted March 23, 2012 #6 Share Posted March 23, 2012 as others stated, you will have a ticket..ALL tour passengers will go first. I would figure a good hour after the tenders start working. Here in Hawaii, the ship pulls in at 7am they start tendering by 8, around 930 the non tour people start ariving on shore. In the Med too at places like Santorini non tour folks had to wait serveral hours after arrival Tell you private tour guy to expect your late arrival.... because you will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adammara Posted March 23, 2012 #7 Share Posted March 23, 2012 When we tendered in Split, there was some sort of dispute, and as non tour pax we got ashore about 11.30, it was really slow. Don't book an early tour! We have also been late into ports due to high winds, or even had ports changed. Last October Eclipse was due to call at Coruna in northen Spain, but we had head winds and slowed down considerably, Celebrity were great and arranged for us a last minute call in Vigo instead, better than an extra day at sea! Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankinPA Posted March 23, 2012 #8 Share Posted March 23, 2012 If you are Elite and ask the Concierge at Guest Services (be really nice and pleasant when you do it) a few days ahead of time, he or she will probably give you yellow priority tickets. On the back, it tells you where to assemble and at what time. Although we were taking a private tour on Equinox two weeks ago, we were able to board the first tender. May not work all the time but it is worth a shot. Otherwise, get in line early and get a ticket. It goes pretty fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ghstudio Posted March 23, 2012 #9 Share Posted March 23, 2012 If you are elite you will get priority tender tickets in your cabin...you don't have to ask anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixit2010 Posted March 23, 2012 #10 Share Posted March 23, 2012 If you are elite you will get priority tender tickets in your cabin...you don't have to ask anyone What if the majority of the passengers are Elite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtsbusiness Posted March 24, 2012 Author #11 Share Posted March 24, 2012 They said they would wait for us as long as we try and get off as quickly as possible. Looks like we would be at least 3rd tender boat after all the cruise ship passengers and elite passengers. Could be 3/4 hr to an hour after docking. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ghstudio Posted March 24, 2012 #12 Share Posted March 24, 2012 What if the majority of the passengers are Elite? The majority of passengers on the ship will not be elite...and all the elite passengers will not want to be the first ones off the ship. Unless you are on a transatlantic, this is not an issue (TA's tend to have many many more elite passengers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellie Poodle Posted March 24, 2012 #13 Share Posted March 24, 2012 On our Infinity South America cruise in January, we got our Elite priority tender tickets in out cabin. We assembled in Michael's Club and were always the first pax on the tenders. We never had to wait for the tour groups. Perhaps it's different on other ships. I'm sailing on Century in less than a month and we have two tendered ports. I'll try to report back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thechats Posted March 24, 2012 #14 Share Posted March 24, 2012 We were CC and the priority tickets waiting in our cabin entitled us to meet in the cinema from which we were taken to the tender within a few minutes. Definitely beats the mob scene in the theater! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtsbusiness Posted March 24, 2012 Author #15 Share Posted March 24, 2012 So hopefully the Concierge class will give us priority. Can but hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellie Poodle Posted March 24, 2012 #16 Share Posted March 24, 2012 So hopefully the Concierge class will give us priority. Can but hope Ask your concierge if he/she can procure priority tender tickets for you. If you are entitled to them, then you'll know. If not, I'm fairly certain he/she can get them for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleckle Posted March 24, 2012 #17 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Even with priority tender tickets, our experience has been that the wait time can vary from cruise to cruise, even at the same port. At Icy Strait Point, it is good to keep a cell phone with you so you can stay in contact with your tour vendor. The independent vendors do try to accommodate you if you let them know you are there and attempting to get off the ship. If you have booked one of their small boats entirely for your own party, they will wait for you. It makes it more difficult for them trying to keep everyone happy when they have some passengers on shore eager and ready to go at the scheduled time and other passengers still on the ship waiting to get off, but they do the best they can to work it out without disappointing anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clydesmom7865 Posted March 24, 2012 #18 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I had a private tour booked in Grand Cayman and got in line about 20 minutes before tender tickets were to be handed out in order to be on the first one after the organized ship tours. No sooner was the young lady ready to start handing out tickets that the cruise director called her on the radio and asked how many she had that were READY to go. She counted out about 25 people but out of them only 15 of us were ready to leave right then. He said "send them down" and we went. We were actually off the ship with some of the crew and before the ship tours! I doubt that happens often but if you line up for tickets make sure you are ready to leave and you just might find yourself fast tracked off the ship. Those who weren't ready to leave were told to come back when they were. I did hear later that as it got a little later there was quite a wait to get off the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infoprof56 Posted March 25, 2012 #19 Share Posted March 25, 2012 We visited ICP on the Millie last summer. We asked the hotel director for priority tender tickets when we met her at the Cruise Critic meet and greet. She happily provided them and told another couple who were in a Concierge cabin that they would be getting them anyway. As it turned out they didn't even ask for tender tickets. There was plenty of space for all for the early tenders. It is a very short tender which did not back up the way some ports in the Carribean do. We are trying to book private tour in Icy Strait and realise that when we get into port we have to use the tender boats to get off the ship. Is there a formality for this on Century - e.g. do you have to get a ticket?:confused: We will be in Concierge class. Does this give us priority?:( Can anybody help that has experienced this:) Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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