Port or Starboard at specific ports

[ashevillenccruiser]

My DH books balconies as he love to watch as the ship pulls into port. We assumed that if we were on the port side this would happen every time (it did on our first trip, but sadly not our second one). Is there a list somewhere that suggests which side a boat will use to dock?

[FunCruise1234]

My DH books balconies as he love to watch as the ship pulls into port. We assumed that if we were on the port side this would happen every time (it did on our first trip, but sadly not our second one). Is there a list somewhere that suggests which side a boat will use to dock?

 

It is completely random depending on the ship and the port. I have found that watching the departure from above the Bridge is always the best place (not my balcony).

[okgirl]

As the PP said it is completely random. And there is no way to tell if a ship will pull into port or back into port, or if there will be one or more ships already docked between your ship and the port.

[FlaGrl4Evr]

Liberty Eastern:

 

HMC- Tender

St Thomas- Docked Starboard

San Juan - Docked Port

Gran Turk - Docked Starboard

 

This could change as there were more than one ship in the ports with the exceptioin of HMC.

 

 

Inspiration-

 

Cozumel - Downtown dock -- docked to port

Progreso - Docked to Starboard

 

 

Legend -

 

Belize - tender port

Isla Roatan - docked to port

Cozumel - docked to starboard

Grand Cayman - missed to a storm but it is a tender port.

 

 

:)

 

As you can see it can go either way, it just depends on how many ships are in port or wheather the ship backs in or pulls in.

 

 

Have fun.

 

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[ashevillenccruiser]

Thanks so much for the info, we will try to find the area above the bridge, might be just what we need!!!