2 ships in CocoCay together

[RoyalDiamond]

We just sailed a back-to-back on Majesty. That means we had 2 stops at CocoCay this past week. BOTH times, there was another ship there with us. The first time (Jan 12), Enchantment was also there. The second time (Jan 15), Serenade was with us. This has never happened to is before, so it must be more common now. We opted to remain onboard, and not deal with the larger crowd on the island. Also, with 2 ships, the tenders had much longer waits...since half were serving one ship, and half the other! People reported waiting an HOUR to get back to the ship! I'm glad we stayed onboard.

 

Peter

[Langley Cruisers]

Wow! Thank you for the info. Have never been to Coco Cay, but will definitely check it out. There are 2 ships in the day we are there next month so we'll see how that goes.

 

Do the tenders not serve their own ship? Do they use lifeboats?

[RoyalDiamond]

Normally there are 3 or 4 tenders, all serving one ship if it's there alone. But with 2 ships, I think there were only 2 tenders for each ship...causing the waits to be a bit longer.

 

Peter

[Eng23]

Wow! Thank you for the info. Have never been to Coco Cay, but will definitely check it out. There are 2 ships in the day we are there next month so we'll see how that goes.

 

Do the tenders not serve their own ship? Do they use lifeboats?

 

They do not use the life boats for tendering at Coco Cay. All of the tenders are kept at Coco Cay, if all the tenders are up and in service there ae about 5 or 6 tenders kept there. My guess is 1 or 2 of them might be out of service for maintenance leaving 4 available for use tendering from the ships.

[Langley Cruisers]

^ Thanks, both. :)

[Merion_Mom]

They do not use the life boats for tendering at Coco Cay. All of the tenders are kept at Coco Cay, if all the tenders are up and in service there ae about 5 or 6 tenders kept there. My guess is 1 or 2 of them might be out of service for maintenance leaving 4 available for use tendering from the ships.

 

5 or 6????? Are you sure? I have never seen more than 3.

[Eng23]

5 or 6????? Are you sure? I have never seen more than 3.

I was there on Majesty back in September and they were using 3 tenders all day and there were 2 not being used that were in the cove for a total of 5 present the day I was there. Of the 2 not being used it looked like one was being worked on. They were tied up to small docks across from where the tenders let passengers on and off.

[Clarea]

5 or 6????? Are you sure? I have never seen more than 3.

They have been expanding the capacity at Coco Cay over the last year or so. There is now a second tender docking area across the water from the original one, plus more tenders.

Edited January 18, 2014 by clarea

[lovetocruiserccl]

They have the tenders from Labadee so they have more than the usual three

 

Sent from my SM-N900V using Forums mobile app

[WMCMRBILL]

I can't say!!! But from the past cruisers I spoke to, the Island was very crowned. I can say no more because I slepted in!!! Great entertainment.