Alaska ports - Which ones Tender?

[thirdeastshak3]

Hello fellow cruisers -

 

My wife and I will be doing our second NCL cruise next year on the Jewel. We're doing the 9 day Alaskan from Seattle.

My question is what ports are going to require a tendering, if any?

We'll be in a suite so I know we get priority tendering, but I just want to be prepared for it.

We'll be porting in Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Icy Strait Point, and Victoria BC.

I couldn't find anywhere on the NCL page about where they tender.

 

Thanks all!

[cole]

Hello fellow cruisers -

 

My wife and I will be doing our second NCL cruise next year on the Jewel. We're doing the 9 day Alaskan from Seattle.

My question is what ports are going to require a tendering, if any?

We'll be in a suite so I know we get priority tendering, but I just want to be prepared for it.

We'll be porting in Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Icy Strait Point, and Victoria BC.

I couldn't find anywhere on the NCL page about where they tender.

 

Thanks all!

 

We have done 5 Alaska cruises and have never tendered at any ports.

Cole

[DDMau]

Hello fellow cruisers -

 

My wife and I will be doing our second NCL cruise next year on the Jewel. We're doing the 9 day Alaskan from Seattle.

My question is what ports are going to require a tendering, if any?

We'll be in a suite so I know we get priority tendering, but I just want to be prepared for it.

We'll be porting in Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway, Icy Strait Point, and Victoria BC.

I couldn't find anywhere on the NCL page about where they tender.

 

Thanks all!

 

The only port I have tendered at was Icy Strait Point a few years back.

[travelphreak]

Alaskan ports can be busy places depending on the day. Ketchikan has four slots for ships to dock (all close to each other) - if your ship is #5 you will tender. That one is rare however. Juneau also has four slots but one is quite a distance from the others. Sometimes the cruise lines provides a free shuttle. Skagway also has four slots - two are for smaller ships and two for the big ones. One day when we were there we had five ships and a Celebrity ship was "odd man out" and had a short tender. Icy Point Strait is a tender-only port. Victoria has two slots right next to each other. Although most cruises stop there many are only for a few hours and the same slot can be used by two ships in one day.

 

Have a great cruise - Alaska is a beautiful place that we never get tired of.

[thirdeastshak3]

Thanks for the quick responses. We can't wait!

[triptolemus]

We tendered in Juneau in September last year.

[jimsig]

Check out this site http://ports.cruisett.com/ click on the port you want and the month you will be there. It will tell you how many and what ships are in port that day. Should give you an idea from what others said about about the possibility of being the odd man out that day.

[Love my butler]

Only Icy Straight Point.