How to tell which ports are tender ports?

[Bethany Beach]

I am starting to research the possibility of taking the June 2, 2015, Royal Princess British Isles cruise. We would mostly be arranging private tours. I just realized that on the itinerary it never mentions any port being a tender port. I know that on cruises with other cruise lines the ports that are tender always have a note to that on the itinerary. It has been rare for us to take a cruise that doesn't have at least one tender port so I find it hard to believe that this cruise won't have any particularly since the Royal (for us) is a larger ship. I also realize that sometimes a ship might tender even if it isn't posted as such but I'm looking for ports that would always be tender ports.

 

Guernsey, Cobh, Dublin, Liverpool, Belfast, Greenock, Invergordon, South Queensferry (Edinburgh) , Le Havre.

 

Of course, even though I have looked at the itinerary many times, I might be overlooking the obvious note somewhere :o

[hubofhockey]

Guernsey and Edinburgh are tender ports.

[billco]

Click on itinerary and then click on each port. Tender ports will have this note like this:

 

Note: St. Peter Port is an anchorage port. Passengers transfer to shore by ship's tender.

 

Other ports will have a note like this:

 

Note: Your ship will dock in Cobh which is about 15 miles from Cork.

[sfo2008]

Of course, even though I have looked at the itinerary many times, I might be overlooking the obvious note somewhere :o

 

Online, "Tender Required" is listed in the Cruise Personalizer "Travel Itinerary" section: https://book.princess.com/cruisepersonalizer/itinerary.page

[onefine89]

Good information to know!

[Bethany Beach]

Thank you for taking the time to post a response. Didn't even think of clicking on each port.

[donaldsc]

Read your itinerary. Call Princess.

 

DON

[Daniel A]

This is a very old thread, and it appears that the information is out of date and no longer applicable.  Is there a way in 2024 where one can view each port on my itinerary to determine if any are tender ports?

 

Thank you in advance.

[t&atravel]

1 hour ago, Daniel A said:

This is a very old thread, and it appears that the information is out of date and no longer applicable.  Is there a way in 2024 where one can view each port on my itinerary to determine if any are tender ports?

 

Thank you in advance.

If it’s required it will show on the listed itinerary. View the itinerary for this cruise as an example 

https://www.princess.com/cruise-search/details/?voyageCode=2606

Edited February 16 by t&atravel

[Daniel A]

15 minutes ago, t&atravel said:

If it’s required it will show on the listed itinerary. View the itinerary for this cruise as an example 

https://www.princess.com/cruise-search/details/?voyageCode=2606

Thank you.  I have no notations like what you showed me, so I guess I have no tender ports on my sailing.  Thanks again.

[reedprincess]

2 hours ago, Daniel A said:

This is a very old thread, and it appears that the information is out of date and no longer applicable.  Is there a way in 2024 where one can view each port on my itinerary to determine if any are tender ports?

 

Thank you in advance.

Same as above.

It will list "water shuttle" or "tender" on itinerary...

If no ports have that listed by them, then you don't have any tender/water shuttle ports.. 

[fpsphil]

There are always exceptions to what Princess puts on the website. Example - Mykonos there is only one dock Princess will say they are docking at but there is only one dock on the island and if its already occupied you end up at anchor. In that case you need to either check the port schedule directly or wait to see the patter once you board.

 

Same can also happen in Juneau if all the docks are occupied

Edited February 16 by fpsphil

[knittinggirl]

You never really know about tender ports, because last fall, they turned Skagway Alaska into a tender port.    

 

On our first Voyage of the Vikings, they turned Isafourger into a pier port.

[memoak]

40 minutes ago, knittinggirl said:

You never really know about tender ports, because last fall, they turned Skagway Alaska into a tender port.    

 

On our first Voyage of the Vikings, they turned Isafourger into a pier port.

Skagway can be either depending on how many ships are in port and where you get to dock

[wcook]

You could always list your itinerary here. 

[knittinggirl]

9 hours ago, memoak said:

Skagway can be either depending on how many ships are in port and where you get to dock

Ketchikan had a bunch of ships during one of our trips, plus one ship that tendered.

[cr8tiv1]

This is a very old thread (June 2, 2015).

 

There are so many different itineraries....all which list ports that require a water shuttle.  It would be very difficult to list random ports.  

 

What is important is that anyone doing an independent tour that requires a water shuttle needs to make sure they give themselves enough time to get ashore (and back to the ship).

[Cruisemeister2002]

On 6/21/2014 at 12:20 PM, Bethany Beach said:

I am starting to research the possibility of taking the June 2, 2015, Royal Princess British Isles cruise. We would mostly be arranging private tours. I just realized that on the itinerary it never mentions any port being a tender port. I know that on cruises with other cruise lines the ports that are tender always have a note to that on the itinerary. It has been rare for us to take a cruise that doesn't have at least one tender port so I find it hard to believe that this cruise won't have any particularly since the Royal (for us) is a larger ship. I also realize that sometimes a ship might tender even if it isn't posted as such but I'm looking for ports that would always be tender ports.

 

Guernsey, Cobh, Dublin, Liverpool, Belfast, Greenock, Invergordon, South Queensferry (Edinburgh) , Le Havre.

 

Of course, even though I have looked at the itinerary many times, I might be overlooking the obvious note somewhere 😮

Normally say's on the ships itinerary which are tender ports. Occasionally it states "a tender may be required" this will be because there are several ships in port. Otherwise it's because the port facilities are not adequate for size of ship.

[ontheweb]

2 hours ago, Cruisemeister2002 said:

Normally say's on the ships itinerary which are tender ports. Occasionally it states "a tender may be required" this will be because there are several ships in port. Otherwise it's because the port facilities are not adequate for size of ship.

That assumes the information is correct. We were on the NCL Prima last summer. Isafjordur was listed as a dock, but the dock had not been completed and the Prima skipped it every cruise as their lifeboats are not certified for tendering. On the same cruise, Geiranger was listed as a tender port, but we were able to walk right off the ship.

[Grego]

On 2/16/2024 at 11:07 AM, t&atravel said:

If it’s required it will show on the listed itinerary. View the itinerary for this cruise as an example 

https://www.princess.com/cruise-search/details/?voyageCode=2606

I just wish folks would read the documents that Princess provides before asking questions.