Getaway tenders

[andychester]

Does anyone know whether the getaway tenders on any of its east Caribbean destinations?

[xcell]

For St. Marteen, St, Thomas and Nassau - all ports.

[Budget Queen]

Grand Cayman is a tender port.

[Crusin-Suzan]

For St. Marteen, St, Thomas and Nassau - all ports.

 

None of these tender!!!

[roger001]

Grand Cayman is a tender port.

 

We've docked once and tendered once there.

[Demonyte]

We've docked once and tendered once there.

 

Really? I've been there several times in the last five years and always been transferred to the dock with their local tenders. Also every web resource found with a quick Google search say that Grand Cayman is always a tender port.

 

NCL's Accessible Cruising page also says that it is always a tender port (no star at the end of the line):

 

http://www.ncl.com/about/accessible-cruising#taps

[roger001]

Really? I've been there several times in the last five years and always been transferred to the dock with their local tenders. Also every web resource found with a quick Google search say that Grand Cayman is always a tender port.

 

NCL's Accessible Cruising page also says that it is always a tender port (no star at the end of the line):

 

http://www.ncl.com/about/accessible-cruising#taps

 

Ooooops...believe you're right! I guess what I was remembering was anchoring and then tendering to two different locations. The first time, we were right off shore near downtown. The next time, about 10 miles down the beach and had to take $5 shuttle to town and back. Thanks.

[lgonquin]

What does GC have to do with the Eastern Carib?

Stay on topic :-)

 

 

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[roger001]

What does GC have to do with the Eastern Carib?

Stay on topic :-)

 

 

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Wow! I now feel totally ashamed and embarrassed that my knowledge of the Carib is sooo bad.....yea...right.

 

However, as long as I'm causing such chaos, here's a couple of thumb nails of Cayman tender docks (the ones downtown), and shows how close the cruise ships do anchor. The Pearl is in the distance in the one.

[LrgPizza]

For St. Marteen, St, Thomas and Nassau - all ports.

NONE of these tender! Good grief.

 

However, I think Tortola does, which is a new Getaway Eastern Caribbean port.

[meltingmoments]

None of these tender!!!

 

 

Well I thought the Christmas Spirit had well and truly got to me!! :D

 

Couldn't remember tendering at any of those ports in August...and it's not THAT long ago! :)

[cliffd64]

Just off the Getaway in December, and we docked at all ports... St. Maarten, St Thomas, and Nassau.

[triptolemus]

For St. Marteen, St, Thomas and Nassau - all ports.

 

Think he meant "all docks" when saying "all ports" - the nomenclature here tends to refer to "port" as the port city, not the actual port -- being a dock.

 

:confused:

[Harris Jeffer]

NONE of these tender! Good grief.

 

However, I think Tortola does, which is a new Getaway Eastern Caribbean port.

 

Tortola is a Dock .....no tender !

Edited January 8, 2015 by Harris Jeffer

[cliffd64]

Just a reminder... Epic, Getaway, and Breakaway, and eventually Escape, try to avoid tendering due to the larger number of passengers. This is mainly why they only visit ports that can accommodate them easily like St. Thomas, St. Martin, Nassau, and so on... If these ships DO tender it's usually at a port with large numbers of big tender boats like Grand Cayman... Otherwise they would spend way too much time tendering with the ships tiny tenders.

Edited January 8, 2015 by cliffd64

[Suzyrn89]

Tortola is a Dock .....no tender !

 

Anyone know any updates on the dock in Tortola, seeing posts that it is under construction and RCCL has cancelled it as a port on their E. Caribbean.

[FinallyGoinOnACruise]

I just got back from the Getaway earlier this month and didn't have to tender at any of those 3 ports. We did see another NCL ship in St. Thomas that had to tender.

Edited January 23, 2015 by FinallyGoinOnACruise

[bowlinmoe]

Thought this thread would be about chicken tenders.....rats.

[zqvol]

While none of those ports is usually a tender port, any of them could be a tender port. I have tender at all three of them on various lines and voyages.

 

I doubt that the port authorities would make a large ship tender it is just a logistic nightmare, but it could happen.

[time2cruise1]

We've docked once and tendered once there.

 

With no dock in Grand Cayman not sure how you did that

[time2cruise1]

Tortola is a Dock .....no tender !

 

Not currently the pier is being upgraded and all ships are tendering until early this summer.