Tendering at Nynäshamn, tender ticket required?

[Helenalee]

Calling for those who has tender experience with Princess. :) :)

 

Some of the threads said passengers are required to obtain tender tickets the day (or night?) before.

 

If tender tickets are required, where can we get it and when? Will Princess announce in advance? I'm assuming they would give priority to those who have joined their excursions, as well as some VIPs... We are booked with SPB tours at Nynäshamn and definitely want to get to the pick up point asap. :(

 

Thank you in advance!

[paul929207]

Tender tickets are only required if you want to get off early. Usually when tendering begins there are a large number of passengers wanting to get off. Princess gives priority to people on their tours, passengers in suites and passengers who are Elite in the Captains Circle. All other passengers are accommodated on a space available basis. To simplify this, Princess issues numbered tickets to other passengers wanting to go ashore.

[Working 2 Cruise]

If you booked this tour with Princess, then a tender ticket isn't needed. Just follow the instructions included in your tickets.

[Helenalee]

Thank you for the info, much appreciated!! :)

[skynight]

Yes, unless you are in a full suite or are Captain's Circle Elite, tender tickets are required from arrival in the port until some point later in the morning, maybe around 10am or so. There will be an announcement in the Princess Patter the night before indicating where you pick up tender tickets. It is usually a Dining Room. Tender tickets are not provided in advance, and tender tickets are not provided to an individual passenger(s) for a group. All passengers that wish to go ashore together must be present to obtain their tender ticket. Passengers that have Elite status, or are in a full suite may go directly to the tender dock, and can meet the rest of the group on shore. Full Suite and Elite passengers are not supposed to "cut" to the front of the line at the loading pontoon. They are supposed to just go to the loading area and join the line.

[bluenoser2]

We did the tour with SPB last summer as you are, and the tender was no problem. Our group just went to the meeting area (dining room), got our number and I don't recall even having to wait for more than a few minutes before we were going to the tender. So just get your group together and go to the assigned meeting place as soon as you can so that you won't be anxious! (Our SPB tour was great - fantastic guide - we really enjoyed our time there!)

[crawford]

We did the tour with SPB last summer as you are, and the tender was no problem. Our group just went to the meeting area (dining room), got our number and I don't recall even having to wait for more than a few minutes before we were going to the tender. So just get your group together and go to the assigned meeting place as soon as you can so that you won't be anxious! (Our SPB tour was great - fantastic guide - we really enjoyed our time there!)

 

Good to know, thanks! Signed up with SPB on our Regal cruise in a June!

[Helenalee]

Yes, unless you are in a full suite or are Captain's Circle Elite, tender tickets are required from arrival in the port until some point later in the morning, maybe around 10am or so. There will be an announcement in the Princess Patter the night before indicating where you pick up tender tickets. It is usually a Dining Room. Tender tickets are not provided in advance, and tender tickets are not provided to an individual passenger(s) for a group. All passengers that wish to go ashore together must be present to obtain their tender ticket. Passengers that have Elite status, or are in a full suite may go directly to the tender dock, and can meet the rest of the group on shore. Full Suite and Elite passengers are not supposed to "cut" to the front of the line at the loading pontoon. They are supposed to just go to the loading area and join the line.

 

Thank you so much for the thorough details! :)

 

We did the tour with SPB last summer as you are, and the tender was no problem. Our group just went to the meeting area (dining room), got our number and I don't recall even having to wait for more than a few minutes before we were going to the tender. So just get your group together and go to the assigned meeting place as soon as you can so that you won't be anxious! (Our SPB tour was great - fantastic guide - we really enjoyed our time there!)

 

Glad to hear you enjoyed the tour with SPB!! We were debating whether we should do a DIY or joining SPB, now we know for sure - SPB it is!! :)

When you said, your group went to the meeting area and got your number... were you referring to the tender tickets? :)

[san diego sue]

Used SPB tours in several cities. Got a great package doing that.

In Nyasham, we were lucky to be on one of the first tenders.

However, so many people used SPB tours, there were many buses waiting so you won't miss the bus. In other cities they had you on an assigned bus with your group. In this city you could board any of the buses (they just checked off your name).Tour company was outstanding especially in our two days in St. Petersburg.

I think there were more people on the SPB tours than any other tour company. Really popular and not just with the cruise critic groups.

[beg3yrs]

Passengers that have Elite status, or are in a full suite may go directly to the tender dock, and can meet the rest of the group on shore. Full Suite and Elite passengers are not supposed to "cut" to the front of the line at the loading pontoon. They are supposed to just go to the loading area and join the line.

 

On our most recent cruise, Elite and Full Suite passengers were directed to a separate waiting area in the Crown Grill. From there they were given priority and escorted to the pontoon by a crew member. I believe this method was used to avoid even the appearance of folk cutting in line.

[Pam in CA]

Used SPB tours in several cities. Got a great package doing that.

I've also used SPB and highly recommend them. They're great and easy to work with.

 

I've been to Russia several times on both land and river boat cruises, including Leningrad/St. Petersburg. Saw more with SPB than I'd seen previously. I loved that for lunch, they took us to small, very inexpensive places to eat with no tourists so we could sample the local everyday food. Nothing special but it was cheap and very good. Vika (the owner) kept stopping by on our tour to make sure everything was going well. Very hands-on.

[Helenalee]

I've also used SPB and highly recommend them. They're great and easy to work with.

 

I've been to Russia several times on both land and river boat cruises, including Leningrad/St. Petersburg. Saw more with SPB than I'd seen previously. I loved that for lunch, they took us to small, very inexpensive places to eat with no tourists so we could sample the local everyday food. Nothing special but it was cheap and very good. Vika (the owner) kept stopping by on our tour to make sure everything was going well. Very hands-on.

 

 

Pam!!! :) I was just reading your feedback with regards to your cabin experience on Marina Deck - Regal/Royal. We just recently assigned M316 today, under the fountain pool? I understand you were located right underneath the Horizon Court which ours is a little further forward. Do you think if we will experience noise issue with M316? :)

[Cruisin' Chick]

Thank you so much for the thorough details! :)

 

 

 

Glad to hear you enjoyed the tour with SPB!! We were debating whether we should do a DIY or joining SPB, now we know for sure - SPB it is!! :)

When you said, your group went to the meeting area and got your number... were you referring to the tender tickets? :)

 

If you have some sort of priority such as being elite or having a suite, there will be a letter in your cabin regarding getting priority and how to use it. As stated above, if you're on an excursion booked through Princess, the meeting time and location will be on your ticket -- you don't go to the dining room to get a number. Every one in your party must go to the location at the time listed in order to get escorted to the tender line.

 

If you are going out on your own or on a private excursion, and don't want to wait until "the all clear" (that you can just go to the gangway and catch the next tender, you need to go to the indicated dining room with everyone in your party as extra tickets won't be given.

 

Probably what you're thinking of is that the operator of your tour wants everyone in your group to get off the ship together. So maybe the meeting place is a lounge or an area of the dining room so that you can all go together and get your tender numbers together (so you'll be on the same tender or two consecutive ones).